Editing Steve Ballmer (section)

==Philanthropy==
On November 12, 2014, it was announced that Ballmer and his wife Connie donated $50&nbsp;million to the [[University of Oregon]]. Connie Ballmer is a University of Oregon alumna and previously was on the institution's [[Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon|board of trustees]]. The funds will go toward the university's $2&nbsp;billion fundraising effort, and will focus on scholarships, public health research and advocacy, and external branding/communications.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Klinger|first1=Tobin|title=UO announces $50 million gift to fundraising campaign|date=November 12, 2014|url=http://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-announces-50-million-gift-fundraising-campaign|publisher=AroundtheO|access-date=November 13, 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113024544/http://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-announces-50-million-gift-fundraising-campaign|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 13, 2014, it was announced that Ballmer would provide a gift, estimated at $60 million, to Harvard University's computer science department. The gift would allow the department to hire new faculty, and hopefully increase the national stature of the program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Ballmer's Harvard Donation Will Allow It To Add 12 New Computer Science PROFESSORS PROFESSORS PROFESSORS|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/steve-ballmer-harvard/|access-date=November 13, 2020|website=TechCrunch|date=November 13, 2014|language=en-US}}</ref> Ballmer previously donated $10 million to the same department in 1994, in a joint gift with [[Bill Gates]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shu|first1=Catherine|title=Steve Ballmer's Harvard Donation Will Allow It To Add 12 New Computer Science PROFESSORS PROFESSORS PROFESSORS|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/steve-ballmer-harvard/|access-date=November 14, 2014|work=TechCrunch|archive-date=November 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114003352/http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/steve-ballmer-harvard/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, Ballmer donated $425 million to the University of Oregon to fund a new institute for [[Clinical psychology|children's behavioral health]].<ref>{{cite press release |last1=Schill |first1=Michael H. |author1-link=Michael H. Schill |title=The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health at the University of Oregon: Office of the President |url=https://president.uoregon.edu/ballmer-institute-childrens-behavioral-health-university-oregon |access-date=March 16, 2022 |work=president.uoregon.edu |date=March 1, 2022 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302042936/https://president.uoregon.edu/ballmer-institute-childrens-behavioral-health-university-oregon |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Editorial: Ballmer donation a behavioral health game changer for kids |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/03/editorial-ballmer-donation-a-behavioral-health-game-changer-for-kids.html |access-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[The Oregonian]] |date=March 6, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316212243/https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/03/editorial-ballmer-donation-a-behavioral-health-game-changer-for-kids.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ballmer is on the World Chairman's Council of the [[Jewish National Fund]], which means he has donated US$1 million or more to the JNF.<ref>{{cite web|title=World's Chairman Council|url=http://www.jnf.org/assets/pdf/world-chairman-s-council-ad.pdf |website=Jewish National Fund|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912093518/http://www.jnf.org/assets/pdf/world-chairman-s-council-ad.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2015 }}</ref>