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Students

Church Raises $100,000 for College Students Amid Pandemic

The Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in Jacksonville, Fla. awarded 85 students with scholarships worth at least $1,000 for tuition, books and other fees amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to First Coast News. Every summer for the past 20 years, Bethel has held an annual walk-a-thon to raise funds to support this initiative, but due the […]

September 28, 2020

STEM

Morehouse Receives One Million to Fund King Chapel and Endowed Chair

Philanthropists Ken and Kathryn Chenault have donated $1 million to Morehouse College, half of which will support the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Restoration Project and half of which will continue funding for the Dr. Hortenius Chenault Endowed Chair in Math and Science. Named after Chenault’s father who was an alumnus of Morehouse, the […]

January 29, 2020

LGBTQ+

Film Producer Gifts $2 Million to Northwestern University, Establishes Dramatic Writing Professorship

A $2 million gift from the Berlanti Family Foundation will establish a dramatic writing professorship titled the Barbara Berlanti Professorship in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University’s School of Communications. The endowed professorship intends to “significantly expand” the school’s writing programs by boosting teaching capacity and creating a curriculum that trains students […]

January 6, 2020

News Roundup

Hampshire College Hopes to Raise $60 Million by 2024

Hampshire College recently kicked off its five-year “Change in the Making” campaign to raise $60 million by 2024, as part of its upcoming 50th anniversary in 2020. So far, Hampshire has raised $11.2 million in gifts and seeks to secure an additional $3 million by the end of 2019. “Our goal is to foster a […]

December 4, 2019

News Roundup

Sweet Briar College Will Invest Recent $3 Million Gift in Curriculum

Sweet Briar College (SBC), an all-women’s school in Virginia, received donations totaling $3 million which it plans to put toward its “leadership core curriculum.” SBC’s leadership core curriculum consists of ten courses intended to help students develop the skills required for democratic and collaborative research. The program is designed to improve its students’ abilities in […]

December 3, 2019

News Roundup

Four Institutions to Each Receive $260M Donation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Southern California (USC), Duke University and the Cleveland Clinic are each set to receive more than $260 million in donations. The money will come from a portion of the recent sale of the global technology and manufacturing company Lord Corporation. Thomas Lord, who led the company until […]

November 14, 2019

News Roundup

Delaware Valley Alumnus Donates $1.57M To Support Financial Aid, Agricultural Program

Delaware Valley University alumnus Jim Harteis has donated $71,000 to the university to support student financial aid opportunities and a $1.5 million estate gift to support Delaware Valley’s agricultural programs. The oldest of 10 siblings, Harteis was raised on a small farm and worked several jobs to put himself through school in addition to relying […]

March 25, 2019

African-American

DeVos Gives Personal Donation to TMCF

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has given a personal donation to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) from her annual salary, the organization recently announced. After she first began her role as Secretary of Education, DeVos promised to donate her yearly salary to charity. In 2018, she donated the remainder of her salary to […]

February 20, 2019

Students

34 Howard Students’ Debt Covered by Alexandria, VA Church

Thanks to a recent donation from Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, 34 Howard students with financial need had their debts covered. Howard selected full-time students with a GPA of 2.0 or above who displayed significant financial need, with balances from $100 to over $3,000, said Howard’s vice president of communications Crystal Brown. During […]

February 11, 2019

Students

Philanthropist Robert F. Smith Gives $1.5M Gift to Morehouse College

Robert F. Smith, a philanthropist and founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners has recently given a $1.5 million gift to Morehouse College to support endowed scholarships and the establishment of a campus park to act as an outdoor study area for students. The college will establish the Robert Frederick Smith Scholars Program in […]

January 17, 2019

News Roundup

Georgia Southern University Receives $5M Gift From Greg Parker

Greg Parker, founder and president of The Parker Companies, has donated a $5 million gift to Georgia Southern University (GSU)’s College of Business, making it the single largest donation in the university’s history. Parker said he chose to give the donation to the school in efforts of helping create a world class business school, with […]

November 16, 2018

News Roundup

CEO of Intuit and Wife Donate $25M to Marshall University’s College of Business

Intuit Chairman and CEO Brad D. Smith, along with his wife Alys, have donated $25 million to Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business, making it one of the largest gifts in Marshall’s history. Brad, a 1986 graduate of the university, said that he and his wife are excited to have the opportunity to help his […]

November 9, 2018