| Rank |
Donor |
Source of Wealth |
Amount Donated/Pledged |
Amount Paid |
Payment recipients |
Notes |
| 1 |
Samuel Skaggs,
Aline Skaggs | Retail |
105.0 million |
105.0 million |
Scripps Research Institute,
University of Utah |
|
| 2 |
George Soros | Finance |
100.0 million |
100.0 million |
Emma Lazarus Fund,
Open Society Institute (Moscow),
Other groups |
|
| 3 |
Pritzker Families | Family wealth |
60.0 million |
60.0 million |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
|
| 3 |
Robert W. Galvin | Communications |
60.0 million |
60.0 million |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
|
| 3 |
Klaus G. Perls,
Amelia Perls | Business |
60.0 million |
60.0 million |
Metropolitan Museum of Art |
|
| 6 |
Gonda (Goldschmied) | |
45.0 million |
45.0 million |
University of California at Los Angeles |
|
| 7 |
Richard Fisher,
Susan Soros,
Leon Levy | Finance |
42.0 million |
42.0 million |
Bard College |
|
| 8 |
Arison Family | Business |
40.0 million |
40.0 million |
New World Symphony |
|
| 9 |
Gordon S. Marshall | Business |
35.0 million |
35.0 million |
University of Southern California |
|
| 10 |
William Davidson | Business |
30.0 million |
30.0 million |
American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
|
| 10 |
Robert M. Bass,
Anne T. Bass | Finance |
30.0 million |
30.0 million |
Duke University,
Yale University |
|
| 12 |
William H. (Bill) Gates III,
Melinda F. Gates | Technology |
27.0 million |
27.0 million |
Harvard University,
University of Washington |
|
| 13 |
Charles B. Wang | Technology |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
State University of New York at Stony Brook |
|
| 13 |
Philip H. Knight | Manufacturing |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
University of Oregon |
|
| 13 |
Alfred Lerner | Finance |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Columbia University |
|
| 16 |
Thomas H. Lee | Business |
22.0 million |
22.0 million |
Harvard University |
|
| 17 |
Peter M. Nicholas | Health care, technology |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Duke University |
|
| 17 |
Pigott family,
Braun family,
Lane family | |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Stanford University |
|
| 17 |
Sandra Priest Rose,
Frederick Rose | Real estate |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
American Museum of Natural History |
|
| 17 |
H. John Heinz family | |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
The Heinz Center |
|
| 17 |
Sidney Knafel | |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Harvard University |
|
| 22 |
Betty Brown Casey | |
18.0 million |
18.0 million |
Washington Opera |
|
| 23 |
Joseph D. Jamail,
Lee Jamail | Law |
17.0 million |
17.0 million |
Baylor College of Medicine,
Lee and Joseph Jamail Foundation,
Museum of Fine Arts (Houston),
Rice University,
University of Texas |
|
| 24 |
Paul G. Allen | Technology |
16.6 million |
16.6 million |
Act Theater,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Other groups,
Pacific Science Center,
Seattle Children's Hospital,
Seattle Children's Theater,
Stanford University,
University of Washington |
|
| 25 |
Chong-Moon Lee | Business |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
San Francisco Public Library |
|
| 25 |
Eric Gleacher | Investments |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
University of Chicago |
|
| 25 |
Reuben Feinberg | Finance |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Northwestern Memorial Hospital |
|
| 25 |
Sidney Kimmel,
Rena Rowan | Retail |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Thomas Jefferson University,
United States Holocaust Museum |
|
| 25 |
J. Ourso | Insurance |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Louisiana State University |
|
| 25 |
Peter B. Lewis | Finance |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Case Western Reserve University |
|
| 25 |
George L. Graziadio,
Reva Graziadio | Finance |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Pepperdine University |
|
| 25 |
Peter Karmanos Jr. | Business |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute |
|
| 25 |
Gordon Moore,
Betty Moore | Technology |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
University of California at Berkeley |
|
| 34 |
William F. Scandling | Food and beverage |
14.8 million |
14.8 million |
Hobart and William Smith College,
University of Rochester |
|
| 35 |
M. (Bill) Gatton | Business, finance |
14.0 million |
14.0 million |
University of Kentucky |
|
| 35 |
Lewis M. Manderson Jr. | Finance |
14.0 million |
14.0 million |
University of Alabama |
|
| 37 |
Lenox Baker Jr.,
Frances Watt Baker | Medicine |
12.5 million |
12.5 million |
Davidson College,
Johns Hopkins University |
|
| 38 |
Rubin Brown | Business |
12.0 million |
12.0 million |
University of California at Los Angeles |
|
| 39 |
Robert B. Goergen,
Pamela Goergen | Business |
10.5 million |
10.5 million |
University of Rochester |
|
| 40 |
Lois Pope | Family wealth |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis |
|
| 40 |
Warren V. (Pete) Musser | Technology |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Lehigh University |
|
| 40 |
R. Clayton McWhorter | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Samford University |
|
| 40 |
William J. Laurie,
Nancy Walton Laurie | Family wealth |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Missouri |
|
| 40 |
Leonard Lauder | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Pennsylvania |
|
| 40 |
Eugene M. Lang | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
New School for Social Research |
|
| 40 |
Herbert Irving | Food and beverage |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Columbia-Presbyterian Medial Center |
|
| 40 |
Stewart Greenbaum,
Marlene Greenbaum | |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Maryland |
|
| 40 |
Frank Eck | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Notre Dame |
|
| 40 |
Kathryn W. Davis | |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Harvard University |
|
| 40 |
Lewis Cullman,
Dorothy Cullman | Publishing |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
American Museum of Natural History |
|
| 40 |
Sid Craig | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of California at San Diego |
|
| 40 |
John M. Boler,
Mary Jo Boler | Manufacturing |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
John Carroll University |
|
| 40 |
Stanley Druckenmiller,
Fiona Biggs Druckenmiller | Finance |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Spence School |
|
| 40 |
Jack Borgenicht | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
College of William and Mary |
|
| 40 |
Steve Ballmer | Technology |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Harvard University |
|
| 40 |
Frank Batten Sr. | Communications |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Virginia |
|
| 40 |
Sam Wyly | Retail |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Michigan |
|
| 40 |
Henry P. Slane | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Bradley University |
|
| 40 |
P. Roy Vagelos,
Diana Vagelos | Health care |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Pennsylvania |
|
| 40 |
Bernard Rapoport,
Audre Rapoport | Insurance |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Texas |
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