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May 30, 2023

Donations by companies and corporate foundations

Check the numbers: Donations by individuals and family foundations; total corporate donations Read more: Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift

May 30, 2023

Donations by individuals and family foundations

Read more: Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift Check the numbers: Donations by companies and corporate foundations; total corporate donations

May 30, 2023

Total corporate donations

Check the numbers: Donations by companies and corporate foundations; donations by individuals and family foundations Read more: Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift

Inova receives $75M donation for heart, vascular programs
May 23, 2023

Inova receives $75M donation for heart, vascular programs

Northern Virginia philanthropists Dwight and Martha Schar have made a $75 million matching gift to support Inova Health System’s heart and vascular treatment programs, Inova announced Tuesday. The Schars have donated a total of $126 million to the Falls Church-based health system since 1993, including $50 million in 2015 to establish Fairfax County’s Inova Schar […]

CoStar makes $18M pledge to VCU for arts building
May 12, 2023

CoStar makes $18M pledge to VCU for arts building

CoStar Group, the Washington, D.C.-based real estate data analytics company with a large presence in Richmond, has committed to give $18 million to Virginia Commonwealth University to build an arts and innovation academic building in Richmond, the company announced Friday. The building, which will tentatively be named the CoStar Center for Arts and Innovation, will […]

From left: NSU Board of Visitors Rector Devon M. Henry, Conrad M. Hall and NSU President Javaune Adams-Gaston hold a ceremonial check for Hall's $1 million donation.
May 9, 2023

NSU receives $1M donation for chair endowment

Retired Dominion Enterprises Inc. President and CEO Conrad M. Hall has donated $1 million to Norfolk State University, the university announced Friday. The gift from Hall, who serves on NSU’s board of visitors, will support the creation of an endowed chair, the Conrad M. Hall Endowed Chair in Constitutional and U.S. History, in NSU’s Department […]

GMU biz school receives $50M bequest
May 3, 2023

GMU biz school receives $50M bequest

George Mason University’s School of Business will be renamed for the late Donald G. Costello, a Loudoun County native and business owner who left the university $50 million in his will, GMU announced last week. The donation is the university’s largest individual gift in its 50-year history. Costello, who died in 2017 at the age […]

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Apr 25, 2023

UR alumni couple donates $3M to support Jewish life

Carole and Marcus Weinstein, alumni of the University of Richmond and recent donors of $25 million to the university, have given an additional $3 million to the university’s chaplaincy to support Jewish life, UR announced Monday. “We have participated in several Jewish life events on campus and are excited to contribute to the ongoing efforts […]

Va. Tech names SVP for advancement
Apr 21, 2023

Va. Tech names SVP for advancement

Virginia Tech has promoted Charlie Phlegar to senior vice president for advancement, the university announced Thursday. Phlegar has led efforts in fundraising, alumni relations, communications and marketing since 2015. Under his leadership, Tech’s advancement division has secured record amounts of new gifts and commitments, including $268.5 million in fiscal year 2021-2022. Undergraduate giv[...]

Donna Stucker. Photo courtesy Goodwill Industries of the Valley
Apr 10, 2023

Goodwill of the Valleys names philanthropy exec

Donna Stucker is the new chief philanthropy officer for Goodwill Industries of the Valleys. Stucker assumed her role April 3, according to a news release. She will lead a new capital campaign and associated donor development and will plan and manage an effort to grow donations for the Roanoke-based Goodwill chapter, which serves 35 counties […]

U.Va. commerce alum donates $10M for scholarships
Mar 24, 2023

U.Va. commerce alum donates $10M for scholarships

A University of Virginia alumnus, John Connaughton, and his wife, Stephanie, have donated $10 million to fund need-based undergraduate scholarships for McIntire School of Commerce students, the university announced Thursday. U.Va. will match the couple’s gift, which establishes the Connaughton Bicentennial Scholars Fund. Portions of the Connaughtons’ gift will go toward the launch of &[...]

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