Michael Dell, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore’s funds among 8 largest university gifts
Ken Griffin just made a huge splash in the world of philanthropy by donating a whopping $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University! This massive gift includes $2 billion for a cutting-edge campus in Miami and $1 billion for the prestigious School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh.
Michael Dell and Gordon Moore have made among the eight largest single gifts to universities in history, with their combined $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University. Their pledge surpasses the previous largest contributions from billionaire philanthropists, such as Michael Bloomberg, John Doerr, Philip and Penny Knight, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Griffin's $3 billion allocation includes $2 billion for a new 35-acre interdisciplinary campus in Miami and $1 billion divided between Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh and university-wide strategic initiatives. The donation is Griffin's personal record for lifetime charitable giving, which totaled an estimated $2.5 billion, primarily focused on education and medical research.
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