What have been the top 3 philanthropic gifts to cultural insitutions
in Florida history? What have been the 3 top philanthropic gifts to
educational institutions in Florida history?

Thank you.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 13 May 2005 12:52 PDT

There have been some huge gifts to universities in Florida, including
a donation of $100 million to the University of Miami's medical school
-- reportedly the second largest donation to a university in Florida's
history.

I can provide details of what appear to be the largest such donations,
but I can't guarantee that they are the Top 3, since there's no way to
be certain what (if any) donations I might have missed, or what
donations were made quietly, without much coverage.


As for cultural institutions, I can offer the same, but it would help
to know just what you mean by "cultural institution".  The largest
non-university donation I've come across thus far has been to a
Florida church.  Does that count as a "cultural institution"?

Let me know what you think.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by marcfestnws-ga on 18 May 2005 14:09 PDT

Thank you for requesting a clarification. I do need the top 3 gifts in
each category, and not just a list of any gifts that happen to be big.

A church would not count as a cultural institution.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 18 May 2005 15:38 PDT

I can't think of a way to somehow certify that the very large gifts
reported are, in fact, the largest in history.  If anything comes to
mind, I will revisit this question.  Or, perhaps another researcher
will come up with something.

Best of luck,

paf