$15 Million Collection of Art Pottery to Metropolitan Museum from Robert A. Ellison, Jr.

Robert A. Ellison, Jr., a painter and long time art collector in New York, is donating a collection of 250 pieces of American and European ceramics to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Experts estimate the value of the collection at between $15 million and $20 million. It will be displayed at the museum on a new mezzanine level of the Charles Engelhard Court beginning in May as the second phase of the renovation of the American Wing is concluded. The Met has agreed to allow the collection to be shown by itself at first and to prepare a book about it as a condition of the gift. According to the New York Times, “Mr. Ellison’s gift fills a significant gap in the Met, whose holdings of American art pottery had been spotty. ‘It was adequate,’ admitted Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the museum’s curator of American decorative arts. ‘But this collection transforms it. Now it will be extraordinary.’

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$5 Million to Montclair State University from Anonymous Donor April 14, 2009

Montclair State University has received an anonymous donation of $5 million, the largest such gift in the institution’s history. According to announcement by the University News division, the funds will be used principally to fund scholarships to women and minorities. Advertisements

$12 Million to University of Illinois from Estate of Arlys Streitmatter Conrad March 24, 2009

The University of Illinois has just announced receipt of a $12 million endowment gift from the estate of 1944 alumnae Arlys Streitmatter Conrad. The gift will be shared equally by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS). Mrs. Conrad had worked at S&C Electric […]

$3 Million to Oklahoma Schools from The Cherokee Nation March 24, 2009

Over 100 public schools in northeastern Oklahoma will receive more than $3 million from The Cherokee Nation in 2009. The donation will come from revenue generated by tribal car tag sales. As principal Chief Chad Smith said at a news conference announcing the gift, “Innovative educational programs continue to be a priority as we plan […]

$3.5 Million to Wesleyan University from John Shapiro and Shonni Silverberg March 20, 2009

In February, John M. Shapiro and Shonni J. Silverberg made a gift of $3.5 million to “transform the teaching of writing” at Wesleyan University and endow institution’s Creative Writing Center. The donors asked that $2.5 million of the gift be used to endow a faculty position in writing and that the remaining $1 million support […]

$250,000 to Jarvis Christian College from Anonymous Donor February 27, 2009

Jarvis Christian College has received $250,000 from an anonymous member of the Northway Christian Church. The contribution, announced by Jarvis in January, will be used to endow a scholarship for a Northway student to attend the school. Jarvis and Northway have a strong relationship, according to the Longview News-Journal, with the church supporting the co […]

$5 Million to the UCLA Library from the Arcadia Fund February 27, 2009

The UCLA Library has received $5 million from the Arcadia Fund to “further develop, preserve and make accessible its collections,” according to the UCLA Newsroom. This is the largest single gift for collections in the history of the library. The Arcadia Fund, a British grantmaking fund administered by Charities Aid Foundation which has made several […] […]

$1 Million to Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation February 27, 2009

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation has pledged $1 million to The UCLA Foundation to fund an endowed chair in clinical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The focus of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Endowed Chair in Interdepartmental Clinical Pharmacology will be to catalyze the UCLA’s current program by […] […]

$1 Million to the UCLA Anderson School of Management from Richard S. Ziman February 27, 2009

The UCLA Anderson School of Management has announced a $1 million gift from Board of Visitors member Richard S. Ziman, chairman of American Value Partners and co-chair of the school’s $100 million fundraising campaign. One half of the contribution will fund the new Richard S. Ziman Fellowship, which will support graduate students studying real estate, […] […]

$2 Million to University of Tennessee from Renee Haugerud and John H. Murphy February 27, 2009

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has announced receipt of a $2 million gift from Renee Haugerud and John H. Murphy. According to the Times Free Press, the contribution will be split with $1.5 million to establish the Renee Haugerud and John H. Murphy Global Finance Center at the business school and the remaining $500,000 […]

$67 Million In-Kind Contribution by Jackie Chan to University in Singapore February 26, 2009

Hong Kong martial arts action star Jackie Chan is donating historical Chinese houses valued at over US$67 million (S$101 million) to a new Singaporean university slated to open in 2011. According to reports in AFP, Chan will give the campus seven wooden houses and a performing stage from his private collection which date to the […]

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