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The Slate 60: Analysis of the Year's Biggest Philanthropists.

Slate 60 Appearances by William H. (Bill) Gates III

Year Rank Amount Donated/Pledged Recipients
2005 2 320.0 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2004 1 3.4 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2001 2 2.0 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2000 1 5.0 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
1999 1 2.4 billion American Red Cross International Response Fund, Campaign to Eradicate Polio By the End of the Year 2000, Columbia University, Community Foundation of Silicon Valley, Global Fund for Children's Vaccines, International Rescue Committee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Population Services International, RFSU, Swedish Association for Sex Education, Seattle Art Museum, Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation, United Negro College Fund, United Way of King County, World Health Organization
1998 6 189.6 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
1997 3 242.9 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
1996 12 27.0 million Harvard University, University of Washington

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