Rank	Donor	Total amount committed	Years on list
1.	Leona M. HelmsleyFamily wealth, Hotels	$5.2-billionBequestEstimated	1
2.	James LeVoy SorensonInvention, Investments	$4.5-billionBequestEstimated	1
3.	Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz CooneyFinance	$1-billion	1
4.	Harold AlfondManufacturing, Retail	$360-millionBequestEstimated	1
5.	Donald B. and Dorothy L. StablerConstruction, Real estate	$334.2-millionBequestEstimated	1
6.	David G. and Suzanne Deal BoothFinance	$300-million	1
7.	Frank C. DobleEnergy	$272-millionBequest	1
8.	Robert L. and Catherine H. McDevittInvestments	$250-millionBequestEstimated	1
9.	Michael R. BloombergMedia and entertainment	$235-million	6
10.	Dorothy Clarke PattersonFamily wealth	$225-millionBequestEstimated	1
11.	Richard W. WeilandTechnology	$174.3-millionBequest	1
12.	Helen L. KimmelReal estate	$156.5-million	1
13.	Jeffrey S. SkollTechnology	$144.1-million	6
14.	H.F. (Gerry) and Marguerite B. LenfestMedia and entertainment	$139.9-million	5
15.	David RockefellerFamily wealth, Finance	$137.8-million	3
16.	Stephen A. SchwarzmanInvestments	$105-million	1
17.	Gerhard R. AndlingerFinance	$100-million	2
17.	Eli and Edythe L. BroadFinance, Real estate	$100-million	10
17.	Philip H. and Penelope KnightManufacturing	$100-million	4
17.	David H. KochOil	$100-million	4
17.	Kenneth G. and Elaine A. LangoneRetail	$100-million	1
22.	Fritz J. and Dolores H. RussTechnology	$94.8-millionBequest	1
23.	Frank Sr. and Jane BattenMedia and entertainment	$93-million	6
24.	Jesse H. and Beulah C. CoxManufacturing	$83.5-millionBequest	1
25.	Henry R. and Marie-Josée KravisFinance	$75-million	1

Photograph of Leona M. Helmsley by Keith Bedford/Getty Images; Photograph of Michael R. Bloomberg by AP Images; Photograph of Richard W. Weiland by Stanford University Archives; Photograph of Jeffrey S. Skoll by Reuters/Landov; Photograph of H.F. (Gerry) (Gerry) Lenfest by Bloomberg/Landov; Photograph of David Rockefeller by Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office; Photograph of Stephen A. Schwarzman by Jori Klein; Photograph of Philip H. Knight by Jemal Countess/Getty Images; Photograph of David H. Koch by Rob Rich/Getty Images; Photograph of Kenneth G. Langone by Bloomberg News/Landov; Photograph of Henry R. Kravis by Landov.

About These Data

The giving figures listed for each individual are based on donations announced to date by the donors or their beneficiaries. In cases of bequests, most of the figures are estimates because the wills have not been settled. For news of gift announcements in 2009, visit the America's Top Donors database.

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