The Golisano Foundation will provide $25 million to Special Olympics to expand its health services globally for people with intellectual disabilities, a population that lacks access to adequate healthcare and faces significant health disparities. The donation, largest single private gift ...

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St. John Fisher College has received a $2 million gift from Victor E. Salerno, CEO of O’Connell Electric and vice chair of the college’s board of trustees. The gift will be used to build a new home for the Ronald ...

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The Rochester Institute of Technology has received a $3 million gift to establish an endowed chair in its business school. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports that the Eugene Fram Endowed Chair in Critical Thinking will be created in RIT’s ...

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The University of Rochester will receive $3 million to support entrepreneurship education and scholarships at the Simon Graduate School of Business. The gift is from Mark S. Ain ‘67 (MBA), co-founder and chairman of Massachusetts-based Kronos Inc. ...

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Rochester businessman B. Thomas Golisano will donate $20 million to Golisano Children’s Hospital. He announced the gift Thursday, surprising more than 200 people at a ceremony at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

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