$40.3 bln is the endowment balance of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private charitable foundation, according to Forbes
A promise is one thing. plunking down actual cash is another. Forbes’s annual list of America’s top philanthropists, compiled in partnership with Shook Research, makes that important distinction: It tallies who gave away the largest amount last year in dollar terms, not who merely pledged the most. The top 20 are below; for the full list, see forbes.com/top-givers .
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(This story appears in the 22 December, 2017 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)