- Form
- cash
- Status
- pledged
- Channel
- direct to recipient
- Recipient
- Harvard University
- Date
- 2021
- As of
- 21 September 2021
What it means: One gift; not their lifetime total.
One gift; not their lifetime total.
Key facts
Documented record (USD)
$100M
Penny Pritzker's gift to Harvard for an economics building (2021)
Scope
Single gift
Period
2021
As of
2021-09-21
Attribution
Channel: direct to recipient. Recipient: Harvard University.
Original currency
USD as reported
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Net worth
Unknown — not yet documented
Giving share
Unknown — not yet documented
No compatible net-worth observation in this preview.
Annual giving
Unknown — not yet documented
No current-year paid total verified.
Private impact
Unknown — not yet documented
Unknown is not zero.
How they give
The math
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The gift
Giving timeline
Dated facts present in this record, each tied to a numbered citation.
Notable gifts / records
$100M [1]
Penny Pritzker's gift to Harvard for an economics building (2021)
Scope: Single gift. Period: 2021. As of: 2021-09-21.
Sources
- [1] S01 Philanthropy 50: List of America’s top 50 donors of 2021 Yahoo News (AP) · 2022-02-08 · checked 2026-10-11 “… million Biggest gift: $100 million to Georgetown University ___ 27. (tie) Harry and Linda Fath Businessman and wife $100 million Biggest gift: $50 million to Mercy Ships and $50 million to University of Notre Dame ___ 27. (tie) Penny Pritzker …” Page states the figure used here ($100M). Citation check: passed (HTTP 200, figure found near the name).
- [2] S02 Penny Pritzker - Wikipedia Wikipedia · checked 2026-10-11 “… Magazine . May 23, 2018 . Retrieved May 29, 2018 . ↑ Wang, Andy Z. (September 21, 2021). "Penny Pritzker '81 Donates $100 Million for New Economics Department Building" . The Harvard Crimson . Archived from the original on January 5, 2024 . …” Page states the figure used here ($100M). Citation check: passed (HTTP 200, figure found near the name). Source check: secondary. Queued for a better primary or independent source.
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