Largest Philanthropic Gifts

Ranked by gift amount

COMPANY ADDRESS PHONE; WEBSITE GIFT AMOUNT ($000,000) GIVER GIFT PURPOSE

1MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

426 Auditorium Road,East Lansing48824 517-355-1855; msu.edu $32.0 Mat Ishbia UWM Holdings Corp. president and CEO Mat Ishbia committed $32 million to Michigan State University. The donation will primarily go towards the athletics department. The largest chunk of the donation, $20 million, will be used to renovate the Skandalaris Football Center. The gift will also include $2 million to be used at the discretion of men's head basketbal coach Tom Izzo, whom Isbia called a mentor.

2CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART

39221 Woodward Ave.,Bloom eld Hills48303 248-645-3300; cranbrookart.edu

3UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN

3011 W. Grand Blvd,, Suite 500,Detroit48202 313-226-9200; unitedwaysem.org $25.0 MacKenzie Scott United Way is focusing on three things as it looks at where to spend the $25 million gift over the next few years: addressing immediate crisis during the pandemic; diversity, equity and inclusion; and innovative ways of nding new solutions to old problems.

3FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC.

21800 Green eld Road,Oak Park48237 248-967-1500; forgottenharvest.org $25.0 MacKenzie Scott The nonpro t will use some part of the Scott gift to expand and stabilize the pantry network in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.

5UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPRESSION CENTER

4250 Plymouth Road,Ann Arbor48109 NA

6WAYNE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY

7310 Woodward Ave., Suite 800,Detroit48202 313-873-6000; waynemetro.org

6HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER ZEKELMAN FAMILY CAMPUS

28123 Orchard Lake Road,Farmington Hills48334 248-553-2400; www.holocaustcenter.org

6EASTERSEALS MICHIGAN

2399 E. Walton Blvd.,Auburn Hills48326 248-475-6400; eastersealsmichigan.com

9UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor48109 734-764-1817; umich.edu

10 YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT 1401 Broadway, Suite 3A,Detroit48226 313-267-5300; ymcadetroit.org $10.0 MacKenzie Scott The gift will be used to support the three core areas on which the YMCA focuses: family and community; child and youth development; and health and wellness.

11 UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL

8400 N Cambridge Ave.,Detroit48221 (313) 862-5400; uofdjesuit.org

11 UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL

8400 N Cambridge Ave.,Detroit48221 (313) 862-5400; uofdjesuit.org $5.0 Nicholas Labedz Gift made by the estate of Detroit native and friend of the school, Nicholas Labedz, a private real estate investor. Labedz, who died in May 2019, made the donation through his estate in honor of his lifelong friend and business partner, Richard Mazurek, M.D., a 1954 graduate of U of D Jesuit. The gift will create an endowed student scholarship.

11 MOTOWN MUSEUM 2648 W. Grand Blvd.,Detroit48208 313-875-2264; motownmuseum.com $5.0 MacKenzie Scott Will support the Motown Museum's general operational fund; because it was a exible gift, the board determined to use this gift for museum operations – especially in the wake of the pandemic.

14 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 1

701 Tappan St.,Ann Arbor48109 734-615-5002; michiganross.umich.edu $2.5 William Stein William Stein, senior managing director in the real estate group of Blackstone Inc., a 1984 alum of the school and a member of the Ross School Advisory Board. The gift will create the Stein Scholarship Cohort Fund, which will be used to provide scholarships and programming for Ross students with a demonstrated nancial need in the Bachelor of Business Administration Program.

ResearchedbySonyaD.Hill:shill@crain.com |ThislistisanapproximatecompilationofthelargestphilanthropicgiftstoindividualorganizationsinWayne,Oakland, Macomb,WashtenawandLivingstoncounties.Anonymousgiftsarenotincludedbecausethepurposeofthelististohighlightspeci cgiversandphilanthropistsandnotjust the gift amounts. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available.NOTES: 1. Also known as Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

$30.0 Jennifer and Dan Gilbert

To help make the private graduate school more accessible to underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. The gift, made directly by the founder and chairman of Detroit-based Rocket Companies Inc. and his entrepreneur wife, is the largest in the history of the academy and believed to be the largest to a graduate art program in the country.

$19.8 Kenneth and Frances Eisenberg

$15.0 Gilbert Family Foundation

To fund research on mental health. The UM Depression Center will be known as the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center after the UM board of regents approved the name change in March.

To assist low-income Detroit residents pay back-property taxes to avoid foreclosure

$15.0 Family of Alan Zekelman and Zekelman Industries

The gift to the Holocaust Memorial Center is from the family of its board treasurer, Alan Zekelman, and its company, Zekelman Industries. It will support the center's goal to raise a $65 million board-designated endowment. The rest of the campaign will fund the center's operation over the next ve years, update its core exhibit to include personal stories from Holocaust survivors and expand virtual education opportunities.

$15.0 MacKenzie Scott The largest gift the a liate has ever received.

$11.1 Dan and Sheryl Tishman

To expand environmental justice e orts. The money is coming from Dan and Sheryl Tishman and their NorthLight Foundation. The school will establish the Tishman Center for Social Justice and the Environment, a scholarship fund and new faculty positions in the College of Engineering and School for Environment and Sustainability.

$5.0 Dr. Leonard Scherock

A $5 million gift made by the estate of the late Dr. Leonard Scherock, an alumnus of the school will create an endowed student scholarship. Scherock, who died in April 2020 at age 78, was a member of the U of D Jesuit High School and Academy class of 1959.