{"id":28643,"date":"2022-02-08T02:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=28643"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:22:53","slug":"the-50-biggest-us-donors-gave-or-pledged-nearly-28-billion-in-2021-bill-gates-and-melinda-french-gates-account-for-15-billion-of-that-total","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-50-biggest-us-donors-gave-or-pledged-nearly-28-billion-in-2021-bill-gates-and-melinda-french-gates-account-for-15-billion-of-that-total\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50 biggest US donors gave or pledged nearly $28 billion in 2021 \u2013 Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates account for $15 billion of that total"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

David Campbell<\/a>, Binghamton University, State University of New York<\/a><\/em>; Elizabeth J. Dale<\/a>, Seattle University<\/a><\/em>, and Jasmine McGinnis Johnson<\/a>, George Washington University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 50 Americans who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2021 committed to giving a total of US$27.7 billion to hospitals, universities, museums and more \u2013 up 12% from 2020 levels, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy<\/a>\u2019s latest annual tally of these donations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than half of this money came from just two particularly big donors: Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates<\/a>. Shortly before their divorce became final, in August 2021<\/a>, they announced plans to add $15 billion to their foundation\u2019s coffers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Campbell<\/a>, Elizabeth Dale<\/a> and Jasmine McGinnis Johnson<\/a>, three scholars of philanthropy, assess what these gifts mean, the possible motivations behind them and what they hope to see in the future in terms of charitable giving in the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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