Amount donated in 2014: Approximately $1-billion
Beneficiary: Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
Background: Mr. Wilson founded the Buffalo Bills football team in 1959 and his estate sold the franchise in 2014 for $1.4-billion. He also owned manufacturing, mining, and other businesses.
Mr. Wilson, who was 95 when he died in 2014, left roughly $1-billion to his Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation. He indicated before he died that he wanted the foundation to support nonprofits in western New York and southeastern Michigan.
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