Charity: December 2005 Archives

Yahoo's Guide to Giving - a very nice collection of resources about charity. They even have a list (from Business Week) of the top givers:

1. Gordon and Betty Moore ($7.046 billion)
2. Bill and Melinda Gates ($5.458 billion)
3. Warren Buffett ($2.622 billion)
4. George Soros ($2.367 billion)
5. Eli and Edythe Broad ($1.475 billion)
6. James and Virginia Stowers ($1.205 billion)
7. The Walton Family ($1.1 billion)
8. Alfred Mann ($993 million)
9. Michael and Susan Dell ($933 million)

Normally, articles like this have a "top ten" list, I guess whoever number ten is must fall embarrassingly short of the Dells.

I was also surprised Bill Gates was not at the top, probably because the media has covered Bill's Philanthropy so much that I expected it.

What surprised you about the list? Was there someone you would have guessed was on it, but surprised when they didn't make it?

Comments welcome.