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IRWIN & JOAN JACOBS PHILANTHROPY

Irwin Jacobs, co-founder of Qualcomm, and his wife, Joan, are well-known philanthropists who give to education and arts-related causes. In 2006 and 2007, gifts from Jacobs and his wife included $1 million to the San Diego Natural History Museum and $30 million to the American Society for Technion. Irwin and Joan Jacobs were named to BusinessWeek's 2008 list of the 50 Top American Givers, which recognizes the most generous U.S. philanthropists.

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Price charities donate $50 million to USC | SignOnSanDiego.commore

The Price Family Charitable Fund has given $50 million to the University of Southern California to endow and name the...

Salk Gift Dedicates Two Endowed Chairs, In Honor Of Nobel Prize Winner...more

development. Both the endowed chairs were established in full through a generous gift from Joan Klein Jacobs and Irwin...

19 of 53 on Chronicle of Philanthropy survey are Jewish, though less t...more

past decade, but Jews remained among the top givers, according to an annual survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Jews take 5 of top 6 spots in annual list of top US giversmore

19 of 53 on Chronicle of Philanthropy survey are Jewish, though less than one quarter of money given goes to overtly...

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to an annual list of America���s 50 biggest donors. The ranking, published yesterday by the Chronicle of Philanthropy,...

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List of U.S. billionaires making pledgemore

65 percent of his fortune, a spokeswoman said. John Morgridge -- Former Cisco Systems chairman now focuses on...

Factbox: List of billionaires making charity pledgemore

65 percent of his fortune, a spokeswoman said. John Morgridge -- Former Cisco Systems chairman now focuses on...

Factbox - List of U.S. billionaires making charity pledgemore

65 percent of his fortune, a spokeswoman said. John Morgridge -- Former Cisco Systems chairman now focuses on...

FACTBOX-List of US billionaires making charity pledgemore

said. John Morgridge -- Former Cisco Systems (CSCO.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) chairman now focuses on...

Band of billionaires pledge to give to charitymore

and Edythe Broad Michele Chan and Patrick Soon-Shiong Ann and John Doerr Larry Ellison Barron Hilton Joan and Irwin...

Rockefeller, Perelman Join Buffett���s Charity Pledgemore

s a tremendous response over a very short period of time,��� Melissa Berman, chief executive officer of Rockefeller...

40 wealthy families pledge to donate their moneymore

in California and New York. Among those who haven't signed the pledge, some prefer to keep their philanthropy...

FACTBOX - List of U.S. billionaires making charity pledgemore

65 percent of his fortune, a spokeswoman said. John Morgridge -- Former Cisco Systems chairman now focuses on...

Billionaires rise to $600 billion challengemore

during your lifetime or at death. The concept, called The Giving Pledge, could vastly change the face of philanthropy...

New billionaire recruits to the $600 billion challengemore

during your lifetime or at death. The concept, called The Giving Pledge, could vastly change the face of philanthropy...

George Soros tries arts philanthropymore

do is give about $10 million per year more or less consistently, as Broad and San Diego's Irwin Jacobs have done in...

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gave the maximum $50,000 individual contribution, as did four members of his family, for a total Soros donation of...

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a long time ago, in life you'll be forgiven for everything except one thing: being successful,' businessman Irwin...

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a long time ago, in life you'll be forgiven for everything except one thing: being successful,' businessman Irwin...

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Irwin and Joan Jacobs gave a multimillion gift to the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

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