Charity gifts and pledges from top 50 US donors through 2025

Donations rose to $22.4 billion in 2025, the highest total since 2021. But the total of top 50's total donations was far higher in 2006, when Warren Buffett made large pledges to foundations.

A bar chart showing how much money the biggest donors gave to charity per year, including the $22.4 billion they donated in 2025.

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Totals are rounded to the nearest billion and expressed in inflation-adjusted 2025 dollars.

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