10 the most generous philanthropists in the US in 2014 year

50 of the country’s most generous donors donated $ 9,8 billion last year, which is 27,5% more than $ 7,7 billion in 2013, according to a new study published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

And 10, the most generous benefactors of the USA, donated together more than $ 6,2 billion, or 64% of the total.

The growth of charity began due to the growing number of businessmen in the field of technology younger than 40 years, three of them donated more than $ 500 million each.

The average age of 50 of the most generous contributors is 73 of the year: the oldest patron is the former banker David Rockefeller, who is 99 years old, and the youngest is Sean Parker, the founder of the Napster site, he is 35.

Of the 50 benefactors, 12 couples or people are those who work in technology, 11 in finance, 4 inherited their wealth, and 3 made their wealth through real estate.

In general, technology accounts for 47% of all the money that 50 donated to the most generous patrons.

And here are a dozen of the most generous donors, according to the publication of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, in the United States last year.

Bill and Melinda Gates

Bill Gates is 59-year-old Microsoft founder, and his wife, 50-year-old Melinda Gates is a former project manager at Microsoft. Their condition has recently been estimated at $ 80 billion.

Donation: $ 1,5 billion

Primary Beneficiary: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to whom the couple donated about $ 1,5 billion

This amount was made public quite recently, while the Chronicle of Philanthropy publication notes that it is possible that the couple donated more money last year.

Among the main areas of work of the foundation are the improvement of health care in the world, the reduction of poverty, the improvement of the level of education in the USA

Ralph Wilson Jr

Wilson, who died in 2014 at the age of 95, founded the Buffalo Bills football team in 1959. In addition, he was the owner of industrial enterprises, mining companies and other businesses.

Donation: $ 1 billion (testament)

Primary Recipient: Ralph Wilson Jr. Foundation in Detroit. Even before his death, Wilson said that he wanted the foundation to support NGOs in New York and Michigan.

Ted stanley

Stanley founded the MBI company.

Donation: $ 652,4 million

Primary recipient: Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where scientists can study the origin of psychiatric disorders.

The reason for this donation was that Stanley’s son has bipolar affective disorder.

Ted Stanley's MBI began by selling medals to commemorate the landing on the moon in 1969.

Jan Koum

He is the founder and CEO of WhatsApp, the developer of a famous mobile application that bought Facebook for 2014 for $ 21,8 billion.

Donation: $ 556 million

Primary recipient: Silicon Valley Community Foundation Foundation in San Mateo, California.

Sean Parker

One of the founders of the Internet service Napster and other technology startups, Parker was also the first president of Facebook.

Donation: $ 550 million

Recipient: The Sean Parker Foundation for the Study of Allergy at the Stanford University in San Francisco and the Sean Parker Donor Funding Foundation at the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund in Boston.

The fact is that Sean Parker is severely allergic to certain foods. He is allergic to peanuts, hazelnuts and shrimp, which is why he donated that amount to study allergies.

Nicholas and Jill Woodman

Woodmans founded GoPro, a company that develops and builds high-expansion cameras, but it doesn’t disclose its charity plans.

Donation: $ 500 million

The main beneficiary: the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, with the goal of establishing a donor funding fund called the Jill + Nicholas Woodman Foundation (the Jill and Nicholas Woodman Foundation).

Michael Bloomberg

Founder of Bloomberg, he also served as mayor of New York between 2002 and 2013.

Donation: $ 462 million

The main beneficiary: organizations, programs in the field of art, education and health care, as well as programs aimed at improving the work of municipal authorities in cities around the world.

Rachel Lambert Mellon

Her grandfather founded the company Lambert Pharmaceuticals and invented Listerine. Last year, Mellon died at the age of 103.

Donation: $ 411,3 million (testament).

The main beneficiary: the Gerard Lambert Foundation in New York and other organizations.

In her will, she stipulated the establishment of an educational institution for the study of botany and gardening in Upperville.

Sergey Brin

One of the founders of Google.

Donation: $ 382,8 million

Primary Recipient: The Brin Wojcicki Foundation in the Palo Alto, California, which mainly supports Ashoka, an NGO that deals with education, the environment, and women's rights.

Paul Allen

One of the computer geniuses, Allen is one of the founders of Microsoft, as well as the founder of the investment company Vulcan.

Donation: $ 298 million

Primary recipient: The Paul Allen Family Foundation (Paul G. Allen Family Foundation) in Seattle, which plans to allocate $ 100 million to fight the Ebola virus in West Africa, as well as the Allen Institute for Cell Science in Seattle.

He donated a huge amount to organizations such as the American Red Cross, the Center for Disease Control, and UNICEF.