Ranking of the 50 biggest givers is based solely on money given out, not pledged, in calendar year 2013. Published by Forbes 10/2/2014.

Common Recipients

Recipient Total People
Museum of Modern Art $50,000,000 Steven A Cohen
New York Presbyterian Hospital $50,000,000 Steven A Cohen
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute $50,000,000 T Denny Sanford
House Majority PAC $45,848,000 Irwin Mark Jacobs, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, James H. Simons, Eli Broad, Jon Stryker, Herbert Sandler, Edythe Broad, Joan K Jacobs
Dalio Philanthropies $40,000,000 Ray Dalio
Brown University $36,666,667 Steven A Cohen
The Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation $36,000,000 Julian Robertson Jr
Congressional Leadership Fund $35,840,000 Charles B Johnson, John A Paulson, Ken Griffin, Trevor Rees-Jones, Julian Robertson Jr, Bernie Marcus, Jan Rees-Jones
Hospital for Special Surgery $25,000,000 David Koch
Deerfield Academy $25,000,000 David Koch
Robin Hood Foundation $23,100,000 Steven A Cohen, Ray Dalio
Senate Majority PAC $20,921,000 Irwin Mark Jacobs, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, James H. Simons, Eli Broad, Robert Muse Bass, Jon Stryker, Herbert Sandler, David Einhorn, Marilyn Hawrys Simons, Joan K Jacobs
Norton Museum of Art $20,000,000 Ken Griffin
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) $16,600,000 Larry Ellison
American Civil Liberties Union $15,000,000 Jon Stryker
Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego $15,000,000 Irwin Mark Jacobs
Citizens for Rauner, Inc. $13,423,590 Ken Griffin
American Bridge 21st Century $11,030,000 Irwin Mark Jacobs, George Soros, Jon Stryker, Michael Moritz, Joan K Jacobs
David H. Koch Charitable Foundation $10,833,000 David Koch
Restore Our Future PAC $10,520,000 Larry Ellison, Charles B Johnson, John A Paulson, Ken Griffin, Trevor Rees-Jones, Julian Robertson Jr, Bernie Marcus