5. Edythe and Eli Broad

Amount Donated in 2010: $118.3 Million

Net Worth: $6.3 Billion

Beneficiary: Broad Foundations

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad founded Broad Foundations to aid the people who are good in education, science and the arts. This foundation also supports contemporary art museums, civic programs and medical and scientific research. Broad is also funding an art museum in Los Angeles called ‘Eli and Edythe Board Art Museum.’ Broad is the founder and Chairman of Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation which is now known as KB Home.