Annual ranking of largest individual donors, published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy in February 2008

Common Recipients

Recipient Total People
Johns Hopkins University $1,800,000,000 Michael Bloomberg
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $1,200,000,000 Barron Hilton
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health $1,120,000,000 Michael Bloomberg
Michael R Bloomberg $1,089,237,192 Michael Bloomberg
Mike Bloomberg 2020, Inc. $1,089,237,122 Michael Bloomberg
Baylor College of Medicine $135,000,000 Dan Duncan
Cornell Tech $133,000,000 Irwin Mark Jacobs
Democracy Pac Ii $125,000,000 George Soros
T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego $100,000,000 T Denny Sanford
Anne and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago $100,000,000 Ann Lurie
Sierra Club Foundation $80,000,000 Michael Bloomberg
Independence USA PAC $69,409,375 Michael Bloomberg
Senate Leadership Fund (Super PAC) $52,658,900 Sheldon Adelson, T Boone Pickens, Miriam Adelson, Annette C Simmons
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute $50,000,000 T Denny Sanford
Congressional Leadership Fund $46,780,000 Robert A Day, Paul L Foster, Sheldon Adelson, Miriam Adelson, Annette C Simmons
Future45 $45,000,000 Sheldon Adelson, Miriam Adelson
Preserve America Pac $45,000,000 Miriam Adelson
Priorities USA Action $42,045,789 Irwin Mark Jacobs, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Jon Stryker, Joan K Jacobs
American Crossroads $39,850,000 Paul L Foster, Sheldon Adelson, Harold Simmons, T Boone Pickens, Thomas Siebel, Miriam Adelson
House Majority PAC $32,448,000 Irwin Mark Jacobs, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Eli Broad, Jon Stryker, Edythe Broad, Joan K Jacobs