Washington Post Some D.C.-area colleges received record donations recently. Here are other top education gifts. University of Virginia (public): $120 million from the Quantitative Foundation, a private charity associated with the married couple Jaffray and Merrill Woodriff. The gift supported the launch of a school of data science. Announced in 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/03/colleges-record-donations-dc-maryland-virgina/