1928-30 Benefactions of $100,000+ by Institution

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1928-30 Benefactions in Higher Education of $100,000+

College	City	State	Benefaction amount
Talladega College	Talladega	Alabama	569,386
Woman's College of Alabama	Montgomery	Alabama	101,610
College of the Ozarks	Clarksville	Arkansas	160,011
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	California	160,412
Occidental College	Los Angeles	California	116,762
Pomona College	Claremont	California	233,868
Scripps College	Claremont	California	484,203
Stanford University	Stanford University	California	372,336
University of California	Berkeley	California	1,678,393
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	California	727,402
University of Denver	Denver	Colorado	111,862
Wesleyan University	Middletown	Connecticut	189,161
Yale University	New Haven	Connecticut	26,520,691
University of Delaware	Wilmington	Delaware	429,013
American University	Washington DC	District of Columbia	117,000
Catholic University of America	Washington DC	District of Columbia	356,600
George Washington University	Washington DC	District of Columbia	407,884
Howard University	Washington DC	District of Columbia	710,473
Rollins College	Winter Park	Florida	807,308
Agnes Scott College	Decatur	Georgia	362,000
Berry College	Mount Berry	Georgia	665,796
Emory University	Emory University	Georgia	121,015
Oglethorpe University	Oglethorpe University	Georgia	140,000
University of Georgia	Athens	Georgia	241,365
Armour Institute of Technology	Chicago	Illinois	187,079
Augustana College	Rock Island	Illinois	178,670
Ferry Hall	Lake Forest	Illinois	458,225
Illinois College	Jacksonville	Illinois	291,831
Illinois Wesleyan University	Bloomington	Illinois	175,737
Loyola University	Chicago	Illinois	333,625
Meadville Theological School	Chicago	Illinois	353,371
North Central College	Naperville	Illinois	162,251
Northwestern University	Evanston	Illinois	8,062,849
Presbyterian Theological Seminary	Chicago	Illinois	211,494
University of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois	14,515,758
University of Illinois	Urbana	Illinois	178,207
DePauw University	Greencastle	Indiana	163,907
Evansville College	Evansville	Indiana	217,784
Indiana University	Bloomington	Indiana	141,690
Purdue University	Lafayette	Indiana	182,882
Wabash College	Crawfordsville	Indiana	213,762
Coe College	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	538,081
Drake University	Des Moines	Iowa	112,196
Grinnell College	Grinnell	Iowa	140,300
John Fletcher College	University Park	Iowa	200,000
State University of Iowa	Iowa City	Iowa	115,033
Upper Iowa University	Fayette	Iowa	106,562
Baker University	Baldwin	Kansas	304,571
Berea College	Berea	Kentucky	532,214
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary	Louisville	Kentucky	129,674
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary	Louisville	Kentucky	133,600
Centenary College	Shreveport	Louisiana	256,000
Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans	Louisiana	1,025,182
Bowdoin College	Brunswick	Maine	401,138
Loyola College	Baltimore	Maryland	100,000
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	Maryland	510,453
Morgan College	Baltimore	Maryland	118,000
Woodstock College	Woodstock	Maryland	490,000
Amherst College	Amherst	Massachusetts	417,355
Boston University	Boston	Massachusetts	246,176
Harvard University	Cambridge	Massachusetts	12,059,246
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	Massachusetts	830,561
Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	Massachusetts	644,470
Newton Theological Institution	Newton Center	Massachusetts	128,498
Simmons College	Boston	Massachusetts	109,659
Smith College	Northampton	Massachusetts	923,756
Wellesley College	Wellesley	Massachusetts	882,929
Williams College	Williamstown	Massachusetts	1,049,205
Albion College	Albion	Michigan	119,696
Kalamazoo College	Kalamazoo	Michigan	1,200,000
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan	1,022,191
College of St. Teresa	Winona	Minnesota	751,507
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	Minnesota	657,558
Tougaloo College	Tougaloo	Mississippi	141,969
Hannibal-La Grange College	Hannibal	Missouri	213,086
St. Louis University	St. Louis	Missouri	513,900
The Principia	St. Louis	Missouri	465,542
Washington University	St. Louis	Missouri	1,356,331
Dartmouth College	Hanover	New Hampshire	184,527
Drew University	Madison	New Jersey	222,674
Princeton University	Princeton	New Jersey	132,313
Rutgers University	New Brunswick	New Jersey	200,689
Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken	New Jersey	325,691
College of St. Rose	Albany	New York	101,803
Columbia University	New York	New York	5,097,023
Cornell University	Ithaca	New York	2,723,562
Fordham University	New York	New York	223,940
General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church	New York	New York	135,142
Hamilton College	Clinton	New York	119,868
Hardwick College	Oneonta	New York	130,000
Hobart College	Geneva	New York	119,016
New York University	New York	New York	681,395
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy	New York	265,073
St. Stephens College	Annandale-on-the-Hudson	New York	107,539
Syracuse University	Syracuse	New York	494,871
The Biblical Seminary of New York	New York	New York	126,762
Union Theological College	New York	New York	168,626
Union College	Schenectady	New York	197,800
University of Buffalo	Buffalo	New York	469,923
University of Rochester	Rochester	New York	437,113
Vassar College	Poughkeepsie	New York	141,576
Wagner Memorial Lutheran College	Staten Island	New York	175,000
Davidson College	Davidson	North Carolina	121,533
Johnson C. Smith University	Charlotte	North Carolina	302,500
Salem College	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	168,890
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	210,308
Jamestown College	Jamestown	North Dakota	117,987
Antioch College	Yellow Springs	Ohio	456,885
Bluffton College	Bluffton	Ohio	164,412
College of Wooster	Wooster	Ohio	603,660
John Carroll University	Cleveland	Ohio	2,500,000
Mount Union College	Alliance	Ohio	114,038
Oberlin College	Oberlin	Ohio	262,407
Ohio State University	Columbus	Ohio	128,280
Ohio Wesleyan University	Delaware	Ohio	106,302
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Ohio	389,161
Western Reserve University	Cleveland	Ohio	2,103,021
Wittenberg College	Springfield	Ohio	114,940
Oklahoma City University	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	124,708
University of Tulsa	Tulsa	Oklahoma	697,846
Albany College	Albany	Oregon	132,674
Pacific University	Newberg	Oregon	113,705
Reed College	Portland	Oregon	100,000
University of Oregon	Eugene	Oregon	265,108
Bryn Mawr College	Bryn Mawr	Pennsylvania	118,731
Drexel Institute	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	371,428
Franklin and Marshall College	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	250,000
Jefferson Medical College	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	936,974
Lafayette College	Easton	Pennsylvania	745,573
Lebanon Valley College	Annville	Pennsylvania	143,999
Lincoln University	Lincoln University	Pennsylvania	280,813
Pennsylvania State College	State College	Pennsylvania	265,050
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	171,804
Seton Hill College	Greenburg	Pennsylvania	104,436
Swarthmore College	Swarthmore	Pennsylvania	1,415,000
Temple University	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	230,946
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,228,102
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	1,624,046
Ursinus College	Collegeville	Pennsylvania	292,806
Villanova College	Villanova	Pennsylvania	160,000
Westminster College	New Wilmington	Pennsylvania	141,995
Brown University	Providence	Rhode Island	193,094
Yankton College	Yankton	South Dakota	329,795
Fisk University	Nashville	Tennessee	177,589
Freed-Hardeman College	Henderson	Tennessee	114,900
Lincoln Memorial University	Harrogate	Tennessee	170,000
Maryville College	Maryville	Tennessee	106,191
Meharry Medical College	Nashville	Tennessee	428,603
Southwestern College	Memphis	Tennessee	586,396
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary	Forth Worth	Texas	100,560
University of Texas	Austin	Texas	224,187
Brigham Young University	Provo	Utah	213,500
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College	Burlington	Vermont	430,295
College of William and Mary	Williamsburg	Virginia	721,502
University of Richmond	Richmond	Virginia	348,945
University of Virginia	Charlottesville	Virginia	437,270
Union Theological Seminary	Richmond	Virginia	166,354
Virginia Union University	Richmond	Virginia	623,114
University of Washington	Seattle	Washington	345,603
Lawrence College	Appleton	Wisconsin	213,472
University of Wisconsin	Madison	Wisconsin	178,689
College	City	State	Benefaction amount

Source: “Table 6-d.—Receipts—Benefactions of $100,000 or more,” United States Department of the Interior, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1928 – 1930, Bulletin, 1931, No. 20, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1932), 378-379.

1928-30 Benefactions in Higher Education of $100,000+

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