These are the donors who gave the most in 2022, according to The Philanthropy 50, an annual ranking compiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. A searchable database with more information on the donors and their beneficiaries is available at philanthropy.com.
1. Bill Gates
Microsoft co-founder
$5.1 billion
Biggest gift: $5.1 billion to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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2. Michael Bloomberg
Founder of Bloomberg financial news company
$1.7 billion
Biggest gift: Various
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3. Warren Buffett
Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
$758.8 million
Biggest gift: $474.3 million to Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
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4. Jacklyn and Miguel Bezos
President of Bezos Family Foundation (Jacklyn) and retired engineer (Miguel)
$710.5 million
Biggest gift: $710.5 million to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
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5. John and Laura Arnold
Retired hedge-fund manager (John) and former lawyer (Laura)
$617 million
Biggest gift: $617 million to Laura and John Arnold Foundation
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6. Ruth DeYoung Kohler II
John Michael Kohler Arts Center director
$440 million
Biggest gift: $440 million to Ruth Foundation for the Arts
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7. Sergey Brin
Google co-founder
$411.4 million
Biggest gift: $274.3 million to Sergey Brin Family Foundation
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8. Denny Sanford
Banker
$333 million
Biggest gift: $150 million to University of California at San Diego
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9. Alice Clark
$321.8 million
Biggest gift: $321.8 million to A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation
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Businessman and wife
$275.3 million
Biggest gift(s): $50 million apiece to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati, Catholic Inner City Schools Education Foundation, Notre Dame Law School, St. Xavier High School, Xavier University
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11. Pierre and Pam Omidyar
Founder of eBay and wife
$266 million
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Co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts international investment firm
Biggest gift: $140 million to Claremont McKenna College
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13. Leonard Lauder
$188.3 million
Biggest gift: $125 million to University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Real estate developers
Biggest gift: $164 million to Sobrato Family Foundation
15. Audrey Steele Burnand
Former foundation director
$165.8 million
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16. John and Kathy Schreiber
Financier and wife
Biggest gift: $100 million to Loyola University Chicago
17. Jeff Bezos
$122.2 million
Biggest gift: Various
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Qualcomm co-founder and wife
$105.5 million
Biggest gift: $75 million to Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
19. Edward Avedisian
$104.8 million
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20. Brian Chesky
Airbnb co-founder
Biggest gift: $100 million to Barack Obama Foundation
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21. (tie) Gerry Lenfest
$100 million
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Businessman
$100 million
Biggest gift: $100 million to Samford University
21. (tie) John Paulson
Hedge fund founder
$100 million
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Craigslist founder
Biggest gift: $81 million to Craig Newmark Foundation and Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund
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25. Stuart and Molly Sloan
$78 million
Biggest gift: $78 million to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
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Businessman
Biggest gift: $12.7 million to Community Foundation Tampa Bay
27. Anthony Wood
Roku founder
$71.5 million
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28. Eric and Wendy Schmidt
Former Google CEO and wife
Biggest gift: $47 million to Schmidt Ocean Institute
29. Fred Smith
$65 million
Biggest gift: $65 million to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
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Real estate developers
$62.8 million
Biggest gift: $50 million to McPherson College
31. Adrienne Arsht
$62.4 million
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32. (tie) Marc and Lynne Benioff
Salesforce founder and wife
Biggest gift: $60 million to University of California at Santa Barbara
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32. (tie) Stewart and Judy Colton
$60 million
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Airbnb co-founder
$58.6 million
Biggest gift: $25 million to American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup
35. Robert and Karen Hale
Granite Telecommunications co-founder and wife
$58.5 million
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Restaurateur
Biggest gift: $50 million to University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
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37. Richard and Nancy Kinder
$55.4 million
Biggest gift: Kinder Foundation
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Financier and wife
Biggest gift: $55 million University of Pennsylvania
38. (tie) Roy and Diana Vagelos
Physician-scientist
$55 million
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40. (tie) Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang
Nvidia Corporation founder
Biggest gift: $50 million to Oregon State University Foundation
40. (tie) Thomas Kline
$50 million
Biggest gift: $50 million to Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
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Real estate developer
$50 million
Biggest gift: $50 million to PeaceHealth
43. John Metz and Ali Khan
$46 million
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44. Gordon and Joyce Davis
Businessman and wife
Biggest gift: $44 million to Texas Tech University
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45. Harriet Macomber
$45 million
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Investor
$44.7 million
Biggest gift: $25.4 million to Purdue University
47. David and Kathleen LaCross
Businessman and wife
$44 million
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Farmers
Biggest gift: $41.3 million to Utah State University
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49. (tie) David Frederick and Sophia Lynn
$40 million
Biggest gift: $35 million to University of Oxford
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Businessman
Biggest gift: $40 million to Augustana College
