The Philanthropy 50:
America’s Biggest Donors
in 2010
Donors
George Soros
Michael R. Bloomberg
T. Denny Sanford
Irwin M. and Joan K. Jacobs
Eli and Edythe L. Broad
Leonard Blavatnik
Frances Lasker Brody
T. Boone Pickens
Meyer and Renee Luskin
Marc R. and Lynne Benioff
Mark Zuckerberg
Terrence M. and Kim Pegula
Juanita Kious Waugh
David R. and Patricia D. Atkinson
Henry C. Jr. and Jane C. Woods
Pierre and Pam Omidyar
William A. and Karen Ackman
Charles E. Kaufman
Edward P. (Ned) Evans
Ming Hsieh
Paul Ichiro Terasaki
P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos
Bennett S. LeBow
Lawrence J. Ellison
Lee G. and Jane H. Seidman
Violet L. Patton
Lonnie C. Jr. and Carol Johnson Poole
Lin Arison
Herman Ostrow
Jon L. Stryker
Paul G. Allen
Norton Herrick
Edward H. and Vivian Merrin
William P. and Lou W. Kennedy
Alvin S. and Terese Lane
John C. Malone
Tamsen Ann Ziff
Theodore and Vada Stanley
Stephen and Nancy Grand
David M. Rubenstein
Dyson family
Mary E. McKinney
Paul and Daisy M. Soros
Jan T. and Marica F. Vilcek
David H. Koch
Bion R. Cram
Harold C. and Annette C. Simmons
Howard G. and Louise Phanstiel
Iris Cantor
Richard A. and Susan P. Friedman
Peter S. and Carolyn A. Lynch
Patrick E. and Barbara A. Roche
Albert P. (Skip) Viragh
George A. Weiss
Figures are estimates.
Source of wealth
Finance
Media and entertainment
Finance
Telecommunications
Finance, real estate
Investments
Family wealth, real estate
Investments, oil
Manufacturing
Technology
Technology
Oil
Agriculture, family wealth
Finance
Family wealth, investments
Technology
Finance
Investments
Investments
Technology
Biotechnology
Pharmaceuticals
Finance
Technology
Retail
Investments
Industry
Family wealth
Real estate
Family wealth
Technology
Media and entertainment, real estate
Investments
Pharmaceuticals
Law
Media and entertainment
Family wealth, retail
Marketing
Real estate
Finance
Family wealth, finance
Investments, real estate
Construction, investments
Pharmaceuticals
Oil
Finance
Investments
Insurance, investments
Family wealth
Finance
Finance
Retail
Finance
Finance
17
Number of Philanthropy 50 donors who appeared on
Forbes magazine's list of the 400 wealthiest Americans
10
Number of Philanthropy 50 donors
who signed the Giving Pledge
71
Median age of living
donors on the list
Total donated or pledged
$119,490,694
$118,300,000
$117,204,000*
$110,000,000 (bequest)*
$101,046,512
$100,500,000
$100,000,000
$100,000,000
$88,000,000
$83,707,473 (bequest)*
$80,000,000
$67,000,000 (bequest)
$61,520,065
$59,319,234
$53,340,000 (bequest)*
$50,000,000
$50,000,000
$50,000,000
$50,000,000
$49,000,000
$45,100,000
$42,000,000
$41,300,000
$40,151,000
$39,000,000*
$35,000,000
$32,777,678
$32,300,000
$32,000,000*
$30,175,000
$30,075,500
$30,000,000 (bequest)*
$30,000,000
$30,000,000
$29,100,000
$28,100,000
$26,648,000
$25,000,000
$25,000,000 (bequest)*
$25,000,000
$23,090,000
$23,000,000
$21,500,000 (bequest)*
$20,027,500
$20,020,000
$20,000,000
$20,000,000
$20,000,000
$20,000,000
$20,000,000 (bequest)
$20,000,000
Top recipients
Open Society Foundations (New York)
970 arts, human-services, public-affairs, and other groups
Sanford Health Foundation (Sioux Falls, S.D.); Sanford-Burnham Medical Research
Institute (La Jolla, Calif.); and other groups
University of California at San Diego Health System (La Jolla); Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego; and other groups
Broad Foundations (Los Angeles)
University of Oxford (England)
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, Calif.)
Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) and 30 other groups
University of California at Los Angeles
University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital
Startup: Education (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Pennsylvania State University (State College)
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.); Saint Joseph’s College (Rensselaer, Ind.); and other
groups
Cornell University (Ithaca, N. Y.)
Lawrenceville School (N.J.); North Shore Country Day School (Winnetka, Ill.)
HopeLab (Redwood City, Calif.); Humanity United (Redwood City, Calif.); and other
groups
Pershing Square Foundation (New York) and 50 other groups
Pittsburgh Foundation and 25 other groups
Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
University of California at Los Angeles
Columbia University Medical Center (New York)
Drexel University (Philadelphia) and other groups
Ellison Medical Foundation (Bethesda, Md.)
University Hospitals (Cleveland)
Ohio University (Athens)
North Carolina State University (Raleigh) and other groups
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (Miami)
University of Southern California School of Dentistry (Los Angeles)
Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Washington State University (Pullman) and other groups
University of Miami School of Communication (Coral Gables, Fla.)
Tufts University (Medford, Mass.)
University of South Carolina (Columbia)
Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin at Madison
The Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering (Baltimore)
Metropolitan Opera (New York)
Stanley Family Foundation (Norwalk, Conn.); Stanley Medical Research Institute
(Chevy Chase, Md.); and other groups
American Technion Society (New York) and other groups
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington); University of Chicago
Law School; and other groups
Cornell University (Ithaca, N. Y.)
University of Texas at San Antonio
Soros Fellowship for New Americans (New York)
New York University Langone Medical Center and other groups
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and other groups
Fryeburg Academy (Me.); Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Me.)
Baylor Health Care System Foundation (Dallas)
Syracuse University (N. Y.)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York)
Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York)
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins (Baltimore)
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
