Major gifts in the news
Hilberry expansion
The Wayne State Board of Governors unanimously voted Friday to green-light a long-planned performance and education project along Cass Avenue.
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“In Midtown alone, Wayne State University is building a new repertory theater and a new jazz center, the Motown Museum is expanding, and Murals in Market continues to grow.”
Gretchen Valade commits another $2 million to WSU
Businesswoman and philanthropist Gretchen Valade, of Grosse Pointe Farms, is increasing her efforts to make sure that Detroit’s rich jazz legacy continues to grow and flourish. Valade, the chair of the nonprofit Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation, recently committed another $2 million to Wayne State University.
Gretchen Valade's jazz gift grows to $9.5 million at Wayne State
Gretchen Valade’s ambitions for jazz in Detroit only seem to grow and grow. Now the jazz-loving philanthropist — among the most generous individual patrons of Detroit arts — is donating another $2 million to Wayne State University’s jazz program, on top of a $7.5 million commitment she announced in December 2015.
$10M gift helps Wayne State students become doctors
Mort Harris is one of Wayne State’s top five donors who has made a $17.5 million cumulative contribution to the university for its fitness center, social work and literacy programs.
From the Philanthropy 400: Who Got the Most Million-Dollar Gifts
Among the more than 290 organizations that completed a survey for The Chronicle’s Philanthropy 400 ranking, these nonprofits received at least one gift of $1 million or more. Contributions came in the form of cash, stock, and donated goods and services. Wayne State is listed as receiving 25 gifts of $1 million or more totaling $60,708,068.