Paul & Irene Bogoni Foundation v. St. Bonaventure University

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.H.O.), entered October 22, 2009, dismissing the complaint in its entirety and granting defendant university the principal sum of $900,000 on its counterclaim for outstanding pledges, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiffs sought a declaration that charitable contributions they had pledged to the university were subject to certain conditions and restrictions that were neither stated nor indicated in the written and executed gift commitment and endowment agreements. “[A]s with contracts generally, when the pledge is made in…