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America's Most-Generous Donors

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Fiscal year: 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000

Rank	Year	Donors	Sources of wealth	Total donated or pledged	Total paid	Years on list
1	2006	Warren E. Buffett	Investments	$43.5-billion	$1.9-billion	2
2	2006	Herbert M. and Marion O. Sandler	Finance, investments	$1.3-billion	$1.3-billion	1
3	2006	Bernard A. and Barbro Osher	Finance, investments	$723.2-million	$723.2-million	2
4	2006	Leon Levy	Finance	$550-million (bequest)	$550-million	3
5	2006	Jim Joseph	Real estate	$500-million (bequest)	$500-million	1
6	2006	Hector Guy and Doris Di Stefano	Family wealth	$264-million (bequest)	$264-million	1
7	2006	David Rockefeller	Family wealth	$252-million	$9.5-million	2
8	2006	Mary Joan Palevsky	Investments	$212.8-million (bequest)	$212.8-million	1
9	2006	T. Boone Pickens	Investments, oil	$171.5-million	$171.5-million	3
10	2006	Michael R. Bloomberg	Media and entertainment	$165-million	$165-million	4
11	2006	Lorry I. Lokey	Media and entertainment	$163-million	$163-million	7
12	2006	Robert W. Wilson	Investments	$147.2-million	$14.8-million	3
13	2006	Arthur Zankel	Finance, investments	$141-million (bequest)	$141-million	1
14	2006	Eli and Edythe L. Broad	Finance, real estate	$137.6-million	$137.6-million	8
15	2006	Dan L. Duncan family	Energy	$115-million	n/a	1
16	2006	Joseph Neubauer	Food and beverage, industry	$114.6-million	$114.6-million	1
17	2006	Philip H. Knight	Manufacturing	$105-million	n/a	2
18	2006	John Arrillaga	Real estate	$100-million	$100-million	1
18	2006	Lawrence J. Ellison	Technology	$100-million	$5-million	6
18	2006	Henry M. and Wendy J. Paulson	Finance	$100-million	$100-million	1
18	2006	Ronald P. Stanton	Chemicals	$100-million	$25,000	1
18	2006	Mortimer B. Zuckerman	Media and entertainment, real estate	$100-million	n/a	1
23	2006	Peter B. Lewis	Finance	$99-million	$28.6-million	9
24	2006	Tim and Bernadette Marquez	Oil	$85-million	$85-million	1
25	2006	Jon L. Stryker	Family wealth	$73.2-million	$73.2-million	1
26	2006	Theodore (Ted) and Vada Stanley	Marketing	$73.1-million	$38.1-million	2
27	2006	T. Denny Sanford	Finance	$70.5-million	$233,000	2
28	2006	Gary C. and Frances Comer	Retail	$67-million	$67-million	1
29	2006	Pierre and Pam Omidyar	Technology	$66.7-million	$66.7-million	5
30	2006	Irwin M. and Joan K. Jacobs	Telecommunications	$62-million	$700,000	4
31	2006	Ronald O. Perelman	Finance, investments	$60.8-million	$10.8-million	1
32	2006	Edward P. Bass	Finance, investments	$60-million	n/a	1
32	2006	John P. and Tashia F. Morgridge	Technology	$60-million	$10-million	2
32	2006	Ernest and Evelyn Rady	Finance, real estate	$60-million	n/a	2
32	2006	George Soros	Finance	$60-million	$10-million	6
36	2006	Oprah Winfrey	Media and entertainment	$58.3-million	$58.3-million	4
37	2006	Wallace D. Malone Jr.	Finance	$55.9-million	$55.9-million	1
38	2006	Thomas M. Siebel	Technology	$55.8-million	$55.8-million	3
39	2006	H. F. (Gerry) and Marguerite B. Lenfest	Media and entertainment	$55.7-million	$6.2-million	3
40	2006	David H. Koch	Oil	$55-million	$7-million	2
41	2006	Frederic N. and Eleanor H. Schwartz	Pharmaceuticals	$53.5-million (bequest)	$53.5-million	1
42	2006	Paul G. Allen	Technology	$52.8-million	$52.8-million	7
43	2006	Peter S. and Helen Bing	Family wealth, investments	$50.5-million	$500,000	1
44	2006	DeVos family	Investments, real estate	$50-million	n/a	1
44	2006	Melvin and Bren Simon	Real estate	$50-million	n/a	1
44	2006	John and Jacque Weberg	Retail	$50-million	$3-million	1
47	2006	Geoffrey Beene	Manufacturing, retail	$44-million (bequest)	$44-million	2
48	2006	Jack and Marie Lord	Entertainment, investments	$40-million (bequest)	$40-million	1
48	2006	Jonathan M. Tisch	Finance, hotels	$40-million	$40-million	1
50	2006	Sanford I. and Joan Weill	Finance	$37.6-million	$37.6-million	5
51	2006	Gilbert D. and Jaylee M. Mead	Family wealth	$37.2-million	$32.9-million	1
52	2006	Eugenia J. Dodson	Family wealth, investments	$35.6-million (bequest)	$35.6-million	1
53	2006	Marvin J. and Judith A. Herb family	Industry, investments	$35.3-million	$514,600	1
54	2006	Ming Hsieh	Technology	$35-million	$35-million	1
54	2006	Jeannik M�quet Littlefield	Energy, family wealth, investments	$35-million	n/a	1
56	2006	Burt and Deedee McMurtry	Finance, industry	$32-million	n/a	1
57	2006	Sheldon G. and Miriam Adelson	Hotels	$30-million	n/a	1
57	2006	Monte and Usha Ahuja	Manufacturing	$30-million	n/a	1
57	2006	William E. Macaulay	Finance	$30-million	n/a	1
57	2006	Jay A. Precourt	Oil	$30-million	n/a	1
57	2006	Ward W. and Priscilla Woods	Finance, investments	$30-million	n/a	1

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