The Philanthropy 50: Americans Who Gave the Most in 2005
March 10, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
|
Rank |
Donor |
Total amount committed |
Years on list |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Cordelia Scaife May |
$404,000,000 |
1 |
|
2 |
William H. (Bill) III and Melinda F. Gates |
$320,000,000 |
4 |
|
3 |
Eli and Edythe L. Broad |
$300,000,000 |
6 |
|
4 |
George Soros |
$240,147,000 |
1 |
|
5 |
Boone Pickens |
$229,231,888 |
2 |
|
6 |
David Rockefeller |
$225,000,000 |
1 |
|
7 |
Lawrence J. Ellison |
$153,000,000 |
5 |
|
8 |
Michael R. Bloomberg |
$144,000,000 |
2 |
|
9 |
Pierre and Pam Omidyar |
$133,741,905 |
4 |
|
10 |
Ira A. and Mary Lou Fulton |
$122,000,000 |
2 |
|
11 |
Jan T. and Marica F. Vilcek |
$109,000,000 |
1 |
|
12 |
David and Cheryl Duffield |
$95,000,000 |
3 |
|
13 |
Josephine F. Ford |
$90,873,500 |
1 |
|
14 |
T. Denny Sanford |
$70,625,000 |
1 |
|
15 |
Robert Edward (Ted) Turner |
$70,600,000 |
6 |
|
16 |
Sydell L. Miller and family |
$70,000,000 |
1 |
|
17 |
Harold C. and Annette Simmons |
$61,500,000 |
1 |
|
18 |
Peter B. Lewis |
$60,100,000 |
5 |
|
19 |
Bill and Louise Meiklejohn |
$60,000,000 |
1 |
|
20 |
Theodore (Ted) and Vada Stanley |
$54,400,000 |
1 |
|
21 |
John B. Ellis |
$52,000,000 |
1 |
|
22 |
Oprah Winfrey |
$51,808,630 |
3 |
|
23 |
Helen Snell Cheel |
$49,260,000 |
1 |
|
24 |
Paul G. Allen |
$49,000,000 |
4 |
|
25 |
Lorry I. Lokey |
$46,159,250 |
5 |
|
26 |
Barbara Barrow Jacobs |
$40,600,000 |
1 |
|
26 |
Donald and Barbara Jonas |
$40,600,000 |
1 |
|
28 |
John W. Jordan II |
$40,000,000 |
1 |
|
29 |
Bill Greehey |
$36,000,000 |
1 |
|
30 |
William H. Jr. and Alice T. Goodwin |
$32,500,000 |
2 |
|
30 |
Madeleine T. Schneider |
$32,500,000 |
1 |
|
32 |
Robert E. Fischell |
$31,130,000 |
1 |
|
33 |
Leonie Faroll |
$31,100,000 |
1 |
|
34 |
Robert H. Smith |
$30,172,000 |
1 |
|
35 |
Paul Merage |
$30,063,500 |
1 |
|
36 |
Robert M. and Anne T. Bass |
$30,000,000 |
1 |
|
36 |
A. James Clark |
$30,000,000 |
1 |
|
36 |
Richard T. and Joyce Farmer |
$30,000,000 |
1 |
|
36 |
James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin |
$30,000,000 |
1 |
|
40 |
K. Raymond Clark |
$29,300,000 |
1 |
|
41 |
Oscar Boonshoft and family |
$28,500,000 |
1 |
|
42 |
William S. Boyd |
$28,000,000 |
1 |
|
42 |
Charles Simonyi |
$28,000,000 |
2 |
|
44 |
Bradford Freeman |
$26,010,000 |
1 |
|
45 |
Andrew S. Grove |
$26,000,000 |
1 |
|
45 |
Edward M. Warner |
$26,000,000 |
1 |
|
47 |
William J. Godfrey |
$25,000,000 |
1 |
|
47 |
Dorrance H. Hamilton |
$25,000,000 |
1 |
|
47 |
Bruce Kovner |
$25,000,000 |
1 |
|
47 |
Marlin Jr. and Regina Miller |
$25,000,000 |
1 |
|
47 |
Ronald Spogli |
$25,000,000 |
1 |
