Famous Philanthropists
Famous Philanthropists is a structured people dataset with 25 entries. Its fields include Name, Amount given, Cause. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 25 rows
- Fields
- 3 columns
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Data updated
- Feb 22, 2026
Included fields: Name, Amount given, Cause.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
No reliable range or grouping can be calculated from the loaded rows without interpreting the source data.
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Amount given, and Cause across people entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 25 downloadable records
Name↕ | Amount given↕ | Cause↕ |
|---|---|---|
Jamsetji Tata | $102.4 billion | Education, healthcare |
Bill Gates | $79 billion | Healthcare, extreme poverty, education, access to information technology |
Warren Buffett | $32.1 billion | Healthcare, education, AIDS-prevention, sanitation |
George Soros | $32 billion | Healthcare, anti-fascist publications, human rights, economic, legal, and social reform |
Azim Premji | $21 billion | Education, healthcare |
MacKenzie Scott | $14 billion | Racial equality, LGBTQ+ equality, functional democracy, and climate change |
Michael Bloomberg | $21.1 billion | Environment, public health, arts, government innovation and education |
Li Ka-shing | $10.7 billion | Education, healthcare |
Andrew Carnegie | $9.5 billion | Libraries, education, peace |
Alisher Usmanov | $7.3 billion | Art, science, sport, healthcare |
Chuck Feeney | $6.8 billion | Healthcare, youth, aging, poverty, human rights |
The Sainsbury family | $5 billion | Art, education, human rights, youth, aging |
Christopher Hohn | $4.5 billion | Youth, poverty, education |
Carlos Slim Helu | $4.2 billion | Arts, education, healthcare, sports, downtown restoration |
Alwaleed Philanthropies | $4 billion | Alwaleed Philanthropies collaborates with a range of philanthropic, government and educational organizations to combat poverty, empower women and youth, develop communities, provide disaster relief and create cultural understanding through education. |
The Weston family | $2.3 billion | Innovations, healthcare, aging, environment |
Phil Knight | $2 billion | Education, healthcare, intercollegiate athletics |
James E. Stowers | $2 billion | Healthcare |
Hansjoerg Wyss | $1.9 billion | Climate change, poverty |
Howard Hughes | $1.56 billion | Healthcare |
Ted Turner | $1 billion | United Nations Foundation |
Stephan Schmidheiny | $1.5 billion | Environment, sustainable development |
Vitalik Buterin | $1 billion | Donated $1 billion worth of the cryptocurrencies Shiba Inu and Ether to a COVID-19 relief fund in India. |
Michael Jackson | $500 million+ | Healthcare, poverty, youth, cancer research, education |
T. Boone Pickens | $500 million | Education |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Famous Philanthropists organized?
The table starts in the source data's order. Community voting is enabled as a separate approval signal beside eligible rows; votes do not replace the source values.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 25 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 25 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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