▁million ▁to ▁Phill ips ▁Academy , ▁helping ▁boost ▁the ▁school ' s ▁end ow ment ▁over ▁$ 8 0 0 ▁million . ▁Before ▁being ▁inst ated ▁as ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Phill ips ▁Academy ▁Board ▁of ▁Trust ees , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁char ter ▁trust ee ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁and ▁a ▁major ▁school ▁volunte er ▁for ▁over ▁two ▁dec ades . ▁He ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁pres erving ▁the ▁buildings ▁and ▁campus ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁Abb ot ▁Academy , ▁which ▁merged ▁with ▁Phill ips ▁Academy , ▁when ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁discussion ▁about ▁raz ing ▁the ▁no - long er - used ▁structures ; ▁Tang ' s ▁phil anth ropy ▁gave ▁funds ▁for ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁these ▁buildings . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Tang ▁gave ▁an ▁additional ▁$ 1 5 ▁million ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁Tang ▁Institute ▁at ▁And over . ▁ ▁" A ▁physical ▁and ▁virtual ▁hub ▁for ▁entrepr ene ur ial ▁expl oration , ▁the ▁Tang ▁Institute ▁at ▁And over ▁supports ▁community ▁ideas ▁for ▁innov ative ▁approaches ▁to ▁teaching ▁and ▁learning . ▁F oc used ▁on ▁the ▁And over ▁experience ▁and ▁adv ances ▁in ▁secondary ▁education ▁more ▁broad ly , ▁the ▁Institute ▁encourag es ▁experiment ation , ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁collaboration , ▁new ▁partners hips , ▁connected ▁learning , ▁and ▁on going ▁assess ment . ▁By ▁har ness ing ▁the ▁intellectual ▁curiosity ▁and ▁cre ativity ▁of ▁fac ulty ▁and ▁students — both ▁in ▁and ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁class room — the ▁Tang ▁Institute ▁see