February 10, 2013
Amount donated in 2012: $30-million
Beneficiary: Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation
Background: Mr. Katzenberg is chief executive of DreamWorks Animation SKG and co-founder of DreamWorks Studios.
Mr. Katzenberg, 62, pledged $30-million to the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation to endow the organization’s work of providing health care and other types of assistance to older people who once worked in film and television.
He serves on the foundation’s board and has donated annually to the nonprofit. The foundation will receive this latest gift upon Mr. Katzenberg’s death.
