Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

NPR News
By Claudio Sanchez
May 4, 2009

When times are tough, most people are tight with their money. But in the past couple of months, somebody has been giving millions of dollars to more than a dozen colleges — anonymously. Not even the schools that received the money know who it is, and they’ve been told in no uncertain terms not to try to find out.

There is nothing like a good mystery, especially if it involves a lot of money — $81.5 million — and a mysterious donor. The recipients? Fourteen very lucky colleges in nine states. All but one of the schools are public institutions, and the president at every single school is a woman.

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