50 Most Generous Philanthropist

http://www.businessweek.com/pdfs/2004/0448_philan.pdf






RANK NAME OR PLEDGED LIFETIME  GIVING* NET WORTH** A % OF NET
DONORS NEW ON THE 2004 LIST BACKGROUND MILLIONS CAUSES MILLIONS MILLIONS WORTH***
1 Bill and Melinda Gates Microsoft co-founder $10,085 Health, education, info. access $27,976 $48,000 58%
2 Gordon and Betty Moore Intel co-founder 7,046 Environmental conservation, science 7,300 3,800 192


3 Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway CEO 2,721 Reproductive choice, reducing nukes 2,730 41,000 8
4 George Soros  Investor 2,301 Open and free societies 5,171 7,200 72
5 James and Virginia Stowers American Century founder 1,346 Biomedical research 1,564 716 218
6 Eli and Edythe Broad SunAmerica, KB Home founder 1,333 Public education, arts, science 1,570 6,000 26
7 Michael and Susan Dell Dell founder 933 Children’s health and education 1,230 14,200 9
8 Alfred Mann Medical devices 830 Biomedical education and research 1,000 1,400 71
9 Paul Allen Microsoft co-founder 735 Arts, culture 831 20,000 4
10 Walton Family Family of Wal-Mart founder 650 Education 1,000 95,800 1
11 Ruth Lilly Eli Lilly Heiress 560 Poetry, libraries, culture 750 300 250
12 Veronica Atkins Widow of Dr. Robert Atkins 500 Eradication of diabetes 500 500 100
13 Michael Bloomberg Bloomberg founder; NYC mayor 490 Education, medical research, arts 597 5,000 12
14 Bernard Marcus Home Depot co-founder 432 Aquarium, Jewish causes, health 550 2,000 28
15 Donald Bren Real estate 427 Education, environment 437 4,300 10
16 Jeffrey Skoll  Ex-president of eBay 386 Social entrepreneurs 419 4,400 10
17 Patrick and Lore Harp McGovern IDG founder 365 Brain research 380 2,000 19
18 Pierre and Pam Omidyar eBay chairman, founder 351 Social change 421 10,400 4
19 H.F.(Gerry)andMargueriteLenfest Former Suburban Cable owner 349 Higher education, arts 375 825 45
20 Kirk Kerkorian Investor 347 Humanitarian and Armenian causes 550 5,800 9
21 Sidney Kimmel Jones Apparel chairman 341 Cancer research, arts, Jewish causes 473 750 63
22 Irwin and Joan Jacobs Qualcomm co-founder 312 Education, arts 450 1,700 26
23 Robert Meyerhoff Real estate developer 304 Art, higher education 305 n.a. n.a.
24 John Kluge Metromedia founder 301 Library of Congress 751 11,000 7
25 Clayton and MaryAnn Mathile Former Iams chairman, CEO 297 Youth, education, entrepreneurship 322 1,800 18
26 Jon Huntsman Huntsman founder, chairman 290 Cancer, business education, homeless 495 2,300 22
27 Frank and Jane Batten  Landmark Comm. founder 285 Higher education 315 1,000 32
28 Sandy and Joan Weill Citigroup chairman 280 Arts, education 315 1,400 23
29 George Kaiser Oil & gas, banking, real estate 275 Antipoverty in Oklahoma 287 4,000 7
30 William and Claudia Coleman BEA Systems co-founder 251 Cognitive disabilities 251 75 335
31 David Geffen DreamWorks co-founder 233 Health, HIV/AIDS, arts 260 4,400 6
32 Tom Monaghan Domino’s Pizza founder 232 Catholic education and services 450 500 90
33 Phillip Anschutz Anschutz Corp. 226 Hospitals, culture, children, education 450 5,200 9
34 Peter Lewis Progressive chairman 212 Education, arts 287 1,600 18
35 Arthur Blank Home Depot co-founder 183 Youth, arts, environment 206 1,200 17
36 Ted and Joan Waitt Gateway founder 183 Family, community violence prevention  360 1,400 26
37 Charles and Helen Schwab Charles Schwab 174 Social issues, education, arts 231 2,800 8
38 Alberto Vilar Investor 162 Arts, culture 225 950 24
39 Sidney Frank Sidney Frank Importing 160 Education, health care, arts 160 1,600 10
40 Oprah Winfrey Harpo chairman 151 International education initiatives 175 1,300 13
41 Catherine Reynolds Student loan business 150 Arts, education, social entrepreneurs 150 550 27
42 William and Alice Goodwin AMF Bowling chairman 140 Cancer research, higher education 185 120 154
43 Gary and Frances Comer Lands’ End founder 133 Environment, education 136 1,000 14
44 Henry and Susan Samueli Broadcom chairman, co-founder 124 Education, alternative medicine, arts 174 1,500 12
45 Ted Turner CNN founder 121 Environment, global security 1,200 1,900 63
46 Haim and Cheryl Saban Saban Capital Group 121 Hospital, U.S. and Israeli charities 128 2,200 6
47 Ira and Mary Lou Fulton Fulton Homes 118 Higher education, community initiatives 131 355 37
48 Kenneth Behring Real estate 118 Smithsonian, wheelchairs 118 420 28
49 David and Cheryl Duffield PeopleSoft co-founder 117 Animals, humane society, education 200 1,100 18
50 Martha Ingram Ingram Industries 116 Education, arts 754 2,500 30
*Based on public records & interviews with donors      **Based on Forbes 400 list & BW estimates      ***Donations as a percent of remaining net worth
Note: For an explanation of our ranking methodology, see page 90  Data: BusinessWeek, GuideStar, Chronicle of Philanthropy