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This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations worldwide. It consists of the 50 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other charitable organizations such as charitable trusts that have disclosed their assets. In many countries, asset disclosure is not legally required or made public.
Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada. Aleh Negev. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. Alexander S. Onassis Foundation. Allegheny Foundation. Al Manahil Welfare Foundation Bangladesh. The Alliance for Safe Children. American Academy in Rome. American Heart Association.
The following list of countries by charitable donation, prima facie, measures the generosity of nations by showing the total charitable donations from individuals within the nation, as a percentage of the nation's GDP. The figures were published in February 2016 by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in its report titled Gross Domestic Philanthropy.
Alfred Nobel – founder of the Nobel Prizes. Alice Barbee Castleman – American social leader, philanthropist, and suffragist from Kentucky. Alicia Keys – American singer/songwriter; spokeswoman for Keep A Child Alive. Amal Hijazi – Lebanese singer, known for her philanthropy.
World Giving Index. The World Giving Index ( WGI) is an annual report published by the Charities Aid Foundation, using data gathered by Gallup, and ranks over 140 countries in the world according to how charitable they are. The aim of the World Giving Index is to provide insight into the scope and nature of giving around the world.
The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes. As of June 2022, the pledge has had 236 signatories from 28 countries. [1] Most of the signatories of the pledge are billionaires, and as of 2023 ...
The European Union accumulated a higher portion of GDP as a form of foreign aid than any other economic union. [2] The United States is a small contributor relative to GNI (0.18% 2016 [3]) but is the largest single DAC donor of ODA in 2019 (US$34.6 billion), followed by Germany (0.6% GNI, US$23.8 billion), the United Kingdom (0.7%, US$19.4 ...
This list shows only the direct contributions to each campaign but does not include more substantive contributions for lobbying and outside spending. In 2016, direct contributions (in this list) totaled $1,085,100; lobbying efforts (not in this list) totaled $3,188,000; and outside spending (not in this list) totaled $54,398,558.