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Stony Brook University of the State University of New York today announced a $500 million gift for its endowment, The New York Times reported.
The donation will lead to another $200 million in matching funds from New York State.
The donation and the match are nearly twice the size of the endowment today, about $370 million.
The funds are from the Simons Foundation, which was created in 1994 by Jim Simons, a former Stony Brook math professor who later made billions as a hedge fund manager, and his wife, Marilyn Simons, who received her bachelor’s degree and doctorate at Stony Brook.
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