2022’s Top Donors: ‘Forbes 400′ and ‘Giving Pledge’ Billionaires Who Gave Big
Only 20 people on the 2022 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans appear among this year’s Philanthropy 50 list. That could be a sign that many of the wealthiest people in America aren’t big givers.
By Maria Di Mento and carmen.mendoza
2022’s Top Donors: Where They Live, Where They Give, and More
Find out more about America’s 50 biggest donors: their ages, sources of wealth, where they live, and where they give. And see the entire Philanthropy 50 report featuring our analysis of the list and giving trends among megadonors.
By Maria Di Mento and carmen.mendoza
How the Chronicle Compiled Its List of the Top 50 Donors of 2022
The 23rd annual Philanthropy 50, the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of America’s biggest donors, is based on gifts and pledges of cash, stock, land, and real estate to nonprofit organizations in 2022.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Houston Grand Opera Receives $22 Million for Young Artists Program
Plus, Temple University landed more than $10 million to help students with physical disabilities, and three other universities and a community foundation received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Community Foundation Lands $100 Million From Late Clarinetist and Entrepreneur Jay Kahn
Plus, hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin gives Florida pediatric hospital $25 million, and three universities received major gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
UVA Lands $100 Million From Paul and Diane Manning for New Biotech Institute
Plus, Denny Sanford gave $70 million to a medical research institute, and NYU’s Stern School of Business received $25 million from Ken and Elaine Langone.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Retired Construction Executive Gives $75 Million to U. of St. Thomas
Plus, four Mars candy company heiresses together gave $22 million to support a science, technology, engineering, arts, and math programs at a prep school for girls.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Harvard Lands $50 Million Gift to Launch Program Honoring Paul Farmer
Plus, gifts from MacKenzie Scott and Michael Jordan inspired a Washington State couple to give Friends of the Children $33 million to expand its youth mentoring and family services programs.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Muslim Couple Give Big to Autism and Promoting Religious Understanding
Rafat and Zoreen Ansari are Indiana physicians who are devoting their fortune to fostering a better understanding of the world’s religions and ensuring people with autism get the care they need.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Financier John Paulson Gives NYU $100 Million
Plus, American Technion Society received $50 million from Lynda and Stewart Resnick, and the retired race-car driver and oilman Johnny Gray and his wife, Terry, are giving Jupiter Medical Center $25 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor