Campaign Donor Recognition
Campaign Donor Recognition
The campaign provides an opportunity for the university to answer the defining questions of our time and ensure that our state, nation, and world Look to Michigan for what’s next.
Lead donors are ushering in a new era of impact for U-M, forging a brighter future for not only our great university, but for the world.
Thank you to our Catalysts for accelerating what's next.
Legacy Builders ($1B)
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Legacy Builders ($1B & above)
We look forward to welcoming our first Legacy Builders and celebrating what will be an unprecedented gift to the University of Michigan.
Visionaries ($500M–$999M)
We look forward to welcoming our first Visionaries and celebrating what will be a historic gift to the University of Michigan.
Luminaries ($100M–$499M)
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Founding Catalysts
Stephen M. Ross
Founding Catalysts
Ambassador Ronald Weiser (ret.)
Innovators ($50M–$99M)
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Founding Catalysts
Dick Caldarazzo & Eileen Weiser
Founding Catalysts
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Foundation
Founding Catalysts
Thomas Kubr
Founding Catalysts
Richard Rogel & Susan Rogel
Founding Catalysts
The Marsal Family Foundation
Creators ($25M–$49M)
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2025
Frances Eisenberg (1942-2024) & Kenneth Eisenberg
Founding Catalysts
Larry D. Leinweber & Claudia V. Babiarz
Founding Catalysts
Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD & Martha A. Darling
Founding Catalysts
The Judy & Fred Wilpon Family Foundation, Inc.
Founding Catalysts
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Founding Catalysts
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Change Makers ($10M–$24M)
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Founding Catalysts
Amy & Paul Blavin
Founding Catalysts
Marci Carris & David Kribs
2026
Roger Ehrenberg & Carin Levine Ehrenberg
2025
Madeline & Sidney Forbes
2025
Nathan & Catherine Forbes
Founding Catalysts
Ilene H. Forsyth (1928-2022)
Founding Catalysts
William & Inger G. Ginsberg
Founding Catalysts
Nancy & James Grosfeld
Founding Catalysts
John Hoyns
Founding Catalysts
Thomas C. Jones
Founding Catalysts
Greg & Sue Joswiak
Founding Catalysts
Harold & Carol K. Kohn
2025
James Lu
Founding Catalysts
Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation
Founding Catalysts
Laura McTaggart & Thomas Nolan
Founding Catalysts
John H. & Patricia W. Mitchell Estate
Founding Catalysts
Monroe-Brown Foundation
2026
Richard L. & Ruth E. Postma
Founding Catalysts
Mark Sullivan & Jim St. George
Founding Catalysts
Judith Tam
Founding Catalysts
Dan & Sheryl Tishman, NorthLight Foundation
Founding Catalysts
Weill Family Foundation
Founding Catalysts
Leslie Yamada & Tachi Yamada (1945-2021)
Founding Catalysts
Zatkoff Family Legacy Fund
Founding Catalysts
American Cancer Society
Founding Catalysts
American Heart Association Inc
Founding Catalysts
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Founding Catalysts
Breakthrough T1D
Founding Catalysts
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Founding Catalysts
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation National Headquarters
2025
Dow Chemical Company Foundation
2025
Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Founding Catalysts
Pritzker Foundation
2026
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
2025
The Dow Chemical Company
2026
The Meijer Foundation
Anonymous
The University of Michigan also recognizes seventeen Look to Michigan Catalysts within these various giving levels who wish to remain anonymous. Twelve of these anonymous donors are Founding Catalysts.