| Rank |
Donor |
Source of Wealth |
Amount Donated/Pledged |
Amount Paid |
Payment recipients |
Notes |
| 1 |
Robert Edward (Ted) Turner | Media and entertainment |
1.0 billion |
1.0 billion |
Other groups,
United Nations Foundation |
|
| 2 |
George Soros | Finance |
530.5 million |
530.5 million |
City of Baltimore,
Needle-exchange programs,
Robin Hood Foundation,
Russia |
|
| 3 |
William H. (Bill) Gates III,
Melinda F. Gates | Technology |
242.9 million |
242.9 million |
Access to Voluntary and Safe Contraception,
Cambridge University,
Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle,
Friends of Mandela Children's Fund,
Gates Library Foundation,
Johns Hopkins University,
Lakeside School of Seattle,
Multiservice Centers,
Operation Smile,
Other groups,
Pacific Science Center |
|
| 4 |
Leonard Abramson,
Madlyn Abramson | Health care |
100.0 million |
100.0 million |
University of Pennsylvania |
|
| 5 |
Mitchell Wolfson Jr. | Investments |
75.5 million |
75.5 million |
Florida International University |
|
| 6 |
Phyllis Wattis | |
67.0 million |
67.0 million |
Berkeley Museum of Art,
California Academy of Sciences,
Exploratorium,
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco Opera Association,
San Francisco Symphony,
Utah Museum of Art |
|
| 7 |
Dwight Opperman | Publishing |
53.5 million |
53.5 million |
Drake University,
New York University |
|
| 8 |
Leslie Gonda,
Susan Gonda | |
45.0 million |
45.0 million |
Mayo Clinic |
|
| 9 |
Stanley Druckenmiller | Finance |
35.6 million |
35.6 million |
Bowdoin College |
|
| 10 |
Eugene Frey,
Mary Frey | Business |
34.0 million |
34.0 million |
Catholic Community Foundation,
St. Paul Foundation |
|
| 11 |
Hobby family | |
33.4 million |
33.4 million |
Music Hall Foundation,
Rice University |
|
| 12 |
Paul G. Allen | Technology |
31.8 million |
31.8 million |
Burke Museum,
Children's Museum,
Corporate Council for the Arts,
Doernbecher Children's Hospital,
Four Winds Westward Ho Camp,
Habitat for Humanity,
Lakeside School,
Lopez Community Center,
Overlake Hospital Foundation,
Pacific Northwest Ballet,
Seattle Art Museum,
Seattle Public Library Foundation,
Seniors Making Art,
Stanford University,
Starbright Pediatric Foundation,
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation,
University of Washington,
Whitman College |
|
| 13 |
Robert H. Dedman Sr.,
Nancy Dedman | Business |
31.5 million |
31.5 million |
Florida State University,
Southern Methodist University |
|
| 14 |
Eugene M. Lang | Business |
30.0 million |
30.0 million |
Swarthmore College |
|
| 14 |
William A. Schreyer,
Joan Schreyer | Finance |
30.0 million |
30.0 million |
Pennsylvania State University |
|
| 16 |
Dean and Rosemarie Buntrock and family | Business |
26.0 million |
26.0 million |
St. Olaf College |
|
| 17 |
H.R. "Bum" Bright | |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Texas A&M University |
|
| 17 |
Bernard Lewin,
Edith Lewin | Retail |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
|
| 17 |
Michael Ovitz,
Judy Ovitz | |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
University of California at Los Angeles |
|
| 17 |
Carl Smith,
Hunter Smith | Mineral exploration |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
University of Virginia |
|
| 17 |
Ray Stata,
Maria Stata | Technology |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
|
| 22 |
E.W. Kelley | Food and beverage |
23.0 million |
23.0 million |
Indiana University |
|
| 23 |
Albert J. Weatherhead III,
Celia S. Weatherhead | |
21.0 million |
21.0 million |
Harvard University |
|
| 24 |
Josephine Clay Ford | Family wealth |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Center for Creative Studies |
|
| 24 |
Kenneth E. Behring | Real estate |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Smithsonian Institution |
|
| 24 |
Donald Bren | Business |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
University of California at Irvine,
University of California at Santa Barbara |
|
| 24 |
Lewis Cullman,
Dorothy Cullman | Publishing |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
New York Public Library,
Yale University |
|
| 24 |
David Duffield | Technology |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Cornell University |
|
| 24 |
Gerald J. Ford | Finance |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Southern Methodist University |
|
| 24 |
John P. Kauffman,
Ann Kauffman | |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
College of William and Mary |
|
| 31 |
Michael F. Price | Finance |
18.0 million |
18.0 million |
University of Oklahoma |
|
| 32 |
Bernard Rapoport | Insurance |
17.6 million |
17.6 million |
University of Texas |
|
| 33 |
Roy F. Mitte,
Joann Cole Mitte | Finance |
17.5 million |
17.5 million |
Southwest Texas State University |
|
| 34 |
Allen Leepa,
Isabelle Leepa | |
17.1 million |
17.1 million |
St. Petersburg Junior College |
|
| 35 |
Sandra Priest Rose,
Frederick Rose | Real estate |
17.0 million |
17.0 million |
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York Public Library |
|
| 36 |
Jon M. Huntsman,
Karen Huntsman | Business |
16.9 million |
16.9 million |
Brigham Young University,
Southern Utah University,
University of Pennsylvania,
University of Utah |
|
| 37 |
Alfred Lerner,
Norma Lerner | Finance |
16.0 million |
16.0 million |
Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
|
| 38 |
Joan B. Kroc | Family wealth |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Flood victims in Red River, ND |
|
| 38 |
Bernard Marcus | Retail |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Atlanta Jewish Federation |
|
| 40 |
George Weiss | Media and entertainment |
14.0 million |
14.0 million |
Medical College of Georgia |
|
| 41 |
Russell Berrie | Business |
13.5 million |
13.5 million |
Columbia University |
|
| 42 |
Stephen Hilbert,
Tomisue Hilbert | |
13.0 million |
13.0 million |
Indiana Symphony Orchestra |
|
| 43 |
William C. Warren | |
12.0 million |
12.0 million |
Columbia University |
|
| 44 |
John H. Sykes,
Susan Sykes | Technology |
11.3 million |
11.3 million |
Tampa Police Station,
United Way of Hillsborough County,
University of Tampa |
|
| 45 |
William D. Walsh | Business |
10.5 million |
10.5 million |
Fordham University |
|
| 46 |
Marilynn Alsdorf | Family wealth |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Art Institute of Chicago |
|
| 46 |
Bill Daniels | Telecommunications |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
City of Denver |
|
| 46 |
Bruce Dayton,
Ruth Dayton | Retail |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
|
| 46 |
Karl Eller | Media, business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Arizona |
|
| 46 |
Neil Gagnon,
Lois Gagnon,
Charles E. Hugel,
Cornelia Hugel | |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Lafayette College |
|
| 46 |
Harry H. Stine | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
McPherson College |
|
| 46 |
Ronald Tutor | Engineering |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Southern California |
|
| 46 |
David M. Underwood | Business |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Phillips Academy |
|
| 46 |
P. Roy Vagelos,
Diana Vagelos | Health care |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Pennsylvania |
|
| 46 |
Mel Zuckerman,
Enid Zuckerman | Health care |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
University of Arizona |
|
| 46 |
Sam Zell | Real estate |
10.0 million |
10.0 million |
Wharton School |
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