Who are America's biggest philanthropists - from Bezos to Zuckerberg to Jordan

The previous year, marked by the coronavirus pandemic, which shook the world healthily and economically, but also by protests for the rights of African-Americans, "forced" many billionaires to invest their money in humanitarian purposes, more than usual.

Thus, the largest American donors to non-profit organizations, according to the annual analysis of the website Philanthropy, spent 2020 billion dollars in 24,7.

The money is primarily directed to schools and universities, charities that help the malnourished, the homeless, environmental organizations, etc.

Interestingly, the list is headed by a former married couple.

Jeff Bezos, the outgoing founder of Amazon and the richest man on the planet, donated more than 10 billion dollars, directing them primarily to his foundation, which aims to protect the environment. Bezos donated as much money as the next four on the list combined.

His ex-wife Mackenzie Scott donated more than 5 billion dollars, but unlike Bezos, who directed the money to ecology, she gave it to food banks, encouraged universities with a predominantly black population, helped organizations dealing with human rights. .

The former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, is in third place on this list. He invested his one billion and 600 million to improve: the health system during the pandemic, art, education of the poor...

Philip Knight, director of the Nike brand, with his wife and donations of about one billion and 365 million, is the fourth. The fifth place is occupied by one of the founders and directors of Twitter, Michael Dorsey. Dorsey announced in April that he would give at least $XNUMX billion to support pandemic relief efforts through his Start Small company.

Other philanthropists donated less than a billion.

The second richest man in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife were in 13th position. They donated 157 million, most of which was given to find vaccines and equipment for medical workers, primarily in Africa and China. Their foundation has been on this list almost regularly since 2000.

In 16th place is Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, who donated about 120 million with his wife. In the last decade, he was on this list seven times, and in 2013 he was the first. This married couple announced in 2015 that they would donate 99 percent of their income to efforts aimed at improving the community. Interestingly, they have invested tens of millions through their foundations to provide the easiest and best way to vote during the American elections.

The legendary basketball player Michael Jordan is on the 31st place on this list. His 52 million "flying" Michael directed to equal rights for racial and social legal groups.