In January 2020, collector and philanthropist Arlene Schnitzer give 10 M. Dollars to Portland Art Museum in Oregon, making it the largest donation from an individual in the institution’s 127-year history and one of the biggest investments in arts and culture in the region. Schnitzer, a former student of the Museum Art School, and her family are longtime supporters of the museum. They have provided financial support of important acquisitions, exhibitions, and capital campaigns, funded scholarships and the curatorial team through endowments. In recognition of their generosity Arlene and her late husband, Harold Schnitzer, were named the first ever life trustees of the museum in 2007, and the institution opened the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Northwest Art.