
Anonymous Gifts From Individuals, 1999; $1 million and above.
Introduction
The 1999 Slate 60
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of 1999.
Anonymous Gifts From Individuals, 1999
$1 million and above
Honorable Mentions
110 other known gifts of more than $5 million in 1999.
24. $1.7 million to ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY (Texas) to help students at the school of law take courses to help them pass the state bar examination.
25. $1.6 million to OHIO UNIVERSITY's Russ College of Engineering and Technology for unrestricted use.
26. $1.5 million to EMORY UNIVERSITY (Ga.) to expand and renovate performing arts facilities at its Oxford College two-year campus.
26. $1.5 million to HEBRON ACADEMY (Maine) to endow faculty salaries.
26. $1.5 million to the LOOMIS FOREST FUND (Wash.) to preserve a state-owned forest tract by offsetting the loss of logging income.
26. $1.5 million to the McCORMICK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Ill.) to endow a professorship in urban ministries.
30. $1 million to BENEDICTINE COLLEGE (Kan.) to renovate Freshman Hall.
30. $1 million to BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE (Calif.) for the capital campaign.
30. $1 million to the CLEVELAND CLINIC for the capital campaign.
30. $1 million to FURMAN UNIVERSITY (S.C.) to purchase a pipe organ for the chapel.
30. $1 million to GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (Ore.) from a family to endow faculty development.
30. $1 million to HOLLINS UNIVERSITY (Va.) to help construct the Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center.
30. $1 million to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Md.) for unrestricted support of the Center for Talented Youth at the Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth.
30. $1 million to the NOLAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Arlington, Texas) for unrestricted use.
30. A $1 million pledge to the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD to support programs at Sangamon Auditorium.
30. $1 million to the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA to endow scholarships and a leadership center at the college of business and public administration.
30. $1 million to PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER (Ore.) for capital needs.
30. $1 million to the ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (N.Y.) from an anonymous donor to benefit the Hochstein School of Music.
30. $1 million to WOFFORD COLLEGE (S.C.) to construct science facilities.
30. $1 million to the WOMEN'S FOUNDATION (Calif.) for its economic justice program.
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