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Donors Choose Anonymity with Record $550M Public University Gift

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Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, inspired the largest gift ever made to public higher education: $550 million. It’s a gift with very few restrictions, made outright over the span of 10 years to the university, its medical school and athletics.

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University of Massachusetts Medical School Rebrands After $175M Gift

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The University of Massachusetts Medical School is commemorating an unrestricted $175 million donation from the Morningside Foundation — the philanthropic arm of venture capital and private equity firm Morningstar — that will more than double its endowment.

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3 Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Embrace Stock Gifting (and How to Do It)

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And while stock gifting has been limited either by lack of awareness among potential donors or a painstaking process, the prize for nonprofits is enormous. “If As a result, pre-tax stock gifts are generally much larger than after-tax cash gifts. Non-profits don’t have to be experts in stock gifting,” Latham said. “We

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Matching Gift Videos for Universities | Tips and Examples

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Corporate matching gifts can significantly benefit any institution’s fundraising efforts. For colleges, universities, and other schools, matching gift videos may be just the answer you were looking for. In this guide, we’ll walk through the basics of matching gift videos (and […].

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Goosehead Insurance Founders Provide Montana State University Nursing Program With $101M Gift

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Department of Health and Human Services, the philanthropists saw a need that the university’s nursing program could help solve. With 52 of 56 Montana counties classified as medically underserved and health professional shortage areas, per the U.S.

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University of Oregon receives $500 million for Knight Campus

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The University of Oregon has announced a second $500 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight in support of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. This gift allows us to achieve our larger vision in a very compressed timeline. The Knight Campus enrolls students who are?pursuing

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Colleges & Universities Choose Salesforce to Accelerate Advancement ROI

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Innovative colleges and universities, including USC , Stanford, Purdue, Rutgers, Michigan State, UPenn, and Notre Dame have recently implemented the Salesforce platform to help modernize their fundraising, personalize engagement, and conduct AI-powered research and reporting to inform strategy and measure ROI. Purdue Increases Productivity.