Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Michael Bloomberg's $1.8B pledge to Hopkins was the second largest charitable gift in 2018

Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion gift to Johns Hopkins University ranks as the second largest charitable gift of 2018, topped only by a donation from the world’s richest person. The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list released Wednesday shows Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos’ pledge of $2 billion to create the Day One Fund is the largest gift of 2018. The fund will help homeless families and create a network of nonprofit preschools in poor areas. Overall, the 10 largest donations in the U.S. announced…



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