top 10 Charity contributions in 2021

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?After their divorce announcement in May, Bill and Melinda Gates donated a whopping $15 billion to Gates foundation in July, according to a Chronicle of Philanthropy tally

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Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny's donation of $500 million to the University of Oregon are second on the list

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Also tied for No.2 is a $500 million contribution from George Soros through his Open Society Foundations to Bard College

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?Third on the list is a $480 million donation to Northwestern University from Patrick Ryan, founder of Ryan Specialty Group, and his wife, Shirley

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Denny Sanford, chairman of United National Corporation Sanford Health, gave $350 million to establish a virtual-care hospital

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Denny Sanford also pledged $300 million for graduate medical education and to expand a sports complex

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William Goodwin Jr, a real-estate developer, his wife, Alice, and their late son, Hunter, gave $250 million for cancer research

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Joe Tsai, Alibaba Group co-founder, and his wife Clara Wu Tsai contributed $220 million towards a medical research nonprofit

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Jeff Bezos donated $200 million to Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum for an education center and museum renovations

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Gerald Chan, co-founder of Morningside Group, an investment firm, gave $175 million to the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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