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36 Financial Management Here are the top 10 gifts, pledges and bequests from individuals to hospitals or health organizations within 2014. The Chronicle of Philanthropy maintains a database of recent gifts of $1 mil- lion or more made by individuals to charitable institutions. Please note sev- eral gifts are of equal value, meaning there are more than 10 listed. The giving figures are based on donations announced by Dec. 10, 2014 by the donors or their beneficiaries. In cases of bequests, most of the figures are estimates because the wills have not been settled. 1. $650 million pledge to Broad Institute (Cambridge, Mass.) Donor: The Stanley Family Foundation. Ted Stanley is the founder of MBI, a firm based in Connecticut that markets and sells collectibles. Details: The pledge will fund psychiatric disorder research at Broad Institute, a biomedical and genomic research center that is a partner to the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Harvard's five teaching hospitals. In 2007, Mr. Stanley gave $175 million to the institute to create the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research. 2. $125 million pledge to Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Donor: T. Denny Sanford, chairman of United National Corporation, a hold- ing company. To date, Mr. Sanford has donated more than $735 million to Sanford Health. Details: The pledge will create Sanford Imagenetics to help primary care physicians use genetic testing and counseling to treat patients. 3. $120 million pledge to Rady Children's Hospital Foundation (San Diego) Donor: Ernest Rady, founder and chairman of San Diego-based real estate company American Assets. Details: The pledge will established the Rady Pediatric Genomics and Sys- tems Medicine Institute. 4. $100 million pledge to Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health Donor: Dennis and Carol Troesh. Mr. Troesh is founder of Corona, Calif.- based Robertson's Ready Mix, which provides ready-mix concrete. Details: Loma Linda University Health will use the pledge for its capital cam- paign to build a new adult medical center, a tower for it's children's hospital and an interdisciplinary research hub. 4. $100 million to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York City) Donor: Henry R. and Marie Josée Kravis. Mr. Kravis is a founding partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, a private equity firm in New York. 10 Largest Donations From Individuals to Healthcare Organizations By Molly Gamble Webinar You Signed a Risk-Based Contract - Now what? Succeeding under risk-based payment models: Guidance from experts Tuesday, January 27, 2015 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST Presenters: Earl Steinberg, MD, CEO, xG Health Solutions Ray Herschman, President and COO, xG Health Solutions To register call 800-417-2035 or email egoodman@beckershealthcare.com Visit: www.beckershospitalreview.com and click on the Webinars tab Register Today for Becker's Upcoming Complimentary Webinar: Hospital Review Sponsored by: