October 8, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Colleges that win the most contributions — in terms of dollars raised per student — have done so in part by spending more money than other institutions to hire full-time staff members to conduct research on alumni and other potential donors, according to a new survey.
October 22, 2009, Bloomberg — The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a private philanthropy started by Hewlett-Packard Co.’s late co-founder David Packard and his wife, will donate up to $100 million to Stanford University to help expand the children’s hospital that bears Lucile Packard’s name.
October 22, 2009, GW Hatchet — GW's Office of Development may be without a permanent director during a slumping economic climate, but it is plowing full steam ahead in a fundraising push for three major projects, University President Steven Knapp said this week.
October 13, 2009 — Tulane University's Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) will receive grants totaling $12.3 million to support the study of Latin America, including its relationship with the United States. The donation honors Samuel Zemurray Stone, a former Tulane board member and longtime supporter of Tulane's Latin American Studies program. As a distinguished political scientist, author and historian, Stone lectured at universities throughout the world including the Sorbonne in Paris, where he received his doctorate.
October 20, 2009, The Tufts Daily — Today’s rough economic times have hit nonprofits hard, and contributions from Tufts student volunteers have recently proven particularly helpful to a variety of organizations in the university’s neighboring communities.
DURHAM, N.C., October 20, 2009 — A $5.75 million gift from Duke University trustee David Rubenstein allowed the Sanford School of Public Policy to meet a $40 million fundraising target in time for its inauguration as Duke’s 10th school, President Richard H. Brodhead announced Tuesday.
October 13, 2009 — Case Western Reserve University has received a $20.5 million gift from Donald Goodman, DDS (DEN '45) and Ruth Weber Goodman.
October 14, 2009, The Daily Princetonian — Google CEO Eric Schmidt ’76 donated $25 million toward the creation of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund, the University announced on Tuesday.
October 6, 2009, The New York Times — The federal Department of Education sketched out a new nationwide competition on Tuesday under which some 2,700 school districts and nonprofit groups are expected to compete for pieces of a $650 million innovation fund.
October 2, 2009 - The University of North Dakota College of Business and Public Administration (CoBPA) received from an anonymous donor its largest gift ever—the $10 million gift also is among the largest given to the University of North Dakota through the UND Foundation. Established as a Challenge Grant, the donation could have a $40 million impact on the CoBPA.
