U.S. philanthropists took eight of the top 10 spots in a list of the 10 largest single charitable donations of 2014.
Six of the donations went to educational institutions, with one university the recipient of three gifts, according to the list compiled by Wealth-X. Health causes and philanthropic foundations fill out the remaining list of beneficiaries.
The following slideshow lists the gifts in ascending order.
No. 10
Charles Munger
Vice chairman, Berkshire Hathaway.
Donated $65 million to the University of California Santa Barbara.
No. 9
Edward Meyer
Chairman, Ocean Road Advisors, and the retired chairman, CEO and president of Grey Global Group.
Donated $75 million to Weill Cornell Medical College.
No. 8
John “Jay” Jordan
Co-CEO and managing partner, The Jordan Company.
Donated $75 million to the University of Notre Dame.
No. 7
John Morgridge
Chairman emeritus, Cisco Systems.
Donated $100 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
No. 6
Gert Boyle
Chairwoman, Columbia Sportswear.
Donated $100 million to Oregon Health & Science University.
No. 5
Kenneth Griffin
Founder and CEO, Citadel LLC.
Donated $150 million to Harvard University.
No. 4
Gerald Chan
Non-executive director, Hang Lung Group in Hong Kong.
Donated $175 million to Harvard University.
No. 3
Ronnie Chan
Chairman, Hang Lung Group in Hong Kong.
Donated $175 million to Harvard University.
No. 2
Nicholas Woodman
Founder and CEO, GoPro.
Donated $497.5 million to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
No. 1
Warren Buffett
Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway.
Donated $2.1 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
