| 1. | Johns Hopkins U. | Michael R. Bloomberg | co-founder of the media company Bloomberg and former mayor of New York | $1.8 billion | financial aid for qualified low- and middle-income students, with the goal of making admissions permanently need-blind |
| 2. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Stephen A. Schwarzman | co-founder of the Blackstone Group, a private-equity firm in New York | $350 million | establishment of the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, which will integrate computer science, artificial intelligence, and related fields across MIT’s five schools, and will create a deanship and 50 faculty positions |
| 3. | Harvard Medical School | Blavatnik Family Foundation (Len Blavatnik) | Len Blavatnik, who earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1989, is founder and chairman of Access Industries, a New York investment company with holdings in media, telecommunications, natural resources, chemicals, and real estate. | $200 million (pledge) | support for medical research to develop new therapies and tools to diagnose, prevent, and treat disease; provision of space for biotech start-ups in the new Blavatnik Harvard Life Lab Longwood; and naming of the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School |
| 3. | Mayo Clinic | Jay Alix | founder of AlixPartners, a consulting firm on global corporate turnarounds in New York | $200 million | naming gift for what will be known as the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, in support of scholarships, curricular innovation, and a professorship |
| 5. | Harvard U. | anonymous | a graduate of Harvard in the 1990s and his wife | $100 million | support for Harvard’s Science Center, collaborations and a fellowship in mathematics, and resources for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
| 6. | Carleton College | Wally and Barbara Weitz and family | Wally Weitz is founder of Weitz Investments, in Omaha, a 1970 Carleton alumnus, and chairman of Carleton’s Board of Trustees | $50 million (pledge) | contribution to the college’s capital campaign, which aims to increase financial aid and experiential-learning opportunities like internships |
| 6. | Carnegie Mellon U. | Tod and Cindy Johnson | Tod Johnson is executive chairman of the NPD Group, a financial advisory-services company in New York, and vice chair of Carnegie Mellon’s Board of Trustees. The couple are 1960s alumni of the university. | $50 million (pledge) | endowment to support undergraduate scholarships and programs to help students persist and graduate |
| 8. | Wabash College | Paul and Betty Woolls | Paul Woolls, a 1975 graduate of the men’s college, and his wife, Betty, own wineries in Napa Valley, Calif. | $40 million | contribution to the college’s capital campaign, for unrestricted use |
| 9. | U. of Oklahoma | Harold Hamm Foundation (Harold and Sue Ann Hamm) | Harold Hamm is founder and chief executive of Continental Resources, an oil and natural-gas exploration and production company in Oklahoma. | $34 million | support for research at the Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center in the university’s Health Sciences Center |
| 10. | Brown U. | John Atwater and Diana Nelson | Atwater, a 1983 Brown alumnus, is founder and chief executive of the Prime Group, a real-estate equity and investment firm in California. Nelson, his wife, is chair of Carlson, which operates Radisson Hotels and other hotel chains. | $31.6 million | construction of a lobby in the university’s new performing-arts center named for the donors, and support for scholarships and the annual fund |
| 11. | North Carolina State U. | Frederick Wilson Jr. and family | Frederick Wilson Jr., a 1961 North Carolina State alumnus with a degree in textile chemistry, is chairman of Piedmont Chemical Industries, a manufacturer of textile chemicals that was founded by his father in 1938. | $28 million | endowment for the university’s College of Textiles, which has been renamed the Wilson College of Textiles |
| 12. | Boston U. | Frederick S. Pardee | real-estate investor and former economist at the RAND Corporation, in California, who is a 1954 university alumnus | $25 million | addition to the endowment at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, meant to support education and research in international studies |
| 12. | Marshall U. Foundation | Brad D. and Alys Smith | Brad Smith, a 1986 Marshall alumnus, is chair and chief executive of the software company Intuit, in California. | $25 million | support for the Lewis College of Business, including new facilities and a redesign of the curriculum; a new building will be named the Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation, and the undergraduate and graduate schools of business will also be named for him |
| 12. | Stanford Law School | William A. Franke | founder of Indigo Partners, a private-equity firm, who earned degrees from Stanford in 1959 and 1961 | $25 million | endowment for and support for expansion of Stanford’s Global Initiative, now named the W.A. Franke Global Law Program |
| 12. | U. of California at Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine | Steven Gordon Family Foundation (Steven and Laurie Gordon) | Steven Gordon is chairman and a principal owner of Domino Realty, in California. Laurie Gordon is a former lawyer for United Artists Communications and former vice president of Warner Bros. International Theatres. | $25 million | creation of the Laurie and Steven Gordon Commitment to Cure Parkinson’s Disease, with support for research, five endowed faculty chairs, and a new laboratory |
| 12. | U. of Maryland Medical Center | Leonard and Roslyn Stoler | founder of the Len Stoler Automotive Group, which operates car dealerships in Baltimore and New York | $25 million | support for a new building for the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| 12. | U. of the Arts | Dorrance Hill Hamilton | a Campbell Soup heiress and university trustee who died in 2017 | $25 million (bequest) | support for the university’s capital campaign, which aims to renovate buildings, build a new dorm, and fund new programs and five endowed chairs |
