Philanthropy 50

America’s biggest donors gave $22.4 billion in 2025. This year’s report highlights some of the country’s most interesting and prolific philanthropists. Our reporting on their giving patterns shows most donors on the Philanthropy 50 give to nonprofits they have known and trusted for years and sometimes decades.

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• Advertising
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• Energy
• Engineering
• Entertainment
• Family Wealth
• Finance
• Food and Beverage
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• Health Care
• Health Products
• Hotels
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• HR Services
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• Agriculture
• ALS Research and Care
• Alzheimer’s Research
• Art
• Artificial Intelligence
• Arts and Culture
• Athletics
• Autoimmune Disease Research
• Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Research
• Brain Health
• Building Projects
• Cancer Research
• Cancer Treatment and Research
• Career Development
• Clean Water
• Climate Change
• College-Loan Debt
• Computer Science
• Disability Services
• Donor-Advised Fund
• Ecology
• Economic Development
• Education
• Elder Care
• Engineering
• Environment
• Environmental Conservation
• Fighting_Antisemitism
• Financial Aid
• Foundation
• Health Care
• Higher Education
• Historic Preservation
• Homelessness
• Honors Programs
• Human Services
• Journalism
• Life Sciences
• Malnutrition
• Marine Sciences
• Maternal Health
• Medical Care
• Medical Education
• Medical Research
• Neuroscience
• New Technologies
• Nursing
• Ocean Conservation
• Pandemic Relief
• Parks
• Pediatric Health Care
• Performing Arts
• Professorships
• Public Affairs
• Public Health
• Racial Justice
• Religion
• Scholarships
• Science
• Science Education
• Scientific Research
• Social Justice
• Social Work
• Stem-Cell Research
• STEM Programs
• Student Housing
• Various
• Wildlife Conservation
• Women and Girls
• Women’s Sports

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Michael Bloomberg

$4,300,000,000

1

Location: New York, N.Y.

Wealth source: Media

Top cause: Various

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Bill Gates

$3,700,000,000¹

2

Location: Medina, Wash.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Various

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Paul Allen

$3,100,000,000^*

3

Location: Seattle, Wash.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Science and Technology

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Warren Buffett

$1,344,087,000

4

Location: Omaha, Neb.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Various

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Michael and Susan Dell

$974,980,000

5

Location: Austin, Tex.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Various

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Penny and Phil Knight

$866,200,000

6

Location: Hillsboro, Ore.

Wealth source: Retail; Manufacturing

Top cause: Cancer Treatment and Research

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Eric and Wendy Schmidt

$774,900,000

7

Location: Santa Barbara, Calif.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Various

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Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg

$608,000,000

8

Location: Palo Alto, Calif.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Various

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Cheryl and David Duffield

$545,950,000

9

Location: Incline Village, Nev.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Various

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David Tepper

$529,837,018

10

Location: Palm Beach, Fla.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Various

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Jacklyn and Miguel Bezos

$500,000,000

11

Location: Coral Gables, Fla.

Wealth source: Family Wealth

Top cause: Malnutrition

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Thomas Golisano

$428,000,000

12

Location: Rochester, N.Y.

Wealth source: HR Services

Top cause: Pediatric Health Care

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John and Laura Arnold

$335,000,000

13

Location: Houston, Tex.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Various

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Denny Sanford

$321,000,000

14

Location: Sioux Falls, S.D.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Building Projects

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Dawn and Greg Williams

$302,015,000

15

Location: East Lansing, Mich.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Athletics

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David Booth

$300,000,000¹

16

Location: Austin, Tex.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Athletics

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Sergey Brin

$286,300,000

17

Location: Reno, Nev.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Various

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Sobrato Family

$267,499,962

18

Location: Cupertino, Calif.

Wealth source: Real Estate

Top cause: Various

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Pam and Pierre Omidyar

$256,000,000

19

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Various

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Arthur Blank

$245,711,000

20

Location: Atlanta, Ga.

Wealth source: Retail

Top cause: Various

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Lynne and Marc Benioff

$189,500,000

21

Location: San Francisco, Calif.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Pediatric Health Care

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Joyce and Matthew Walsh

$150,000,000

22

Location: Chicago, Ill.

Wealth source: Construction

Top cause: Architecture

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Anthony and Catherine Clifton

$120,000,000

23

Location: Philadelphia, Pa.

Wealth source: Consulting

Top cause: Medical Research

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Larry Gies

$111,825,000

24

Location: Chicago, Ill.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Athletics

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Karen and Robert Hale

$110,913,627

25

Location: Hingham, Mass.

Wealth source: Telecommunications

Top cause: Pediatric Health Care

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Lynne and Richard Pasculano

$105,000,000

26

Location: Greenwich, Conn.

Wealth source: Family Wealth

Top cause: Arts and Culture

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John Durstine

$102,000,000^*1

27

Location: Dearborn, Mich.

Wealth source: Engineering

Top cause: Engineering

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Carolyn and Maurice Cunniffe

$100,100,000

28

Location: Greenwich, Conn.

Wealth source: Investments

Top cause: Building Projects

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Edward Fein

$100,000,000^*

29

Location: Reno, Nev.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Dementia Research and Treatment

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Konstantin Sokolov

$100,000,000

29

Location: Miami, Fla.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Higher Education

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Ross Stevens

$100,000,000

29

Location: New York, N.Y.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Financial Aid

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David Rathburn

$71,150,000^*

32

Location: Keswick, Va.

Wealth source: Real Estate

Top cause: Financial Aid

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Judith and Thomas Melly

$70,000,000

33

Location: Sarasota, Fla.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Higher Education

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Jon and Mindy Gray

$63,600,000

34

Location: New York, N.Y.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Cancer Treatment and Research

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Christine and Stephen Schwarzman

$62,100,000

35

Location: New York, N.Y.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Various

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Nancy and Richard Kinder

$62,065,000

36

Location: Houston, Tex.

Wealth source: Energy

Top cause: Various

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Bruce Jacobs

$60,000,000

37

Location: Morristown, N.J.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Quantitative Finance

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Peter Kellner

$60,000,000

37

Location: New York, N.Y.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Building Projects

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James and Patricia Anderson

$58,150,250

39

Location: Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.

Wealth source: Consulting

Top cause: Higher Education

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Stephen Ashley

$55,000,000

40

Location: Rochester, N.Y.

Wealth source: Real Estate

Top cause: Environmental Research

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Christopher and Julie Barnett

$55,000,000

40

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Wealth source: Health Care

Top cause: Higher Education

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Richard and Melanie Lundquist

$53,052,100

42

Location: Los Angeles, Calif.

Wealth source: Real Estate

Top cause: Health Care

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Quilter Family

$52,000,000

43

Location: Laguna Beach, Calif.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Dementia Research and Treatment

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John Mitchell

$51,285,689^*

44

Location: New York, N.Y.

Wealth source: Pharmaceuticals

Top cause: Financial Aid

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Alys and Brad Smith

$50,189,167

45

Location: Huntington, W.Va.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Financial Aid

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Amy and Gilchrist Berg

$50,000,000

46

Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Health Care

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Gregory and Ronda Brenneman

$50,000,000

46

Location: Spring, Tex.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Building Projects

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Bradford Freeman

$50,000,000

46

Location: Los Angeles, Calif.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Athletics

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John Meditz

$50,000,000

46

Location: New York, N.Y.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Higher Education

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Daniel Riccio Jr.

$50,000,000

46

Location: Cupertino, Calif.

Wealth source: Technology

Top cause: Higher Education

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Robert Zorich

$50,000,000

46

Location: Houston, Tex.

Wealth source: Finance

Top cause: Higher Education

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The Philanthropy 50 report was compiled by Maria Di Mento. Read about how it was done.

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