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Foundation Giving

America’s Top Donors 2003: at a Glance

February 19, 2004 | Read Time: 1 minute

What Big Donors Gave
2002 2003
Gifts paid $0.7-billion $2.2-billion
Pledges 2.1-billion 959.6-million
Bequests 1.8-billion 2.7-billion
Total $4.6-billion $5.9-billion
What Groups Received the Big Gifts
44 colleges and universities
18 foundations
18 museums and libraries
9 education groups
8 health charities
5 human-services groups
4 arts groups
3 international organizations
2 community foundations
2 environmental and animal-related groups
1 medical center
1 religious group
Sources of Donors’ Money
12 real estate
8 technology
6 inheritance
4 communications
4 investments
3 health care
3 health products
3 oil
3 retail
2 finance
2 manufacturing
2 publishing
1 defense contracting
1 entertainment
1 finance/real estate
1 insurance
1 mineral exploration
1 oil/investments
1 service industry
1 telecommunications
Source of Gifts:
16 bequests 44 living donors
The Top Donors
Joan B. Kroc $1.91-billion*
Michael S. and Susan Dell $673.7-million
Eli and Edythe L. Broad $409-million
Robert and Jane Meyerhoff $300-million**
John A. (Jack) Jackson $247-million*
Paul G. Allen $158-million
Frank Sr. and Jane Batten $141.2-million
Robert Edward (Ted) Turner $128-million
Jane Bancroft Cook $127-million*
Irwin and Joan Jacobs $110-million
* Bequest
** Estimated value of artwork donated.