America's Most-Generous Donors, 2001

Rank	Donor	Industry
1.	Gordon Moore, 73, and Betty Moore, 72	Technology
	Recipients: $5.8-billion: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; $300-million pledge: California Institute of Technology
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $6.13-billion $5.83-billion $300.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Private Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
2.	William H. Gates III, 46, and Melinda Gates, 36 Medina, WA	Technology
	Recipients: $2-billion: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $2.00-billion $2.00-billion $0
	Types of recipient: Community Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
3.	James E. Stowers, 78, and Virginia G. Stowers, 71 Kansas City, MO	Finance
	Recipients: $1.1-billion: Stowers Institute for Medical Research and other groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $1.12-billion $1.12-billion $0
	Types of recipient: Hospitals and Medical Centers, Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
4.	John D. Hollingsworth Jr., Died in 2000 at age 83. Greenville, SC	Real estate, manufacturing
	Recipients: Estimated $400-million bequest: Furman University, Greenville (S.C.) YMCA, and other charities
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $400.00-million (Bequest) $0 $400.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
5.	Eli Broad, 68, and Edythe L. Broad, 65 Brentwood, CA	Finance, real estate
	Recipients: $387.9-million: Broad Foundations and other groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $387.89-million $387.89-million $0
	Types of recipient: Other Groups, Private Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
6.	Robert Edward (Ted) Turner, 63 Atlanta, GA	Communications
	Recipients: $91.2-million: United Nations Foundation, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Better World Fund, and other organizations; $250-million pledge: Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $330.53-million $91.23-million $239.30-million
	Types of recipient: International, Other Groups, Public-Affairs Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
7.	Sidney Kimmel, 74 Palm Beach, FL	Retail
	Recipients: $100-million: the Johns Hopkins University and 7 other nonprofit groups; $222.5-million in pledges: the Johns Hopkins University and 5 other nonprofit groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $260.50-million $100.00-million $160.50-million
	Types of recipient: Arts Groups, Education Groups (Miscellaneous), Hospitals and Medical Centers, Jewish Federations, Museums and Libraries (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
8.	William T. III Coleman, 54, and Claudia Coleman, 54 Los Altos, CA	Technology
	Recipients: $250-million pledge: University of Colorado System
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $250.66-million $10.66-million $240.00-million
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9.	Lucille Stewart Beeson, Died in 2001 at age 95. Birmingham, AL	Insurance
	Recipients: $161-million bequest: Samford University, 13 charities in the Birmingham, Ala., area
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $161.00-million (Bequest) $15.00-million $146.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
10.	Elmer Rasmuson, Died in 2000 at age 91. Anchorage, AK	Finance
	Recipients: $160-million bequest: Rasmuson Foundation and three Boy Scout councils in Alaska
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $160.00-million (Bequest) $160.00-million $0
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11.	Peter B. Lewis, 68 Cleveland, OH	Insurance
	Recipients: $72.5-million: Princeton University, Case Western Reserve University, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, other organizations; $60-million pledge: Princeton University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $118.00-million $72.50-million $45.50-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Museums and Libraries, Other Groups, Public-Affairs Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
12.	Alberto W. Vilar, 61 New York, NY	Finance
	Recipients: $116.4-million in pledges: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and 4 other nonprofit groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $116.40-million -- $116.40-million
	Types of recipient: Arts Groups, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Medical Centers (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
13.	Henry Melville Fuller, Died in 2001 at age 87. Nelson, NH	Finance
	Recipients: $89.6-million bequest: Currier Gallery of Art and other groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $89.68-million (Bequest) $3.68-million $86.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Environmental and Animal-Related Groups, Museums and Libraries, Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
14.	Leon Levy, 76 New York, NY	Finance
	Recipients: $54.7-million: Jerome Levy Foundation, Bard College, and other groups; $50-million pledge: Bard College
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $79.66-million $54.66-million $25.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Other Groups, Private Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
15.	Herbert L. Block, Died in 2001 at age 91. Washington, DC	Media/Entertainment
	Recipients: $53-million bequest: Herb Block Foundation and 19 nonprofit groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $53.00-million (Bequest) $1.20-million $51.80-million
	Types of recipient: Other Groups, Private Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
16.	Bernard Marcus, 72 Atlanta, GA	Retail
	Recipients: $46-million: Marcus Foundation and other organizations
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $46.00-million $46.00-million $0
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17.	John A. (Jack) Jackson, 88 Dallas, TX	Oil
	Recipients: Two pledges totaling $40-million: University of Texas at Austin
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $45.00-million $15.00-million $30.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Medical Centers (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
17.	John W. Kluge, 87 New York, NY	Communications
	Recipients: Land worth $45-million: University of Virginia
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $45.00-million $45.00-million $0
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
19.	Jeffrey S. Skoll, 37 Los Altos, CA	Technology
	Recipients: $42.8-million: Skoll Community Fund
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $42.80-million $42.80-million $0
	Types of recipient: Community Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
20.	Ruth Price Thomas, Died in 2001 at age 88. Aurora, Cayuga County, NY	Advertising
	Recipients: $40.4-million bequest: Cornell University, Wells College, and 6 nonprofit groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $40.40-million (Bequest) $400000 $40.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
21.	David Duffield, 61, and Cheryl Duffield, 51 Incline Village, NV	Technology
	Recipients: $38.4-million: Maddie?s Fund and other groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $38.40-million $38.40-million $0
	Types of recipient: Education Groups (Miscellaneous), Other Groups, Private Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
22.	Fern S. McAlister, Died in 2001 at age 93. Los Angeles, CA	Investments
	Recipients: $38.3-million bequest: Children?s Hospital Los Angeles
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $38.30-million (Bequest) $38.30-million $0
	Types of recipient: Hospitals and Medical Centers (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
23.	Robert Mondavi, 88, and Margrit Biever Mondavi Napa, CA	Food and beverage
	Recipients: $35-million pledge: University of California at Davis
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $35.00-million -- $35.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
24.	Anne C. Anderson, Died in 2000 at age 94. Allentown, PA	Industry
	Recipients: $33.4-million bequest: Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $33.40-million (Bequest) $33.40-million $0
	Types of recipient: Hospitals and Medical Centers (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
25.	Michael E. Moritz Dublin, OH	Law
	Recipients: $30.3-million: Ohio State University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $30.31-million $30.31-million $0
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
26.	Michael J. Birck, 64, and Katherine R. (Kay) Birck, 62 Hinsdale, IL	Telecommunications
	Recipients: $30-million pledge: Purdue University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $30.00-million -- $30.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
27.	Lorry I. Lokey, 74 Atherton, CA	Communications
	Recipients: $25.8-million in pledges: Santa Clara University and 2 other nonprofit groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $28.75-million $4.05-million $24.70-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Education Groups (Miscellaneous), Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
28.	Stephen A. Goldberg, 60, and Diana L. Goldberg, 60 Washington, DC	Real estate
	Recipients: $25-million pledge: Children?s National Medical Center
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $25.06-million $630000 $24.43-million
	Types of recipient: Hospitals and Medical Centers, Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
29.	Samuel L. Ginn, 64 Hillsbourgh, CA	Telecommunications
	Recipients: $25.1-million in pledges: Auburn University, Yosemite Fund
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $25.05-million $12500 $25.04-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Environmental and Animal-Related Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
30.	Samuel J. Heyman, 62 New York, NY	Real estate
	Recipients: $25-million pledge: Partnership for Public Service
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $25.00-million -- $25.00-million
	Types of recipient: Public-Affairs Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
30.	William J. Laurie, 50, and Nancy Walton Laurie, 50 Columbia, MO	Inheritance
	Recipients: $25-million: University of Missouri
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $25.00-million $25.00-million $0
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
30.	John T. Lupton Chattanooga, TN	Food and beverage
	Recipients: $25-million pledge: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $25.00-million -- $25.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
30.	Joseph E. Robert Jr., and Jill Robert McLean, VA	Real estate
	Recipients: $25-million pledge: Children?s National Medical Center
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $25.00-million -- $25.00-million
	Types of recipient: Hospitals and Medical Centers (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
34.	Florence Davis Sewell, Died in 2000 at age 95. Chicago, IL	Food and beverage
	Recipients: $24.9-million bequest: nine organizations
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $24.87-million (Bequest) $24.87-million $0
	Types of recipient: Arts Groups, Colleges and Universities, Environmental and Animal-Related Groups, Health Charities, Hospitals and Medical Centers, Museums and Libraries, Religious Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
35.	Warren A. Bailey, Died in 2000 at age 83. St. Marys, GA	Telecommunications
	Recipients: $24-million bequest: St. Marys United Methodist Church
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $24.00-million (Bequest) $24.00-million $0
	Types of recipient: Religious Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
35.	Thomas C. Wright WA	Publishing
	Recipients: $24-million pledge: University of Idaho
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $24.00-million $8.50-million $15.50-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
37.	Ira L. Baldwin, Died in 1999 at age 104., and Ineva Reilly Baldwin, Died in 2000 at age 96. Madison, WI	Invention
	Recipients: $21.7-million bequest: University of Wisconsin Foundation
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $21.70-million (Bequest) $21.70-million $0
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
38.	Fred van Eck, Died in 2000 at age 81. New York, NY	Finance
	Recipients: Land valued at $21.2-million: Purdue University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $21.20-million (Bequest) $21.20-million $0
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
39.	Florence R. Foerderer, Died in 1999 at age 73. Laporte, PA	Inheritance
	Recipients: $21-million bequest: Academy of Natural Sciences, Gallaudet University, Philadelphia Zoo
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $21.00-million (Bequest) $4.50-million $16.50-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Environmental and Animal-Related Groups, Museums and Libraries (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
40.	Paul Tudor Jones II, 47 Greenwich, CT	Finance
	Recipients: $20-million pledge: University of Virginia
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $20.00-million $0 $20.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
41.	Gladys Gwendolyn Davis, Died in 2001 at age 88., and Vivian Davis Michael, Died in 1998 at age 82. Morgantown, WV	Investments
	Recipients: $18.4-million bequest: West Virginia University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $18.40-million (Bequest) $18.40-million $0
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
41.	Peter A. Paanakker, Died in 1999 at age 74. Beverly Hills, CA	Real estate
	Recipients: $18.4-million bequest: Kolb Foundation, Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Carrie Kolb Foundation, other groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $18.40-million (Bequest) $18.40-million $0
	Types of recipient: Museums and Libraries, Other Groups, Private Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
43.	John F. (Jack) Blais, and Shelley Blais Framingham, MA	Manufacturing
	Recipients: $16-million pledge: University of Massachusetts at Worcester
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $18.00-million $1.00-million $17.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
43.	Michael A. O'Connor, 66, and Karen L. O'Connor, 54 Corpus Christi, TX	Manufacturing
	Recipients: $18-million: Texas A&M University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $18.00-million $18.00-million $0
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
45.	Alex G. Spanos, 78 Stockton, CA	Real estate
	Recipients: $17.8-million pledge: Mercy Foundation, other nonprofit groups
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $17.19-million $1.56-million $15.63-million
	Types of recipient: Hospitals and Medical Centers, Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
46.	Marjorie E. Hobbis, Died in 1999 at age 87. Rancho Santa Fe, CA	Investments
	Recipients: $17.1-million bequest: Braille Institute, Honolulu Shriners Hospital for Children, Unity School of Christianity
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $17.10-million (Bequest) $12.54-million $4.56-million
	Types of recipient: Education Groups (Miscellaneous), Hospitals and Medical Centers, Museums and Libraries (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
47.	Charles K. Williams II Philadelphia, PA	Inheritance
	Recipients: $16-million pledge: University of Pennsylvania
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $16.00-million -- $16.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
48.	Charles Grosscurth, Died in 1999 at age 90., and Theresa Grosscurth, Died in 1999 at age 89. Louisville, KY	Food and beverage
	Recipients: $15.5-million: University of Louisville, Community Foundation of Louisville
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $15.50-million (Bequest) $13.50-million $2.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Community Foundations (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
49.	Pehong Chen, and Adele Chen	Technology
	Recipients: $15-million pledge: Stanford University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $15.00-million -- $15.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
49.	Don L. Lucas, 71 Atherton, CA	Finance
	Recipients: $15-million pledge: Santa Clara University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $15.00-million -- $15.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
49.	John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, 64, and Sharon Percy Rockefeller Charleston, WV
	Recipients: $15-million pledge: West Virginia University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $15.00-million $0 $15.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
49.	Sanford I. Weill, 68, and Joan Weill New York, NY	Finance
	Recipients: $15-million pledge: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Foundation
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $15.00-million $9.40-million $5.60-million
	Types of recipient: Arts Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
53.	Jerrol M. (Jerry) Tostrud, and Alleen Tostrud Naples, FL	Publishing
	Recipients: $12-million pledge: St. Olaf College
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $14.00-million $2.00-million $12.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities, Other Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
54.	Sara Gwendolyn (Gwen) Frostic, Died in 2001 at age 94. Benzonia, MI	Paper
	Recipients: $13-million bequest: Western Michigan University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $13.00-million (Bequest) $8.00-million $5.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
54.	Charles E. Seay, and Sarah (Sadie) Seay Dallas, TX	Finance
	Recipients: $13-million pledge: Southwestern Medical Foundation
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $13.00-million -- $13.00-million
	Types of recipient: Hospitals and Medical Centers (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
56.	Lester Kissel, Died in 2000 at age 98. New York, NY	Law
	Recipients: $12-million bequest: Harvard University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $12.00-million (Bequest) -- $12.00-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
56.	Ann Lacy, 74 Oklahoma City, OK	Investments
	Recipients: $12-million: Oklahoma City University
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $12.00-million $12.00-million $0
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
58.	Peter S. Lynch, 59, and Carolyn A. Lynch, 55 Marblehead, MA	Finance
	Recipients: $10-million pledge: Archdiocese of Boston
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $11.20-million $7.20-million $4.00-million
	Types of recipient: Other Groups, Religious Groups (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
59.	Neal Dempsey III, and Janet R. Dempsey Monte Sereno, CA	Finance
	Recipients: $10-million pledge: University of Washington
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $11.00-million $250000 $10.75-million
	Types of recipient: Colleges and Universities (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)
59.	Mary Watt Van Dusen, Died in 2001 at age 91. Philadelphia, PA	Inheritance
	Recipients: $11-million bequest: a trust to benefit Springside School and the School at Church Farm
	Total donated or pledged Total paid Total pledged $11.00-million (Bequest) $11.00-million $0
	Types of recipient: Education Groups (Miscellaneous) (Click to see donors who gave to these kinds of institutions)