| Rank |
Donor |
Source of Wealth |
Amount Donated/Pledged |
Amount Paid |
Payment recipients |
Notes |
| 1 |
Virginia G. Stowers,
James E. Stowers | Finance |
327.0 million |
327.0 million |
Stowers Institute for Medical Research |
|
| 2 |
Martha R. Ingram | Technology |
300.0 million |
300.0 million |
Vanderbilt University |
|
| 3 |
David Duffield,
Cheryl Duffield | Technology |
200.0 million |
200.0 million |
Maddie's Fund |
|
| 3 |
Kirk Kerkorian | Finance |
200.0 million |
200.0 million |
People of Armenia |
|
| 3 |
Alfred E. Mann | Health care |
200.0 million |
200.0 million |
University of California at Los Angeles,
University of Southern California |
|
| 6 |
William H. (Bill) Gates III,
Melinda F. Gates | Technology |
189.6 million |
189.6 million |
Center for Development and Population Activities,
Helen Keller International,
International Planned Parenthood Federation,
Other groups,
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health,
Save the Children Federation,
Seattle Public Library System,
Woodland Park Zoological Society |
|
| 7 |
James E. Rogers | Telecommunications |
178.5 million |
178.5 million |
Idaho State University,
University of Arizona,
University of Nevada at Las Vegas |
|
| 8 |
Kathryn and Joe Albertson family | Business |
110.0 million |
110.0 million |
Idaho Public Schools |
|
| 9 |
Joan B. Kroc | Family wealth |
105.0 million |
105.0 million |
San Diego Salvation Army,
University of San Diego |
|
| 10 |
Ralph Engelstad,
Betty Engelstad | Business |
100.0 million |
100.0 million |
University of North Dakota |
|
| 10 |
Sanford I. Weill,
Joan Weill | Finance |
100.0 million |
100.0 million |
Cornell University |
|
| 12 |
Sam and Helen Walton family | Family wealth |
91.7 million |
91.7 million |
Bentonville (Ark.) High School,
University of Arkansas,
University of the Ozarks |
|
| 13 |
Daniel R. Efroymson family | Family wealth |
90.0 million |
90.0 million |
Central Indiana Community Foundation,
Indianapolis Foundation |
|
| 14 |
James Gabbert,
Mike Lincoln | Media and entertainment |
70.0 million |
70.0 million |
Trust for Public Land |
|
| 14 |
Arthur L. Williams,
Angela Williams | Insurance |
70.0 million |
70.0 million |
Liberty University |
|
| 16 |
Theodore J. Forstmann | Investments |
50.0 million |
50.0 million |
Children's Scholarshp Fund |
|
| 16 |
W. Jerome Frautschi | Media and entertainment |
50.0 million |
50.0 million |
City of Madison, WI |
|
| 16 |
John Walton | Business |
50.0 million |
50.0 million |
Children's Scholarshp Fund |
|
| 19 |
Peter B. Lewis | Finance |
49.0 million |
49.0 million |
Case Western Reserve University,
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation |
|
| 20 |
Gordon Moore,
Betty Moore | Technology |
47.5 million |
47.5 million |
Cambridge University,
Conservation International |
|
| 21 |
Michael Bloomberg | Media and entertainment |
45.0 million |
45.0 million |
Johns Hopkins University |
|
| 21 |
Shelby M. C. Davis,
Gale Davis | Investments |
45.0 million |
45.0 million |
Armand Hammer United World College of the American West |
|
| 21 |
Bernard Marcus | Retail |
45.0 million |
45.0 million |
Kennedy Krieger Institute |
|
| 24 |
Richard D. Colburn | Music |
42.0 million |
42.0 million |
Colburn School of Performing Arts |
|
| 25 |
Jon M. Huntsman | Business |
40.0 million |
40.0 million |
University of Pennsylvania |
|
| 26 |
George Soros | Finance |
38.6 million |
38.6 million |
Maryland State Department of Education,
National Association for Public Interest Law,
New York City Public Schools,
Pushkin Project,
Tides Foundation |
|
| 27 |
Katherine B. Loker | |
34.0 million |
34.0 million |
Harvard University,
University of Southern California |
|
| 28 |
Joseph L. and Phyllis Mailman family | Family wealth |
33.0 million |
33.0 million |
Columbia University |
|
| 29 |
C. Edward McVaney,
Carole McVaney | |
32.2 million |
32.2 million |
University of Nebraska |
|
| 30 |
Robert E. McDonough | Business |
30.0 million |
30.0 million |
Georgetown University |
|
| 31 |
Alberto W. Vilar | Finance |
29.1 million |
29.1 million |
Hopsital for Special Surgery,
Metropolitan Opera of New York |
|
| 32 |
Robert Edward (Ted) Turner | Media and entertainment |
27.0 million |
27.0 million |
National Cable Television Center and Museum,
Other groups |
|
| 33 |
John F. McDonnell,
James S. McDonnell III | Business |
26.5 million |
26.5 million |
St. Louis Children's Hospital,
Washington University |
|
| 33 |
Robert Woodward | |
26.5 million |
26.5 million |
Abilene Christian University |
|
| 35 |
Paul G. Allen | Technology |
26.0 million |
26.0 million |
Friends of Opal Creek,
National Cable Television Center and Museum,
Nature Conservancy,
Other groups,
Seattle Public Library,
State of Washington,
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation,
Trust for Public Land |
|
| 36 |
Walter H. Annenberg,
Leonore Annenberg | Publishing |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Independence Mall,
Philadelphia School District,
University of Pennsylvania |
|
| 36 |
Donald Fisher,
Doris Fisher | Business |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Edison Project |
|
| 36 |
Darla Moore | Finance |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
University of South Carolina |
|
| 36 |
Mary Pew,
Robert Pew | |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties |
|
| 36 |
Daniel T. Phillips,
Merlene Phillips | Finance |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Boys and Girls Clubs of America |
|
| 36 |
Daniel L. Ritchie | Media and entertainment |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
University of Denver |
|
| 36 |
Julian H. Robertson Jr. | Investments |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Lincoln Center |
|
| 36 |
Peter Rossin,
Ada Egbert Rossin | Business |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
Lehigh University |
|
| 36 |
Richard Scruggs,
Diane Scruggs | |
25.0 million |
25.0 million |
University of Mississippi |
|
| 45 |
Paul Soros,
Daisy Soros | Business |
24.0 million |
24.0 million |
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans |
|
| 46 |
Robert McNair,
Janice McNair | Technology |
22.0 million |
22.0 million |
South Carolina Aquarium,
University of South Carolina |
|
| 47 |
Gerard Leeds,
Lilo Leeds | Publishing |
21.0 million |
21.0 million |
Institute for Student Achievement |
|
| 48 |
Herbert A. Allen | Finance |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Williams College |
|
| 48 |
J.E. Davis family | Food and beverage |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Jacksonville University |
|
| 48 |
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. | Technology |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts |
|
| 48 |
J.B. Fuqua | |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
Duke University |
|
| 48 |
Barbara J. Rossier,
Roger W. Rossier | Business |
20.0 million |
20.0 million |
University of Southern California |
|
| 53 |
Eli Broad | Finance, real estate |
18.0 million |
18.0 million |
California Institute of Technology |
|
| 53 |
Sol Price | Business |
18.0 million |
18.0 million |
Hoover High School,
Monroe Clark Middle School,
Rosa Parks Elementary School |
|
| 53 |
Lawrence Zicklin,
Carol Zicklin | Finance |
18.0 million |
18.0 million |
City University of New York |
|
| 56 |
Edward H. Harte,
Janet Harte | Publishing |
17.8 million |
17.8 million |
American Farmland Trust,
Corpus Christi Metro Ministries,
Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History,
Flour Bluff Public Library,
Maine Community Foundation,
National Audubon Society,
Stillman College,
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi,
Trust for Public Lands |
|
| 57 |
Segerstrom Family | Finance, real estate |
16.0 million |
16.0 million |
Orange County Performing Arts Center |
|
| 58 |
Gordon A. Cain,
Mary Cain | Finance |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Louisiana State University,
Rice University |
|
| 58 |
Jack Garey,
Camille "Cammy" Garey | Law, business |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Southwestern University |
|
| 58 |
Irwin Jacobs,
Joan Jacobs | Telecommunications |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
University of California at San Diego |
|
| 58 |
George Dean Johnson Jr.,
Susan Johnson | Business |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Converse College |
|
| 58 |
Bernard Osher | Finance, investments |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
Bates College,
Bowdoin College,
Colby College,
San Francisco Art Institute,
University of California at San Francisco,
University of Maine |
|
| 58 |
Gerald "Red" Ratner | |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
University of Chicago |
|
| 58 |
Henry R. Silverman | Business |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
University of Pennsylvania |
|
| 58 |
Robert H. Smith | Real estate |
15.0 million |
15.0 million |
University of Maryland |
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