$4.5 billion (bequest) | James LeVoy Sorenson, chairman of Sorenson Development | To the Sorenson Legacy Foundation (Salt Lake City) |
$1 billion (pledge) | Peter G. Peterson, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, and his wife, Joan Ganz Cooney | To the Peter G. Peterson Foundation (New York) |
$360 million (bequest) | Harold Alfond, founder of the Dexter Shoe Company | To the Harold Alfond Foundation (Portland, Maine) |
$300 million (pledge) | David G. Booth, founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors, and his wife, Suzanne | To University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
$300 million (bequest) | Donald B. Stabler, founder of Stabler Companies, and his wife, Dorothy | To the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation (Harrisburg, Pa.) |
$225 million (bequest) | Dorothy Clarke Patterson, widow of James J. Patterson, an heir to the Tribune Company fortune | To the Patterson Foundation (Sarasota, Fla.) |
$150 million (pledge) | Helen L. Kimmel, widow of Martin S. Kimmel, a co-founder of Kimco Realty Corporation | To New York University Langone Medical Center for a new facility |
$136 million (bequest) | Frank C. Doble, founder of Doble Engineering Company | To Lesley University (Cambridge, Mass.) for its endowment |
$136 million (bequest) | Frank C. Doble, founder of Doble Engineering Company | To Tufts University (Medford, Mass.) for its endowment |
$110.8 million | Jeffrey S. Skoll, former president of eBay | To the Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.) |