Maria Di Mento
Senior Reporter
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
202-466-1733
Maria directs the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual Philanthropy 50, a comprehensive report on America’s most-generous donors. She writes about wealthy philanthropists, family and legacy foundations, next generation philanthropy, arts organizations, key trends and insights related to high-net-worth donors, and other topics. Maria earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University.
Stories by This Author
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Gifts RoundupN.Y. Couple Gives $125 Million to Help Israeli Medical Students
Plus, USC Shoah Foundation landed $30 million to endow the Holocaust remembrance organization’s efforts to collect and preserve thousands of Holocaust survivor testimonies from around the world, and the Library of Congress received $20 million to purchase a rare 17th century viola for its collection. -
Gifts Roundup
UCLA Lands $25 Million to Launch a Center for Digestive Health
Plus, the National Academy of Sciences received $20 million, Agnes Scott College got $15 million, and three other universities received eight-figure gifts. -
Gifts Roundup
U. of South Carolina Students and Faculty to Benefit From $75 Million Windfall
Plus, a law school in Nebraska landed $2 million to enhance holocaust and international justice studies, and several other universities and a medical center in Hawaii received big gifts. -
Gifts Roundup
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Lands $25 Million for Pediatric Mental Health Program
Plus, the ArtCenter College of Design received a $17 million bequest from a long-time donor; and a hospital, three universities, and the education group Building African American Minds also received large gifts. -
Gifts Roundup
Wayne State U. Gets $50 Million From Former Instructor Turned Auto Executive
Plus, Hollywood film producer Sidney Kimmel gave Temple University more than $27 million to support media and communications and the performing and cinematic arts, and three other universities received big gifts. -
Gifts Roundup
Former Citigroup Boss Gives Weill Cornell Medicine $50 Million
Plus, Lyric Opera of Chicago landed a $25 million unrestricted gift from a long-time supporter, and a couple who are chemists and entrepreneurs gave USC’s Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute $15 million. -
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Gifts Roundup
Billionaire David Duffield Gives Alma Mater $100 Million
Plus, Grove City College received a $70 million bequest, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts landed $10 million, and three other organizations received big gifts from supporters. -
Gifts Roundup
Fintech Investor Ross Stevens Gives $100 Million for Olympic and Paralympic Athletes’ Financial Security
Plus, Fordham University landed $100 million, and Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, Cornell Tech, and two other universities landed multimillion-dollar gifts. -
Interactive
America’s Biggest Donors — the 25th Anniversary of Our Annual Philanthropy 50
Search or browse this year’s list of America’s biggest donors and all the past lists going back to 2000. You can sort by name, amount donated, source of wealth, location, and top cause.
