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1925-26 Benefactions in Higher Education of $100,000+

College City State Benefaction amount Notes
Birmingham-Southern College Birmingham Alabama 131,415
Galloway Woman's College Searcy Arkansas 116,364
University of California Berkeley California 3,318,889
Pomona College Claremont California 415,174
Loyola College Los Angeles California 112,000
Mills College Mills College California 484,866
California Institute of Technology Pasadena California 139,667
Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford University California 653,872
University of Redlands Redlands California 428,520
University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 101,000
Colorado College Colorado Springs Colorado 574,300
University of Denver Denver Colorado 233,434
Wesleyan University Middletown Connecticut 257,776
Yale University New Haven Connecticut 4,742,896
Catholic University of America Washington DC District of Columbia 906,417
George Washington University Washington DC District of Columbia 161,583
Howard University Washington DC District of Columbia 113,444
Robert Brookings Washington DC District of Columbia 121,000
Georgia School of Technology Atlanta Georgia 130,000
Paine College Augusta Georgia 105,000
Agnes Scott College Decatur Georgia 115,000
Emory University Emory University Georgia 484,449
Brenau College Gainesville Georgia 325,000
Reinhardt College Waleska Georgia 133,000
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington Illinois 248,615
Armour Institute of Technology Chicago Illinois 179,872
Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago Illinois 208,000
University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 4,490,698
Northwestern University Evanston Illinois 5,992,176
Lake Forest College Lake Forest Illinois 300,000
McKendree College Lebanon Illinois 114,870
North Central College Naperville Illinois 102,082
Rosary College Oak Park Illinois 256,385
Bradley Polytechnic Institute Peoria Illinois 520,000 The Biennial Survey entered Bradley as Bradford.
Rockford College Rockford Illinois 235,617
Wheaton College Wheaton Illinois 115,721
Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 305,473
Wabash College Crawfordsville Indiana 139,077
Earlham College Earlham Indiana 228,824
DePauw University Greencastle Indiana 840,984
Taylor University Upland Indiana 174,082
Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa 271,846
University of Dubuque Dubuque Iowa 112,234
Graceland College Lamoni Iowa 191,400
Washburn University Topeka Kansas 274,437
Southwestern College Winfield Kansas 158,776
Transylvania College Lexington Kentucky 287,000
Presbyterian Theological Seminary Louisville Kentucky 112,551
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville Kentucky 651,300
Asbury College Wilmore Kentucky 123,126
Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans Louisiana 256,834
Centenary College Shreveport Louisiana 242,755
Bates College Lewiston Maine 105,900
Goucher College Baltimore Maryland 686,419
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland 4,053,617
Woodstock College Woodstock Maryland 375,000
Amherst College Amherst Massachusetts 348,420
Boston University Boston Massachusetts 417,642
Gordon College of Theology Boston Massachusetts 130,000
Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts 9,146,323
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Massachusetts 596,000
Radcliffe College Cambridge Massachusetts 166,000
Smith College Northampton Massachusetts 920,711
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Massachusetts 274,643
Tufts College Tufts College Massachusetts 3,007,216
Wellesley College Wellesley Massachusetts 752,335
Williams College Williamstown Massachusetts 145,725
Alma College Alma Michigan 214,734
University of Michigan Ann arbor Michigan 506,443
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo Michigan 142,966
Olivet College Olivet Michigan 180,000
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota 100,000
Concordia College Moorhead Minnesota 109,672
Carleton College Northfield Minnesota 1,119,735
St. Olaf College Northfield Minnesota 179,494
College of St. Catherine St. Paul Minnesota 131,200
Concordia College St. Paul Minnesota 113,063
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter Minnesota 300,000
Mississippi State College for Women Columbus Mississippi 100,000
Belhaven College Jackson Mississippi 260,061
University of Missouri Columbia Missouri 112,732
Central College Fayette Missouri 103,575
William Jewell College Liberty Missouri 144,048
Park College Parkville Missouri 230,500
St. Louis University St. Louis Missouri 600,000
Washington University St. Louis Missouri 1,311,435
Cotner College Bethany Nebraska 117,024
Hastings College Hastings Nebraska 136,000
Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire 1,415,605
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey 862,983
St. Stephens College Annandale New York 157,926
Wells College Aurora New York 124,712
Adelphi College Brooklyn New York 218,833
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Brooklyn New York 318,394
St. Francis College Brooklyn New York 188,648
University of Buffalo Buffalo New York 275,273
St. Lawrence University Canton New York 250,898
Hamilton College Clinton New York 227,456
Cornell University Ithaca New York 478,423
College of Mount St. Vincent New York New York 170,039
College of the City of New York New York New York 151,800
Columbia University New York New York 4,007,014
New York University New York New York 720,999
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary New York New York 185,074
The Biblical Seminary in New York New York New York 153,224
Union Theological Seminary New York New York 567,014
Niagara University Niagara University New York 109,467
Vassar College Poughkeepsie New York 484,249
University of Rochester Rochester New York 1,717,001
Union University Schenectady New York 198,715
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York 227,689
Davidson College Davidson North Carolina 247,524
Elon College Elon North Carolina 197,804
Greensboro College Greensboro North Carolina 136,335
Guilford College Guildford North Carolina 169,720
Louisburg College Louisburg North Carolina 134,932
Baldwin-Wallace College Berea Ohio 167,080
Hebrew Union College Cincinnati Ohio 250,000
St. Xavier College Cincinnati Ohio 272,022
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio 673,273
Case School of Applied Science Cleveland Ohio 1,174,993
Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio 119,529
Capital University Columbus Ohio 304,480
Kenyon College Gambier Ohio 188,795
Hiram College Hiram Ohio 179,000
Marietta College Marietta Ohio 102,010
Muskingum College New Concord Ohio 202,751
Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio 10,505,883
Lake Erie College Painesville Ohio 163,926
Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio 313,723
Heidelberg College Tiffin Ohio 261,303
Otterbein College Westerville Ohio 124,173
Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio 150,324
Phillips University Enid Oklahoma 206,587
Pacific College Newberg Oregon 114,408
Reed College Portland Oregon 234,307
Willamette University Salem Oregon 215,660
Geneva College Beaver Falls Pennsylvania 251,000
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania 179,000
Dickinson College Carlisle Pennsylvania 135,000
Lafayette College Easton Pennsylvania 244,165
Grove City College Grove City Pennsylvania 170,373
Juniata College Huntingdon Pennsylvania 120,663
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster Pennsylvania 493,000
Bucknell University Lewisburg Pennsylvania 286,765
Drexel Institute Philadelphia Pennsylvania 178,112
Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia Pennsylvania 295,184
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 601,683
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1,912,966
Swarthmore College Swarthmore Pennsylvania 170,000
Limestone College Gaffney South Carolina 275,000
Huron College Huron South Dakota 374,096
Yankton College Yankton South Dakota 191,544
Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate Tennessee 134,083
Maryville College Maryville Tennessee 153,354
Southwestern College Memphis Tennessee 197,767
Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee 3,733,040
University of the South Sewanee Tennessee 130,710
Simmons College Abilene Texas 324,612
Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas 691,104
Texas Christian University Fort Worth Texas 150,550 The Biennial Survey entered TCU as Texas Christian College
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Seminary Hill Texas 243,371
Baylor University Waco Texas 568,473
Middlebury College Middlebury Vermont 113,992 The Biennial Survey entered Middlebury College as Middleburg College
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary Theological Seminary Virginia 215,000
Randolph-Macon College Ashland Virginia 390,181
University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia 102,844
Virginia Military Academy Lexington Virginia 130,000
Randolph-Macon Woman's College Lynchburg Virginia 138,499
Roanoke College Salem Virginia 132,838
College of Puget Sound Tacoma Washington 194,910
Whitman College Walla Walla Washington 184,492
Northland College Ashland Wisconsin 195,625
Beloit College Beloit Wisconsin 296,764
University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin 164,576
Marquette University Milwaukee Wisconsin 162,911
College City State Benefaction amount Notes

Note from Biennial Survey: “The total amount of gifts and bequests, excluding grants by the United States, by the several States, and by municipalities, reported for the year 1925-26 is $118,144,084. Of this amount, $29,473 was for increase of plant, $16,296,152 for current expenses, and $72,374,608 for increase of endowments. Gifts of more than $100,000 each, received during the year, were reported by 176 universities, colleges, and professional schools, by the total for these institutions being $103,428,659.” (p. 808)

Source: “Table 3.—Benefactions of $100,000 or more,” United States Department of the Interior, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1924 – 1926, Bulletin, 1928, No.25 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1928), 808-809.”