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Bard Is Driving Toward a $1 Billion Endowment with Soros Donation The college must match the philanthropist’s $500 million donation within five years, and it’s already halfway there. Bard College could be the next $1 billion university endowment if it can match a $500 million grant from billionaire investor George Soros within the next five years. It has already raised $250 million toward that goal.  Until then, a Bard spokesman said the $500 million commitment from the Hungarian-born American investor will be held in his Quantum hedge funds, governed by Soros Fund Management, his family...

Image by Getty Images George Soros donated $500 million to Bard College last week, building on previous donations to the school with what college officials said was the largest single gift ever made to an American institution of higher education. “This is the most historic moment since the college’s founding in 1860,” said Bard College President Leon Botstein in a statement. Soros, a Jewish investor and major philanthropist to liberal causes, donated $60 million to Bard in 2011 and $100 million last July through his Open Societies Foundation. Bard is a founding member of the Open Socie...

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“This is the most historic moment since the college’s founding in 1860,” Bard College President Leon Botstein said.

Soros Pledges $500M to Bard Endowment By   Financier George Soros has pledged a $500 million endowment to Bard College, the liberal arts college in New York’s Hudson Valley announced Thursday. The pledge stands to more than double Bard’s endowment, which was valued at $220.8 million last summer. Soros’s pledge is structured as a challenge grant as Bard seeks to raise $1 billion over five years. Bard will receive the $500 million once it has raised a matching $500 million. The college has raised $250 million toward the goal, meaning it has five years to raise another $250 millio...