The Philanthropy 50: Americans Who Gave the Most in 2006
March 10, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
|
Rank |
Donor |
Total amount committed |
Years on list |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Warren E. Buffett |
$43,549,295,000 |
1 |
|
2 |
Herbert M. and Marion O. Sandler |
$1,278,626,148 |
1 |
|
3 |
Bernard A. and Barbro Osher |
$723,200,000 |
1 |
|
4 |
Leon Levy |
$550,000,000 |
3 |
|
5 |
Jim Joseph |
$500,000,000 |
1 |
|
6 |
Hector Guy and Doris Di Stefano |
$264,000,000 |
1 |
|
7 |
David Rockefeller |
$252,000,000 |
2 |
|
8 |
Mary Joan Palevsky |
$212,815,000 |
1 |
|
9 |
T. Boone Pickens |
$171,528,441 |
3 |
|
10 |
Michael R. Bloomberg |
$165,000,000 |
3 |
|
11 |
Lorry I. Lokey |
$163,000,000 |
5 |
|
12 |
Robert W. Wilson |
$147,200,000 |
2 |
|
13 |
Arthur Zankel |
$141,000,000 |
1 |
|
14 |
Eli and Edythe L. Broad |
$137,600,000 |
7 |
|
15 |
Dan L. Duncan family |
$115,000,000 |
1 |
|
16 |
Joseph Neubauer |
$114,600,000 |
1 |
|
17 |
Philip H. Knight |
$105,000,000 |
1 |
|
18 |
Ronald P. Stanton |
$100,025,000 |
1 |
|
18 |
John Arrillaga |
$100,000,000 |
1 |
|
18 |
Lawrence J. Ellison |
$100,000,000 |
6 |
|
18 |
Mortimer B. Zuckerman |
$100,000,000 |
1 |
|
18 |
Henry M. and Wendy J. Paulson |
$99,966,375 |
1 |
|
23 |
Peter B. Lewis |
$99,000,000 |
6 |
|
24 |
Tim and Bernadette Marquez |
$85,000,000 |
1 |
|
25 |
Jon L. Stryker |
$73,173,151 |
1 |
|
26 |
Theodore (Ted) and Vada Stanley |
$73,132,000 |
2 |
|
27 |
T. Denny Sanford |
$70,483,000 |
2 |
|
28 |
Gary C. and Frances Comer |
$67,000,000 |
1 |
|
29 |
Pierre and Pam Omidyar |
$66,703,087 |
5 |
|
30 |
Irwin M. and Joan K. Jacobs |
$62,000,000 |
3 |
|
31 |
Ronald O. Perelman |
$60,847,000 |
1 |
|
32 |
Edward P. Bass |
$60,000,000 |
1 |
|
32 |
John P. and Tashia F. Morgridge |
$60,000,000 |
2 |
|
32 |
Ernest and Evelyn Rady |
$60,000,000 |
2 |
|
32 |
George Soros |
$60,000,000 |
2 |
|
36 |
Oprah Winfrey |
$58,348,599 |
4 |
|
37 |
Wallace D. Malone Jr. |
$55,900,000 |
1 |
|
38 |
Thomas M. Siebel |
$55,845,445 |
2 |
|
39 |
H. F. (Gerry) and Marguerite B. Lenfest |
$55,700,000 |
3 |
|
40 |
David H. Koch |
$55,000,000 |
1 |
|
41 |
Frederic N. and Eleanor H. Schwartz |
$53,500,000 |
1 |
|
42 |
Paul G. Allen |
$52,835,679 |
5 |
|
43 |
Peter S. and Helen Bing |
$50,500,000 |
1 |
|
44 |
DeVos family |
$50,000,000 |
1 |
|
44 |
Melvin and Bren Simon |
$50,000,000 |
1 |
|
44 |
John and Jacque Weberg |
$50,000,000 |
1 |
|
47 |
Geoffrey Beene |
$44,000,000 |
1 |
|
48 |
Jonathan M. Tisch |
$40,047,500 |
1 |
|
48 |
Jack and Marie Lord |
$40,000,000 |
1 |
|
50 |
Sanford I. and Joan H. Weill |
$37,600,000 |
3 |
