The Baptist school originally called Dunlora Academy, University of Richmond closed down during the Civil War. In 1866, due to some generous donations, the school was reopened. Another sum was donated of $5,000 was donated by tobacconist James Thomas, Jr. In 1969.
The University of Richmond saw another generous donation of $50 million from millionaire E. Claiborne Robins, a renowned millionaire who made his fortune in pharmaceuticals. It didn’t end there. Years later, the Robins family gave $175 million towards the establishment of the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business.
St. Mary's University South Bend: $133.1 Million
St. Mary’s College, located in Indiana, is a Catholic all women’s university. They were established in 1844 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. The school has a small student body and faculty, compared to others on this list, with just over 1,600 students and around 200 teachers on the record for 2018.
St. Mary’s caters to undergraduates, providing 5 different bachelor’s degree programs with 30 routes of study. They also offer two graduate degree programs: a Doctorate and a Master of Science. Carol Ann Mooney, the 11th president of the university, is an alumnus herself, as is U.S Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.
University of Illinois: $2.523 Billion
The university Ranked as #51 among the best universities in the world, so, as you can imagine, quite a bit of money gets poured into it. The institution is renowned for its engineering, business, as well as its agricultural programs.
It's these programs that get the most donations. One example that stands out would be when the School of Engineering accepted $100 million from the [William] Grainger Foundation, Inc. in 2013, as well as $25 million more in 2017.
Boston College: $2.397 Billion
Boston College is a fastly become one of the wealthiest colleges in America due to its recent donations. Their program that specializes in academic leadership was almost singlehandedly created by Peter Lynch, owner of the Fidelity Management and Research Company (and Boston grad), and his $20 million dollar donation.
In 2012 realty investor and alumnus Patrick Cadigan gave $15 million to the college. The institution is especially recognized for its Connell School of Nursing, Carroll School of Management, and Lynch School of Education.
Indiana University: $2.385 Billion
According to the U.S. News & World Report list of top American universities, Indiana University is #89 on the list. The university has a total of nine campuses that stretch out to be 3,640 acres throughout the state of Indiana.
The main campus, IU–Bloomington consists of multiple top-ranking programs such as the Jacobs School of Music, and the Kelley School of Business. The program got its name from a 1997 donation of $23 million by Steak n’ Shake C.E.O, E.W. Kelley.