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2024’s Top Donors: Where They Live, Where They Give, and More

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March 4, 2025 | Read Time: 1 minute

Find out more about America’s 50 biggest donors: their ages, sources of wealth, where they live, and where they give. And see the entire Philanthropy 50 report featuring our analysis of the list and giving trends among megadonors.


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About the Authors

Maria Di Mento

Senior Reporter

Maria directs the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual Philanthropy 50, a comprehensive report on America’s most-generous donors. She writes about wealthy philanthropists, family and legacy foundations, next generation philanthropy, arts organizations, key trends and insights related to high-net-worth donors, and other topics.

Carmen Mendoza, Senior Web Producer. A video journalist, she tells stories about influential leaders in academe. She joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 1999. She also puts print content online and oversees the presentation of charts, graphics, and tables for the Web.

Mendoza also archives weekly content and production materials of various Chronicle newsletters. Before joining The Chronicle, she worked for Thermalium L.P. in Düsseldorf, Germany, as a translator.’

She is a graduate of Radford University and the University of Oviedo, holding degrees in journalism and Spanish literature. She also earned a certificate of attendance from Högskolan Karlskrona/Ronneby in Sweden.

In her spare time, Mendoza enjoys playing soccer and biking the Arlington county trails.

Follow her on Twitter @cmendoza, or email her at carmen.mendoza@chronicle.com.