Source: WUNC, 10/26/21


An anonymous donor has given Catawba College, in Salisbury, a $200 million dollar gift, effectively tripling the size of the small, private college's endowment. "This left us speechless," said Catawba College's President David Nelson. "It left us wondering if we were reading numbers correctly." Nelson says higher education donations of more than $100 million are considered notable "mega-gifts" even at large institutions.

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