Only 23 of the donors on the Philanthropy 50 list also appear on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans. It may be a sign that many of the wealthiest people in America aren’t big givers. But there’s an important caveat: Some generous billionaires don’t regularly make the Philanthropy 50 because they donate infrequently in very large amounts and some of them may give anonymously.
These 23 donors gave more than $3.6 billion in 2015.
| Donor | Philanthropy 50 rank | Philanthropy 50 total | Net worth | Percentage of wealth directed to charitable giving in 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John and Laura Arnold | 13 | $162.5 million | $2.9 bilion | 5.6 |
| Pierre and Pam Omidyar | 5 | $327 million | $8 bilion | 4.1 |
| John and Jenny Paulson | 4 | $400 million | $11.4 bilion | 3.5 |
| Mark and Mary Stevens | 34 | $61 million | $1.8 bilion | 3.4 |
| David Rubenstein | 27 | $85.9 million | $2.6 bilion | 3.3 |
| J.B. and M.K. Pritzker | 20 | $101 million | $3.4 bilion | 3 |
| David Geffen | 8 | $200 million | $6.9 bilion | 2.9 |
| John and Rosemary Brown | 35 | $59 million | $2.2 bilion | 2.7 |
| Jack Taylor | 11 | $187.8 million | $10.1 bilion | 1.9 |
| Stephen and Christine Schwarzman | 8 | $200 million | $11.6 bilion | 1.7 |
| Gordon and Betty Moore | 23 | $100 million | $6.2bilion | 1.6 |
| Michael Bloomberg | 3 | $510 million | $38.6 bilion | 1.3 |
| Marc and Lynne Benioff | 40 | $50.5 million | $3.8 bilion | 1.3 |
| Jan Koum | 33 | $64.2 million | $7.7 bilion | 0.8 |
| Alice Walton | 7 | $224.8 million | $32 bilion | 0.7 |
| Michael and Marian Ilitch | 47 | $40 million | $5.4 bilion | 0.7 |
| Paul G. Allen | 17 | $113 million | $17.8 bilion | 0.6 |
| David Koch | 10 | $192 million | $41 bilion | 0.5 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates | 6 | $272 million | $76 bilion | 0.4 |
| Ray and Barbara Dalio | 32 | $65 million | $15.3 bilion | 0.4 |
| Jim Walton | 25 | $91.1 million | $33.7 bilion | 0.3 |
| Robson Walton | 25 | $91.1 million | $31.7 bilion | 0.3 |
| Lawrence Ellison | 44 | $49.5 million | $47.5 bilion | 0.1 |
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