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Philanthropy 50: Here's a look at America’s top 50 donors of 2022
12. George Roberts
- Co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts international investment firm
- $205 million
- Biggest gift: $140 million to Claremont McKenna College
14. Sobrato Family
- Real estate developers
- $167.5 million
- Biggest gift: $164 million to Sobrato Family Foundation
16. John and Kathy Schreiber
- Financier and wife
- $125 million
- Biggest gift: $100 million to Loyola University Chicago
18. Irwin and Joan Jacobs
- Qualcomm co-founder and wife (not pictured)
- $105.5 million
- Biggest gift: $75 million to Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
19. Edward Avedisian
- Clarinetist
- $104.8 million
- Biggest gift: $100 million to Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine
21. (tie) Marvin Mann
- Businessman
- $100 million
- Biggest gift: $100 million to Samford University
25. Stuart and Molly Sloan
- Investor and wife
- $78 million
- Biggest gift: $78 million to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
26. David Baldwin
- Businessman
- $74.3 million
- Biggest gift: $12.7 million to Community Foundation Tampa Bay
30. Richard and Melanie Lundquist
- Real estate developers
- $62.8 million
- Biggest gift: $50 million to McPherson College
32. (tie) Stewart and Judy Colton
- Business owners
- $60 million
- Biggest gift: $50 million to University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
38. (tie) Jon and Mindy Gray
- Financier and wife
- $55 million
- Biggest gift: $55 million University of Pennsylvania
38. (tie) Roy and Diana Vagelos
- Physician-scientist
- $55 million
- Biggest gift: $55 million to Barnard Colllege
43. John Metz and Ali Khan
- Art collector and husband
- $46 million
- Biggest gift: $46 million to Miami University
44. Gordon and Joyce Davis
- Businessman and wife
- $45.7 million
- Biggest gift: $44 million to Texas Tech University
45. Harriet Macomber
- Investor
- $45 million
- Biggest gift: $45 million to Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
46. John Martinson
- Investor
- $44.7 million
- Biggest gift: $25.4 million to Purdue University
47. David and Kathleen LaCross
- Businessman and wife
- $44 million
- Biggest gift: $44 million to University of Virginia Darden School of Business
48. Bastian Family
- Farmers
- $41.3 million
- Biggest gift: $41.3 million to Utah State University
49. (tie) David Frederick and Sophia Lynn
- Lawyer
- $40 million
- Biggest gift: $35 million to University of Oxford
49. (tie) Murry Gerber
- Businessman
- $40 million
- Biggest gift: $40 million to Augustana College
