Jan Rees-Jones

3 Years Ahead of Schedule, SMU Raises More than $1.64B in Its ‘SMU Ignited’ Fundraising Campaign

by | May 13, 2025
SMU said that with more than 67,500 donors, volunteers, and supporters, the campaign surpassed its $1.5 billion goal three years ahead of schedule. The university joins several elite universities that have concluded fundraising campaigns totaling $1.5 billion or more—including fellow ACC members Stanford, Duke, and Miami.
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Children’s Health, UTSW Break Ground on $5B Dallas Pediatric Campus, Announce $100M Donation from Rees‑Jones Foundation
by | Oct 2, 2024
Children's Health and UT Soutwestern announced that a $100 million gift from The Rees-Jones Foundation will support the construction of the new pediatric campus, just months after the Jean and Mack Pogue family gave its own $100 million gift. This marks the first time in Texas that a not-for-profit construction project has received two individual leadership gifts of $100 million.
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