The former Microsoft CEO and his wife Connie reported giving more than $400 million to nonprofits in 2021, pushing their lifetime total above $2.1 billion. A member of Caltech's board of trustees, Bren first learned about space-based solar energy in 2011 and worked with the university to launch the project. After all, Forbes can only measure what it can see. Even as billionairesadded an additional $240billion to their wealth over the past year, they'vebecome less generousoverall. Who got this score: Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg, Nike cofounder Phil Knight and 114 others. (Buffett was one of the eight people this year who got a Forbes philanthropy score of 5.). Instead of counting the dollars that list members have put in their foundations over a lifetime, we tallied the grants made by those foundations (technically, adjusted qualifying distributions), plus direct gifts we could track, to estimate how much The Forbes 400 has actually given away. Another Measure of Conservative Absence at Philanthropy's "Commanding Thanks for signing up as a global citizen. In 2017, Soros shifted $18 billion from his Soros Management Fund to his philanthropic network, Open Society Foundations. The new philanthropy ranking is fundamentally flawed, in that it is biased in favor of those who make their gifts widely known, and against donors who choose to make their charitable contributions anonymously, one current Forbes 400 member (who did not wish to be named) wrote to us last year. French Gates is a newcomer to The Forbes 400 as an individual this year after receiving billions of dollars in stock transfers from her ex-husband, but since their giving remains intertwined, each received a score of 4. 1: Has given away less than 1% of wealth Who got this score: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Google cofounder Larry Page and 142 others. Residence Beverly Hills . To see daily updated net worths of all Forbes billionaires, please visit the Real-Time Billionaires List. A pioneer in the hedge fund industry, he established the Robertson Foundation in 1996 to support environmental causes, medical research and education. "The remarkable growth in fortunes of the Forbes 400 stands out at a time of pandemic-induced economic upheaval," said Kerry A. Dolan, assistant managing editor for wealth atForbes. This happens in reporting. At times, our reporting on philanthropic giving received a similar response. In 1994, he and his wife Marilyn established the Simons Foundation, which has been the primary giver to Math for America, a nonprofit that supports high school math and science teachers. October 4, 2022 Active, outward, consistent conservatives getting top score in Forbes Philanthropy Score 2022: zero. We didnt count pledges or announced gifts that have yet to be paid out. These top givers have continued to dole out big dollars. As a percentage of net worth, Americas biggest giver for the second year in a row is George Soros, whose Open Society Foundations have, over his lifetime, distributed $16.8 billion to charities across the globe. Their main philanthropic vehicle, the Omidyar Network, funds the Open Markets Institute and Public Knowledge, nonprofits that advocate for stronger antitrust laws and are critical of Big Tech. The same month, Broadcom billionaire Henry Samueli pledged $100 million to UCLAs engineering school, the largest gift ever to the department.
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