How much has Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates given in charitable donations? TopGivers
n a year when both the U.S. stock market and billionaire fortunes tumbled, charitable donations by the country’s most generous philanthropists moved in the opposite direction. The nation’s 25 biggest givers have donated $196 billion over their lifetimes through the end of 2022, according toestimates. That’s up from $169 billion a year ago, mostly due to ongoing giving by these big donors and some new information.
The increase in giving comes at a time when fortunes have fallen. These 25 philanthropists are together worth $936 billion—$164 billion less than a year ago, a 15% drop. Seventeen of them have signed The Giving Pledge, promising to donate at least half their fortune during their lifetime or after they pass away. Most of them have a long way to go before meeting that goal. Three who have met it: Chuck Feeney, T. Denny Sanford and George Soros.
Warren Buffett tops the list of givers yet again, as measured by total amount given away. He’s been handing over billions of dollars worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock annually for 17 years–and continued that tradition last June. We estimate that Buffett gave away $5.4 billion in 2022 and $51.5 billion in his lifetime ; the latter sum is nearly $13 billion more than that of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Bill gave $20 billion to the Gates Foundation in July 2022–far more than Buffett’s $3.
Scott is part of a trend among billionaire philanthropists working to be more transparent about their charitable giving. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Steve and Connie Ballmer’s Ballmer Group, George Soros’ Open Society Network, Pierre and Pam Omidyar’s Omidyar Network, Laura and John Arnold’s Arnold Ventures and the Gates Foundation publish some or all of their grants online–though the listings aren’t always promptly updated with the most recent year’s grants.
Our estimates factor in the total lifetime giving of Americans, measured in dollars given to charitable recipients—in other words, we are not including money parked in a foundation that has yet to do any good.
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