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A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; donating their time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes. The term may apply to any volunteer or to anyone who makes a donation, but the label is most often applied to those who donate large sums of money or who make a major impact through their volunteering, such as a trustee who manages a philanthropic organization or one who establishes and funds a foundation. [1]
A philanthropist may not always find universal approval for their deeds. [2] Common accusations include supporting an unworthy cause (such as funding art instead of fighting world hunger) or having selfish motivation at heart (such as avoiding taxes or attaining personal fame). A philanthropist is also someone who cares for someone else's needs instead of their own.
MrBeast - Youtuber - Comedian - given, donated at least 6 million dollar - founder of Team Trees and Team Seas
The following table orders the greatest philanthropists by the estimated amount given to charity, corresponding to USD.
Name | Amount given | Cause |
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Jamsetji Tata | $102.4 billion [24] | Education, healthcare |
Bill Gates | $79 billion [59] | Healthcare, extreme poverty, education, access to information technology |
Warren Buffett | $32.1 billion [60] | Healthcare, education, AIDS-prevention, sanitation |
George Soros | $32 billion [61] | Healthcare, anti-fascist publications, human rights, economic, legal, and social reform |
Azim Premji | $21 billion [62] | Education, healthcare |
MacKenzie Scott | $14 billion [63] | Racial equality, LGBTQ+ equality, functional democracy, and climate change [64] |
Michael Bloomberg | $12.7 billion[ citation needed] | Environment, public health, arts, government innovation and education |
Li Ka-shing | $10.7 billion[ citation needed] | Education, healthcare |
Andrew Carnegie | $9.5 billion[ citation needed] | Libraries, education, peace |
Elon Musk | $7.6 billion [65] | Science education, COVID-19 relief, renewable energy |
Chuck Feeney | $6.8 billion[ citation needed] | Healthcare, youth, aging, poverty, human rights |
Alisher Usmanov | $5.8 billion [66] [67] | Art, science, sport, healthcare |
The Sainsbury family | $5 billion [66] [67] | Art, education, human rights, youth, aging |
Christopher Hohn | $4.5 billion [68] | Youth, poverty, education |
Carlos Slim Helu | $4.2 billion [68] | Arts, education, healthcare, sports, downtown restoration |
Alwaleed Philanthropies | $4 billion [69] | Alwaleed Philanthropies collaborates with a range of philanthropic, government and educational organizations to combat poverty, empower women and youth, develop communities, provide disaster relief and create cultural understanding through education. |
The Weston family | $2.3 billion [66] [67] | Innovations, healthcare, aging, environment |
Phil Knight | $2 billion [70] | Education, healthcare, intercollegiate athletics |
James E. Stowers | $2 billion [71] | Healthcare |
Hansjoerg Wyss | $1.9 billion [68] | Climate change, poverty |
Howard Hughes | $1.56 billion[ citation needed] | Healthcare |
Ted Turner | $1 billion[ citation needed] | United Nations Foundation |
Stephan Schmidheiny | $1.5 billion [68] | Environment, sustainable development |
Vitalik Buterin | $1 billion [56] | Donated $1 billion worth of the cryptocurrencies Shiba Inu and Ether to a COVID-19 relief fund in India. |
T. Boone Pickens | $500 Million [56] | Donated $500 million for education. |
In 2017, the Open Society Foundations announced that Soros had transferred $18 billion of his fortune towards funding the future work of the Foundations, bringing his total giving to the Foundations since 1984 to over $32 billion