Providence's Nelson gifts $25 mln to Brown University
Jonathan M. Nelson, the founder and CEO of Providence Equity Partners, has provided a $25 million gift to Brown University to launch The Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship. The Nelson Center will operate in collaboration with existing departments, schools and centers at Brown to foster entrepreneurship. Nelson is a 1977 Brown graduate. He became a member of Brown’s Board of Trustees in 2000 before being elected to the Board of Fellows in 2011



