The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the last year. - By Rachael Larimore - Slate Magazine: "The 2006 Slate 60The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the last year.
By Rachael Larimore
Updated Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, at 7:31 AM ET
There are numbers that help put Warren Buffett's remarkable $43.6 billion charitable pledge of 2006 in perspective. It's close to the GDP of Slovakia. It's about the market value of McDonald's. And one comparative figure is especially relevant as we present our annual list of the top donors in the United States: Buffett's boffo moment nearly equals the total donations recorded in the Slate 60 for the previous six years combined—$44.9 billion."
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