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 RoundupLawyer Gives $20 Million So Low-Income Law Students Can Avoid Enormous Debt
Plus, Stetson University received a $15.4 million bequest from a longtime supporter for scholarships and to endow its music school, and four other nonprofits received multimillion dollar donations. -
Gifts Roundup
Panda Express Founders Give $100 Million for a New Cancer Center That Fuses Eastern and Western Practices
Plus, financier Oscar Tang and art historian Agnes Hsu-Tang gave $40 million to New York Philharmonic, MacKenzie Scott gave $15 million for U.S. computer-science students from underserved backgrounds, and retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton gave $5 million for medical-debt forgiveness. -
Gifts Roundup
Financier Len Blavatnik Gives Yale $40 Million to Develop New Health Technologies
Plus, Dan and Jennifer Gilbert have pledged $375 million for two new medical facilities, and MacKenzie Scott is giving $20 million for affordable housing in San Francisco. -
Big Gifts
After a Family Loss, Billionaires Dan and Jennifer Gilbert Seek a Cure
Their $375 million gift will build two medical centers, one named for their son, who died at age 26 of neurofibromatosis. -
Giving
The Push to Get More Big Donors to Give to Fight the Spread of Antisemitism
Nonprofit leaders who fight hate say philanthropy has yet to recognize the threat antisemitism poses to American democracy and society as a whole. -
Gifts Roundup
Mary and Richard Compton Give $50 Million to a Santa Barbara Hospital
Plus, University of Texas at Austin has landed $50 million for a new environmental studies field station, and MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to a nonprofit that backs BIPOC-led businesses that provide jobs, training, and support to people who struggle to find employment. -
People
These Lottery Winners Put Millions to Philanthropy. Now Their Foundation Is Closing.
Lessons from a family’s decades-long giving focused on Latinx arts and culture, education, and diversity on nonprofit boards. -
Gifts Roundup
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Pledge $100 Million for Maui Wildfire Recovery
Plus, MacKenzie Scott is continuing to give big to affordable-housing efforts with a $10 million contribution to Homestead Community Land Trust, and University of Mississippi, Ohio Wesleyan, and San Diego State University all landed major gifts. -
Big Donors
MacKenzie Scott Has Given 24 Nonprofits $146 Million in the First Half of 2023
Nearly half went to early-childhood education and development, but she also gave to strengthen maternal health, combat infant mortality, create affordable housing, and more.
