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$164.2B+ Total Tracked
3,166,708 Contributions
1999-2026 Date Range

Institutions by City

Browse museums and cultural organizations across the country

New York City NY
Image Metropolitan Museum of Art 20.9K Image Fordham Preparatory School 20.2K Image Museum of Modern Art 18.8K Image New York Public Library 17.3K Image Metropolitan Opera 17.1K Image God's Love We Deliver 11.3K Image Catholic Charities of New York 10.8K Image The Frick Collection 9.6K Image New York Landmarks Conservancy 7.9K Image American Museum of Natural History 7.5K Image Morgan Library and Museum 7.2K Image City Harvest 6.5K Image New York Philharmonic 6.5K Image Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City 6.1K Image Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 5.1K Image Intrepid Museum 5K Image Brooklyn Academy of Music 4.7K Image Carnegie Hall 4.7K Image 9/11 Memorial & Museum 3.9K Image Museum of the City of New York 3.8K Image Bronx Zoo 3.5K
Washington DC
Image United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 30.1K Image National Gallery of Art 12.3K Image Smithsonian Institution 10.2K Image No Kid Hungry / Share Our Strength 3.9K Image National Museum of Women in the Arts 3.6K
Chicago IL
Image Art Institute of Chicago 12.9K Image Field Museum 12.3K Image Lincoln Park Zoo 9.1K Image Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 6.2K Image Frank Lloyd Wright Trust 4.4K
Seattle WA
Image Pacific Northwest Ballet 8.8K Image Frye Art Museum 7.6K Image Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 5.8K Image Washington Park Arboretum 5.2K Image ArtsFund 4.2K Image Museum of Flight 3.7K Image Northwest African American Museum 3.7K
Houston TX
Image Hermann Park Conservancy 8.1K Image Museum of Fine Arts in Houston 6K Image Houston Parks Board 5.3K Image Menil Collection 5K Image Buffalo Bayou Partnership 4.8K Image Houston Ballet 4.1K Image Houston Symphony 3.5K
Boston MA
Image Museum of Fine Arts Boston 11.8K Image Big Sister Association of Greater Boston 11.3K Zoo New England 3.5K
Minneapolis MN
Image Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities 13.6K Image Guthrie Theater 7.4K Image Walker Art Center 3.7K
Philadelphia PA
Image Barnes Foundation 9K Image Philadelphia Museum of Art 6.4K Image Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 5K
New Orleans LA
Image National WWII Museum 9.2K Image Audubon Zoo 4.8K Image National World War II Museum 4.3K
St. Louis MO
Image Saint Louis Art Museum 6.9K Image Missouri Botanical Garden 4K Image Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 3.9K
Atlanta GA
Piedmont Healthcare Foundation 4.2K Image Atlanta Botanical Garden 4.1K Image Breman Museum 3.6K

Notable Patrons

Prominent philanthropists with Wikipedia biographies

Agnes Gund W
716 donations · 53 institutions
David Rockefeller W
277 donations · 22 institutions
Anne H. Bass W
218 donations · 16 institutions
Robert B. Menschel W
190 donations · 7 institutions
Leonard A. Lauder W
179 donations · 14 institutions
Mercedes T. Bass W
176 donations · 11 institutions
Shelby White W
173 donations · 16 institutions
Stephen A. Schwarzman W
163 donations · 8 institutions
Hester Diamond W
159 donations · 15 institutions
Andrea Woodner W
158 donations · 7 institutions
Conrad K. Harper W
152 donations · 6 institutions
Martha J. Fleischman W
149 donations · 9 institutions
Annette de la Renta W
146 donations · 8 institutions
Barbara Goldsmith W
144 donations · 8 institutions
Mimi Haas W
140 donations · 5 institutions
Calvin Trillin W
126 donations · 2 institutions
Robert B. Silvers W
124 donations · 7 institutions
Eugene V. Thaw W
122 donations · 5 institutions
Katharine J. Rayner W
122 donations · 5 institutions
Alejandro Santo Domingo W
120 donations · 4 institutions

Patron Leaderboards

Top individual and couple donors across all tracked institutions

Most Active Donors

1
Agnes Gund
716
2
Barbara G. Fleischman
300
3
David Rockefeller
277
4
Dian Woodner
227
5
Anne H. Bass
218
6
Samuel C. Butler
210
7
Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III
198
8
Arthur L. Loeb
195
9
Louisa Stude Sarofim
195
10
Joan Hardy Clark
195

Largest Donors

1
David H. Koch
$818M
2
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
$803M
3
Linda and Schuyler Sylvers
$608M
4
William H. Goodwin, Jr.
$513M
5
Marie-Josee and Henry Kravis
$507M
6
Fayez S. Sarofim
$400M
7
David M. Rubenstein
$357M
8
Susan and William S. Levine and Family
$351M
9
Stanley F. and Fiona Druckenmiller
$338M
10
Mercedes and Sid Bass
$320M

Recently Added

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Sydney and Ben Schaefer
couple
2
Jenny Baglivo
individual
3
Louis and Cheryl Maiuri
couple
4
Carolyn and William Kaelin
couple
5
Jeffries Wyman, Jr.
individual
6
Katherine G. Welch
individual
7
Kimberly Grzybala
individual
8
Raymond and Megan Sullivan
couple
9
Kathleen Gershman
individual
10
Stephen Lable
individual

Top Donors by Institution

Leading individual patrons at the largest cultural organizations

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

1
Frank E. Richardson
97
2
Shelby White
96
3
Charlotte C. Weber
93
4
Annette de la Renta
91
5
Richard L. Chilton, Jr.
80
6
Karen B. Cohen
76
7
Joyce Frank Menschel
76
8
Oscar L. Tang
75
9
Alejandro Santo Domingo
72
10
Lulu C. Wang
72
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Museum of Modern Art

1
Agnes Gund
205
2
Mimi Haas
122
3
Maja Oeri
110
4
Peter Norton
106
5
Dian Woodner
97
6
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
96
7
Ronnie F. Heyman
94
8
Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
91
9
Emily Rauh Pulitzer
91
10
Marie-Josee Kravis
83
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Metropolitan Opera

1
Ann Ziff
56
2
James W. Kinnear
50
3
Robert L. Turner
49
4
Leonard S. Coleman
49
5
Mercedes T. Bass
48
6
William R. Miller
47
7
G. Morris Gurley
46
8
Frayda and George Lindemann
45
9
Frayda B. Lindemann
43
10
Chad J. Shampine
43
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The Frick Collection

1
Barbara G. Fleischman
73
2
Diane Allen Nixon
70
3
Helen Clay Chace
69
4
Irene Roosevelt Aitken
63
5
Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II
63
6
Edward Lee Cave
58
7
Arthur L. Loeb
57
8
Agnes Gund
57
9
Elizabeth F. Stribling and Guy Robinson
56
10
Stephen A. Geiger
55
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New York Public Library

1
Joan Hardy Clark
183
2
Samuel C. Butler
173
3
Robert Liberman
119
4
Marshall Rose
118
5
Barbara G. Fleischman
117
6
Calvin Trillin
113
7
Patricia D. Klingenstein
111
8
Barbara Goldsmith
108
9
James H. Duffy
107
10
Paul LeClerc
101

Trending Patrons

Most searched patron profiles this month

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Vince Careatti
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Heidi Holterbosch
3
Joshua and Filipa Fink
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Noreen Buckfire
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Riska Platt Wanago
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Ronit & William Berkman
7
Hubert and Mireille Goldschmidt
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Samantha and Nabil Chartouni
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So-Chung Shinn Lee and Tony W. Lee
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Aedie and John McEvoy
11
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12
Marilou Brill and David Heskin
13
Adriane Iann
14
Kemal Has Cingillioglu and Tala Cingillioglu
15
Beatrice Santo Domingo
16
Kersten D. Kortbawi
17
Kjestine and Peter Bijur
18
Sarah and Dennis Lyons
19
Thomas J. Tisch and Alice Montag Tisch

Top Funds

Largest donation programs by patron count

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Annual Contributors United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
19.1K
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Contributors to the Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art
10.2K
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Donors New York Public Library
8.8K
4 Image
The Collection United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
8.6K
5 Image
Museum Donors Museum of Fine Arts Boston
8.1K
6 Image
Our Patrons Metropolitan Opera
7.6K
7 Image
Donors The Walters Art Museum
6.8K
8 Image
Individual Donors Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities
6.7K
9 Image
Members Florence Griswold Museum
6.6K
10 Image
Members Museum of Modern Art
6.5K
11 Image
Individual Support Boise Art Museum
6.3K
12 Image
Honor Roll of Giving Seton Hall University School of Law
6.2K
13 Image
Development Report Denver Art Museum
5.9K
14 Image
Gifts and Grants American Museum of Natural History
5.9K
15 Image
Donors Museum of Modern Art
5.5K
16 Image
Museum and Memorial Supporters National WWI Museum and Memorial
5.4K
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Individual and Foundation Gifts New York Public Library
5.3K
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Our Supporters New York Landmarks Conservancy
5.3K
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Donors Village Theatre
5.1K
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Honor Roll YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee
5.1K
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Donors Hermann Park Conservancy
5.1K
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Special Thanks to Our Donors Liberty Wildlife
5.1K
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Annual Fund Contributors Lincoln Park Zoo
5K
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The Museum of Modern Art Donors and Members Museum of Modern Art
5K
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Donors Milwaukee Art Museum
5K
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Our Donors Hosparus Health
4.9K
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Donors Morgan Library and Museum
4.8K
28 Image
The Voice Must Be Heard Metropolitan Opera
4.8K
29 Image
Donors Oakland Zoo
4.8K
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Our Charitable Partners Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
4.7K

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