SOCIALCAPITAL.VIPupdated 2026-08-27

Season 2026 · credit where it's due

Social Capital.

A friendly competition for the public good — celebrating major donors and inspiring others to raise the bar. This board ranks the current verified leaderboard by capital paid to independent recipients in the common FY2020–FY2024 window.

Verified leaderboard · Season 2026
FY2020–FY2024 · FY2025 retained, not scored · data as of 2026-08-27 · 108,054 capital eventssort:
#DonorDeployed · 5yCommittedGiving rateTransparencyPts▲/▼
1Bill GatesGates Foundation · pooled philanthropic vehicle$29.18Bstatutory$101.35B1994–2026 awardsN/Apooled fund100Scored 70 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.100.0—
2MacKenzie ScottBystander Revolution · Yield Giving$13.98B +676 withheld—none loaded23.5%of $59.40B · as of 2021-04-0985Scored 70 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.47.9—
3Warren BuffettNoVo Foundation · Howard G. Buffett Foundation$6.88Bstatutory—none loaded8.3%of $82.50B · as of 2019-01-0160Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.23.6—
4Michael BloombergBloomberg Family Foundation · Bloomberg L.P.$4.56Bstatutory$1.60B2024 named commitments8.2%of $55.50B · as of 2019-01-0160Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.15.6—
5George SorosFoundation to Promote Open Society · Open Society Institute$3.41Bstatutory$500.0M2021 named commitments41.1%of $8.30B · as of 2019-01-0160Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.11.7—
6Chris HohnChildren's Investment Fund Foundation (UK)$2.65Bstatutory$923.0MFY2024 approved—48Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.9.1—
7Sergey BrinSergey Brin Family Foundation · Google$2.00Bstatutory—none loaded4%of $49.80B · as of 2019-01-0160Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.6.9—
8Mark ZuckerbergChan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation · Meta Platforms$990.1Mstatutory—none loaded1.4%of $69.80B · as of 2019-10-0560Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.3.4—
9Hansjörg WyssWyss Foundation$475.9Mstatutory$101.6M2019 signed—10Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.1.6—
10Amancio OrtegaFundacion Amancio Ortega · Inditex$371.5Mdonor-reported—none loaded0.5%of $77.00B · as of 202115Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.1.3—
11Elon MuskOpenAI · Musk Foundation$337.1Mstatutory—none loaded0%of $790.00B · as of 2026-06-1260Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.1.2—
12Larry EllisonThe Larry Ellison Foundation · Oracle Corporation$227.9Mstatutory—none loaded0.4%of $62.50B · as of 2019-01-0160Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.8—
13S. Robson WaltonThe Rob Walton Foundation$184.3Mstatutory—none loaded0.4%of $44.30B · as of 2019-01-0160Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.6—
14Azim PremjiAzim Premji Foundation · Wipro$111.6Mdonor-reported—none loaded0.5%of $22.60B · as of 2019-01-01—insufficient evidence0.4—
15Denise CoatesDenise Coates Foundation$59.5Mstatutory—none loaded0.6%of $10.20B · as of 2021-0233Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.2—
16Li Ka-shingCheung Kong Holdings · JioStar$37.0Mrecipient-confirmed—none loaded0.1%of $31.70B · as of 2019-01-0145Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.1—
17Richard BransonTHE VIRGIN FOUNDATION · The Elders$33.9Mstatutory—none loaded—60Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.1—
18Jeff BezosBezos Earth Fund Foundation · Amazon$33.1Mrecipient-confirmed—none loaded0%of $204.60B · as of 2020-08-2655Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.1—
19Kim Beom-sooBrian Impact Foundation · Kakao$23.3Mstatutory—none loaded—15Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.1—
20James DysonThe James Dyson Foundation · Dyson$22.1Mstatutory—none loaded—40Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.1—
21Tom HunterThe Hunter Foundation$3.6Mstatutory—none loaded—55Scored 0 of the 70 points available for information disclosed voluntarily.0.0—
22Hasso PlattnerSAP · Hasso Plattner Institute$591Krecipient-confirmed—none loaded0%of $12.70B · as of 2018—insufficient evidence0.0—

Showing the five-year deployed-capital Top 10 of 22 verified rows.

▲/▼ vs previous nightly deployed rankDEPLOYED = paid to independent recipients · pledges excludedPTS = FY2020–FY2024 deployed total · leader = 100VIEW = five-year deployed-capital cohorts in steps of 10 · Top 10 defaultLEADERBOARD = publication gates passed · not an asserted global ranking
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Statutory
Paid grants evidenced in filings or disclosures required by law.
Donor-reported
Paid grants published by the donor or their giving organisation.
Recipient-confirmed
Payments independently confirmed by the organisation that received them.
Pooled fund
Giving routed through a fund with pooled contributors, where public evidence cannot reliably isolate one person's share for a giving-rate calculation.
Transparency score
Hover over or focus the blue score to see how many of the 70 voluntary-disclosure points were earned. The total also includes disclosure compelled by filing rules.

Deployed means disclosed money paid to independent recipients — not pledges or transfers into donor-controlled giving structures. Giving rate compares the five-year total with a dated, source-linked, scope-compatible net-worth estimate; pooled-fund rows show N/A. Every figure shows its source and date. Gaps mark the limits of our evidence, not anyone's giving.

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Donor hueBill GatesWarren BuffettMichael BloombergGeorge SorosChris HohnSergey BrinMark ZuckerbergElon MuskAzim PremjiLarry EllisonS. Robson WaltonDenise CoatesLi Ka-shingRichard BransonJeff BezosKim Beom-sooJames DysonTom HunterHasso PlattnerSplit dot = shared destination
USCHGBKEZANGPKCAET

75.6%$56.93B has usable recipient geography

150countries, including the US roll-up

52US states and jurisdictions

$18.36Bcannot be placed from disclosed fields

Countries use Natural Earth label points; US destinations use Census population centres. Dots represent areas, never recipient street addresses.

Explore paid destination evidence →See all 113 people under research →

Wider field

Billionaires
Not Ranking

3,909outside the verified board

Every person and donor unit on the world billionaire roster we track, minus the rows already published on the leaderboard, plus the reviewed records in our editorial research field. Nobody here currently passes every evidence and publication gate a leaderboard row requires. Their presence is not a claim about how much they have given.

Static roster snapshot 2026-08-07, held while ranking research continues · living-persons list · missing evidence is never zero giving