donation

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The previous largest donation to a university was in 2019, when American billionaire Stephen Schwarzman donated £185m to Oxford University.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Herrero said the shipment was just "another donation" by Cuba's Russian ally, but he doubted that Moscow wanted to subsidize the Cuban economy in the long term.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Meanwhile, his commitment to being a values-driven business drew supporters, who began to donate supplies, and books—so many books, in fact, that every book he sold came via charitable donation.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The donation, set to be announced at BlackRock’s infrastructure summit in Washington later Wednesday, comes while the world’s largest asset manager is making a major push into private-infrastructure investing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Loomis’s donation checks were endorsed to “Ernest O. Lawrence, personal,” with the money to be spent at Lawrence’s sole discretion.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik