Major-Gift Fundraising

Plus, Baltimore real-estate developer Sam Rose gave $2 million for full scholarships for students from Ukraine, and Jacklyn and Miguel Bezos, Steve Tisch, and a Campbell’s Soup heiress gave big to support scholarships and ocean research.

What works — and what doesn’t — when building ties with financial professionals to attract DAF gifts.

Also, Mary and Richard Templeton donated $20 million to Southern Methodist University for engineering education and scholarships, and California State University at Fullerton has received a pledge of $4 million for desert-science studies.

Also, the Heritage Foundation has received a pledge of $25 million to advance its policy goals, and the University of California at Los Angeles received a joint gift of $20 million to establish the Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center.

Plus, the University of Michigan landed a $50 million donation for its education school, and three other universities received big gifts.

The U.S. charitable response to the disaster offers a mixed forecast of giving in the long run.

Among the insights: The longer it took to close a proposal, the less chance for its success, but other factors played a role, too.

This year’s Philanthropy 50 ranks tops donors by their giving in 2022. Here’s what some of these philanthropists plan to do in 2023 and beyond.

The number of people worth at least $50 million has nearly quadrupled in the past decade. Meet the big givers hiding in plain sight.

Many of 2022 largest donors hewed closely to decades-old conventions of philanthropy. Two areas that attracted significant support: scholarships and medical research. Plus: See our entire special report on the Philanthropy 50.