Farmer家族基金会拟十年捐赠至1亿美元：创Miami大学217年最大捐赠纪录
位于俄亥俄州 Butler 县 Oxford 的 Miami 大学宣布，Farmer 家族基金会（Farmer Family Foundation）计划在未来十年向该校 Farmer 商学院捐赠最高1亿美元，这是这所建校217年的大学历史上金额最大的一笔捐赠，也是全美公立本科商学院收到的最大捐赠之一。校长 Gregory Crawford 于11月5日在年度校情咨文演讲中宣布了这一消息。
捐赠的第一期为5,500万美元、将在未来三年到位。整笔承诺中还包含一笔2,500万美元的配捐安排：基金会将对2.5万美元以上的新捐赠按1比1配捐、单一捐赠人最高配捐250万美元，以带动更多捐赠投向定量技能、技术、体验式学习与职业准备等方向；其余4,500万美元的条款将另行商定，后续拨付与商学院达成关键绩效指标挂钩。
Farmer 商学院以 Cintas 公司创办人 Richard T. "Dick" Farmer 及其家族命名：Farmer 夫妇1992年为商学院提供了基石捐赠，基金会此后又是商学院大楼建设的主要捐赠方。这笔新捐赠也把 Miami 大学正在进行的10亿美元募款行动推过了目标线。该商学院现有学生5,000余人。（来源：Miami大学）
Farmer Family Foundation to Give Up to $100 Million Over a Decade: Largest Gift in Miami University's 217 Years
Miami University, in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, announced that the Farmer Family Foundation intends to give up to $100 million over the next decade to its Farmer School of Business — the largest donation in the university's 217-year history and one of the biggest ever made to a public undergraduate business school in the United States. President Gregory Crawford announced the gift in his annual State of the University address on Nov. 5.
The first $55 million will arrive over the next three years. The commitment includes a $25 million matching fund under which the foundation will match new gifts of $25,000 or more dollar for dollar, up to $2.5 million from any single donor, behind priorities such as quantitative skills, technology, experiential learning and career readiness. The terms of the remaining $45 million are still to be determined, and future funding will depend largely on the school continuing to meet key performance metrics.
The Farmer School is named for Richard T. "Dick" Farmer, founder of Cintas Corp., and his family: the Farmers provided the school's cornerstone gift in 1992, and the foundation was the lead donor for the school's building. The new gift also carried the university across the $1 billion goal of its fundraising campaign. The Farmer School serves more than 5,000 students. (Source: Miami University)
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图片来源：图片来源：Miami大学 Farmer 商学院大楼（Chris Staley 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons） / Image: The Farmer School of Business building at Miami University (Chris Staley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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