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Dr. Todd Stravitz, a liver disease specialist, made a record $104 million donation to Virginia Commonwealth University to support liver research. Photo by Caroline Martin

Gift of a lifetime

Doctor’s $104 million VCU donation aids liver research

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For Dr. Todd Stravitz, February was an opportune time to make the largest gift in the history of Virginia Commonwealth University — a $104 million donation to support liver research.…

Jim and Frances McGlothlin, shown here at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, have donated 90 artworks to the museum in the past decade. Photo by Sandra Sellars, © 2022 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

The gift givers

Personal passions, ideals turn into major donations

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While 2020 represented a significant year for philanthropic shifts toward social and racial justice causes, 2021 and early 2022 have seen a return to traditional giving, with many of Virginia’s…

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The best of times?

Year of pandemic and civil strife also saw transformative giving

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The past year or so in America has often seemed a dark time, with headlines dominated by COVID-19, the tumult surrounding social justice issues and our deeply politically divided nation.…

Gifts of healing

Virginians counter COVID-19, racial injustice via philanthropy

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When tech entrepreneur Pete Snyder and his wife, Burson, returned home to Charlottesville from taking their 5-year-old daughter to Walt Disney World this spring, they came home to a business…