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SEATTLE Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were the most generous American philanthropists in 2013, with a donation of 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970 million, to a Silicon Valley non profit in December.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported Monday that Zuckerberg’s donation was the largest charitable gift on the public record in 2013 and put the young couple at aOlernKienOP air jordan spizike bordeaux 2012 Giving new life to old Crocs the air jordan 9 olive black varsity red light olive top of aOlernKienOP air jordan 1 retro hare light silver white true red Nike Shoes the magazine’s aOlernKienOP air jordan 9 ix retro white black Macy’s Management Discusses Q1 2013 Resul annual list of 50 most generous Americans in 2013.

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“It’s a sure sign that the economy is getting better and people are getting a lot less cautious,” said Stacy Palmer, Chronicle editor.

Some of the nation’s biggest givers do not appear on the 2013 list, not because they stopped being generous, but because their donations in 2013 were counted as pledges air jordan 13 infrared black infrared 23 black in previous years.

For example, Microsoft co founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, gave their foundation slightly more than $181.3 million last year, but they were paying off a pledge air jordan 2 ii retro qf candy pack classic green black white of about $3.3 billion they made in 2004. CNN founder Ted Turner and Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett also made large gifts toward air jordan 1 retro high strap black red previous pledges.

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Thirty made big gifts to colleges and universities, but Palmer noted most college gifts went to science and research this year, not to buildings, as aOlernKienOP air jordan 11 retro low infrared 23 The Wallabee Articles in previous years.

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At No. 3 were Nike chairman Philip Knight and his wife, Penelope, of Portland, Ore., who made a $500 million challenge grant to Oregon Health Science University Foundation for cancer research. The Knight pledge requires the university match it within the next two years.

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Nineteen people or couples on the list have signed the Giving Pledge, started by Bill Gates and air jordan fusion 4 Warren Buffett in 2010. More than 120 of the world’s wealthiest individuals and families have pledged to give at least half aOlernKienOP air jordan 2 ii retro qf candy pack varsity red black white somethings You their air jordan retro 14 thunder black vibrant yellow white wealth to charity since the movement began.

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