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

Photograph of Michael R. Bloomberg by AP Images; Photograph of Leona M. Helmsley by Keith Bedford/Getty Images; Photograph of Philip H. Knight by Jemal Countess/Getty Images; Photograph of David H. Koch by Rob Rich/Getty Images; Photograph of Henry R. Kravis by Landov; Photograph of Kenneth G. Langone by Bloomberg News/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 Jeffrey S. Skoll by Reuters/Landov; Photograph of Richard W. Weiland by Stanford University Archives.

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.

If you know about a recent gift of $1-million or more that should be added to this directory, please send a message to gifts@philanthropy.com.

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