The gift is from a couple who met at the university four decades ago.
Small schools usually struggle to compete for multimillion-dollar gifts, but the booming stock market has changed that.
Wealth donors sometimes forget that help is needed long after a disaster strikes.
Before clients write the check, make sure they understand the ways of philanthropy.
Cook said in 2015 that he plans to give most of his fortune to charity.
The Fox CEO’s letter and donation reflect a widening backlash over President Trump’s Charlottesville comments.
Twenty European Union countries are seeing spikes in modern slavery, including human trafficking.
Advisors and private clients are beginning to move the secondary markets for private equity.
Harvard Management Co., which oversees the $35.7 billion endowment, is looking to restructure the $4 billion of assets in its portfolio.
His message seeking philanthropic ideas drew 42,000 replies, turning heads in an area chided for "stodgy foundations."
The Rockefeller dynasty was built on oil money. Now the family is fighting one of its legacy companies over climate change.
Drew Gilpin Faust, an author and Civil War historian, succeeded former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
The older generations prefers traditional investments, while millennials are more interested in impact investments, the survey found.
Bill Ackerman's foundation has pledged a total of about $400 million since inception.
Eric Mindich has donated $15 million to Harvard. Now the university is withdrawing assets from his investment firm.
“This is the struggle of our time," the Facebook founder said during his keynote address at Harvard's commencement.
The billionaire Microsoft cofounder is working to blanket Africa with a surveillance system to stop poaching.
Harvard is shopping almost $1 billion of private equity and venture capital and about $1.6 billion of real estate.
The foundation receiving the donation is dedicated to fighting poverty.
Trump “wants to be a leader, he wants to have things that he’s actually accomplished,” Gates said.