Among donors to higher education who gave $1 million or more in the 2017 calendar year, the largest share could attribute their financial status to real estate. Technology was the No. 4 source of wealth, and family fortunes were No. 8. The top 10 sources of wealth accounted for 70 percent of the $7.5 billion in big gifts to colleges noted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy last year.
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