SMU Unbridled: The Second Century Campaign
| $45 million | The Meadows Foundation, Inc., Dallas, 2015, for Meadows School of the Arts and Meadows Museum |
| $35 million | Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt, Dallas, 2006, for campus expansion, scholarships and academic initiatives |
| $33 million | The Meadows Foundation, Inc., Dallas, 2006, for Meadows School of the Arts and Meadows Museum |
| $25 million | Annette and Harold Simmons, Dallas, 2013, for Harold Clark Simmons Hall, Patsy and Ray Caldwell Centennial Chair, Annette and Harold Simmons Centennial Chair, and Glenn Simmons Professorship |
| $20 million | The Moody Foundation, Galveston, 2011, for Moody Coliseum renovation and expansion |
| $20 million | Annette and Harold Simmons, Dallas, 2008, for the naming of Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall, Leon Simmons Endowed Deanship, and Fairess Simmons Graduate Fellowship Fund |
| $15 million | Kelli O. Ford and Gerald J. Ford and Gerald J. Ford Family Foundation, Dallas, 2013, for the Gerald J. Ford Research and Innovation Building |
| $12.1 million | Suzie and Yandell “Tog” Rogers, Houston, 2008, for Dedman School of Law Scholarships |
| $10.1 million | W.W. Caruth Foundation at Communities Foundation of Texas, Dallas, 2007, for W.W. Caruth, Jr. Institute for Engineering Education Endowment Fund and Caruth Hall |
| $10 million | Roy Huffington, Houston, 2006, for Huffington Bicentennial Scholarship Endowment Fund and Huffington Bicentennial Faculty Endowment Fund |
| $10 million | Roy Huffington, Houston, 2008, for Huffington Department of Earth Sciences in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences |
| $10 million | Carolyn and David B. Miller, Dallas, 2011, for Moody Coliseum renovation and expansion (Miller Event Center) |