It’s that time of year again and the online magazine Slate has released its list of top donors for 2009. The annual Slate 60 highlights the largest charitable contributions by American philanthropists during the previous year.
With
the economy having a harsh impact on charitable giving, overall
contributions were down and 2009 was an especially bad year for
mega-gifts. Still, the donors of the Slate 60 came through with over $4
billion in commitments to philanthropic causes.
The top 10 for 2009:
- Stanley F. and Fiona B. Druckenmiller
($705 million) - John M. Templeton
($573 million) - William H. (Bill) III and Melinda F. Gates
($350 million) - Michael R. Bloomberg
($254 million) - Louise Dieterle Nippert
($185 million) - George Soros
($150 million) - Eli and Edythe L. Broad
($105.2 million) - J. Ronald and Frances Terwilliger
($102 million) - William P. Clements Jr.
($100 million) - Pierre and Pam Omidyar
($92 million)
Visit the Slate web site to read the full article, to view biographies of the donors, or to search the interactive database of donors for the past 14 years.
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(Thanks to Stephen Sherman, Reference Librarian, Foundation Center-Atlanta, for this post.)