"Warren Buffett Leads 2023's Record-Breaking Charitable Mega Donors"

Warren Buffet leads the 2023 list of the largest charitable gifts, as reported by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, with a donation of $541.5 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. Other significant donations include $500 million from James and Marilyn Simons to SUNY at Stony Brook, $400 million from Phil Knight to the 1803 Fund for a Portland neighborhood, and various multimillion-dollar contributions to health, education, and scientific research by billionaires such as Ross Brown, Daniel and Jennifer Gilbert, Kenneth Griffin, Timothy Springer, and Franklin Antonio.