• UMKC Miller Nichols Library and Learning Center

    Nichols Family, Foundation Pledge Total of $1.25 Million to UMKC

    Gifts continue long history of support for UMKC Miller Nichols Library and educational mission.

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  • the Quad on UMKC campus

    Sosland Family Pledges $1.5 Million to UMKC School of Education

    A gift from the Sosland Foundation and the Vivian and Hymie J. Sosland Charitable Trust establishes the Vivian and Hymie Sosland Endowed Chair in Urban Education. The gift will enable the School of Education to create transformational changes in education.

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  • Thomas and Vina Hyde

    Thomas and Vina Hyde pledge $6 million to UMKC

    Campaign Steering Committee co-chairs and UMKC benefactors Thomas D. Hyde and Vina W. Hyde once again demonstrated their support for the university. The Hydes made a pledge of $6 million – the fourth largest gift in UMKC history – to support the Chancellor’s Fund for Excellence.

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  • Henry Bloch

    Henry W. Bloch provides the largest outright gift in UMKC’s history

    A $32 million gift from Henry W. Bloch — the largest outright gift in UMKC’s history and among the top 24 largest in 2011 according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy — will fund a state-of-the-art building to house the Henry W. Bloch School of Management’s graduate and executive programs.

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