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The 10 Largest Charitable Donations Of 2014

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.

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