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[10] 8 RAG-Stiftung Germany: Essen, Germany: $24 billion 2007 [11] 9 Azim Premji Foundation India: Bangalore: $21 billion 2001 [12] [13] 10 Open Society Foundations United States: New York City: $19.6 billion 1993 [14] 11 Lilly Endowment United States: Indianapolis: $15.1 billion 1937 [15] 12 Ford Foundation United States: New York City: $13.7 ...
Steve Shirley – IT entrepreneur, autism venture philanthropist, founding funder Oxford Internet Institute, UK National Ambassador for Philanthropy 2009/10; Sir Cliff Richard – one of the vice-presidents of Tearfund, a British religious, relief and development agency; Sir David Robinson – founder of the Robinson Charitable Trust and ...
Pages in category "American philanthropists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,386 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan ...
Philanthropy in the United States is the practice of voluntary, charitable giving by individuals, corporations and foundations to benefit important social needs. Its long history dates back to the early colonial period, when Puritans founded Harvard College and other institutions.
Behind the surprising move that will direct Warren Buffett’s $140 billion fortune into a charitable trust to be administered by his three children—with none of it going to the Gates Foundation.
Beginning in 2004, Bloomberg appeared on Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of top 50 Americans who had donated the most money that year. [9] Between 2004 and 2011, Bloomberg was listed as a top 10 American philanthropist each year. [10] [11] Since 2006, the headquarters has been located at Stuyvesant Fish House on East 78th Street in Manhattan.
The richest person on the planet became the richest man in financial history this week, and on the same day, the third-richest person in the world gave about 4 percent of his wealth away. The ...