$125 Million Is Pledged to Big Medical Center

“If they don’t raise the money, they don’t get the gift, so I’m not sure you can really call it that,” he said.

Mr. Feeney also fretted about the timing of the fund-raising effort, noting that many prospective donors had seen their wealth cut by 40 percent or more.

“There is no such thing as a small gift, of course, but we’ll need major gifts to achieve this goal I’ve set,” he said.