Comparison : Who Gives Most to Charity? (List of philanthropists)

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.

Greatest philanthropists by amount of USD.
The following table orders the greatest philanthropists by the estimated amount given to charity, corresponding to USD.

1. Jamsetji Tata $102.4 billion[15] Education, healthcare

2. Bill Gates $35.8 billion[33] Healthcare, extreme poverty, education, access to information technology

3. Warren Buffett $34 billion[34] Healthcare, education, AIDS-prevention, sanitation

4. George Soros $32 billion[35] Healthcare, anti-fascist publications, human rights, economic, legal, and social reform

5. Azim Premji $21 billion[36] Education, healthcare

6. Li Ka-shing $10.7 billion[citation needed] Education, healthcare

7. Andrew Carnegie $9.5 billion[citation needed] Libraries, education, peace

8. Chuck Feeney $6.8 billion[citation needed] Healthcare, youth, ageing, poverty, human rights

9. MacKenzie Scott $6 billion[37] Racial equality, LGBTQ+ equality, functional democracy, and climate change[38]

10. Alisher Usmanov $5.8 billion [39][40] Art, science, sport, healthcare

11. The Sainsbury family $5 billion [39][40] Art, education, human rights, youth, ageing

12. Christopher Hohn $4.5 billion [41] Youth, poverty, education

13. Carlos Slim Helu $4.2 billion [41] Arts, education, healthcare, sports, downtown restoration

14. Alwaleed Philanthropies $4 billion[42] 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.

15. The Weston family $2.3 billion [39][40] Innovations, healthcare, ageing, environment

16. James E. Stowers $2 billion[44] Healthcare

17. Phil Knight $2 billion[43] Education, healthcare, intercollegiate athletics

18. Hansjoerg Wyss $1.9 billion [41] Climate change, poverty

19. Howard Hughes $1.56 billion[citation needed] Healthcare

20. Stephan Schmidheiny $1.5 billion [41] Environment, sustainable development

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