![]() Gift: $20 million to the Cox Science Center and Aquarium It’s the largest gift in the private institution’s history. Hyatt Brown, the retired CEO of Brown & Brown insurance agency and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 1978-80, and his wife have pledged $25 million to create the Cici and Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace Technology at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. ![]() Gift: $25 million to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Her first husband, Phillip Bowman, was a research chemist who served as president and chairman of Bristol Laboratories. Underwood, an avid golfer and world traveler, has no children of her own and has said she considers UM her child. Gift: More than $25 million to the University of MiamiĮarlier this year, Underwood pledged a large share of her estate to the University of Miami in a bequest valued at more than $25 million that will benefit the department of modern languages and literatures (to be named in her honor), as well as research focused on women’s health at the medical school, and scholarships and program support for the women’s golf team. Michele Bowman Underwood, Palm Beach Gardens Their $33-million gift to the Miami Foundation in 2021 came from the sale of the couple’s waterfront home in Coconut Grove. In 2012, the billionaire developer and his wife signed a pledge, committing at least half their wealth to charity. ![]() Jorge Pérez, chairman and CEO of Related Group, moved to the United States in 1968 from Cuba without a penny to his name but made a fortune building subsidized apartments and later constructing high-end condos. Gift: $33 million to the Miami Foundation His three most recent “social impact” grants included a $25-million gift to Nemours Children’s Health to create an institute for health equity, a $10-million grant to help build the Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity and a $5-million grant to the University of Central Florida to create the Ginsburg Center for Inclusion and Community Engagement. Ginsburg, a successful real estate developer who made much of his fortune building apartment complexes, is one of the most prominent philanthropists in Central Florida, having donated millions to Orlando schools, hospitals and other causes through the Ginsburg Family Foundation. ![]() Gifts: $40 million to three Central Florida non-profits Baldwin was a retired engineer and business executive who earned his fortune in electronics. Petersburg Free Clinic, which received $9.5 million and R’Club Child Care, which got roughly $6 million. Petersburg, which got more than $9 million (the largest donation in the school’s history) the St. Recipients included the Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg’s “secret millionaire,” Baldwin drove a beat-up Lincoln Town Car and astonished many in the community when he left millions of dollars to a handful of organizations following his death last year at age 96. Gifts: $63 million to seven Tampa Bay-area non-profitsĭubbed St. His $70-million stock gift to the Central Florida Foundation last December made him the youngest donor on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s 2021 list of the nation’s top 50 donors. Russell, the founder and CEO of Luminar Technologies, became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire after his automotive sensor firm went public in 2020 when he was 25 years old, according to Forbes. Gift: $70 million to the Central Florida Foundation Here are some Floridians who’ve made seven-figure gifts to nonprofits in the state over the past 18 months. The nation’s top 50 donors gave away nearly $28 billion in 2021, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend
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