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2013년 미국에서 가장 큰 금액을 한 번에 기부한 사람은 페이스북 창업자인 마크 저커버그인 것으로 나타났다.
영국 파이낸셜타임스(FT)는 미국 자선활동 전문지 '크로니클 오브 필랜트로피'
를 인용해 지난해 12월 저커버그 부부가 9억9천만 달러(약 1조원) 어치의 주식을 한 기부재단에 넘기며 미국 최고의 거액기부자가 됐다고 1일(현지시간) 보도했다.
거액기부자 명단 맨 앞순위에 20대가 오른 것은 이번이 처음이다. 1984년5월에 태어난 저커버그는 아직 미국 나이로 29세다.
저커버그의 기부처는 '실리콘밸리 커뮤니티 재단'으로, 페이스북 본사 소재지인 실리콘밸리에서 각종 복지•기부 활동을 벌이는 곳이다. 저커버그는 2012년에도 이 재단에 5억 달러(약 5천억원) 어치의 주식을 선사했다.
그러나 FT는 저커버그가 올해 기부를 한 시점이 실리콘밸리의 여론이 나빠진 시 기와 겹친다고 지적했다. 최근 이 지역에선 '부유한 IT기업 종사자들이 지역 집값을 올리고 있다'며 지역주민들이 IT기업 통근버스를 막는 등 시위를 벌이고 있다.
저커버그는 지난 2010년 뉴저지주 한 공립학교에 1억 달러(약 1천억원) 상당의 주식을 내놓으며 자선 활동을 시작했다. 최근 포브스로부터 2012년 미국에서 4번째로 기부를 많이 한 인물로 꼽히기도 했다.
지난해 미국의 거액기부자 2위는 나이키 창업자 필 나이트 부부다. 이들은 나이 키 본사 소재지 오리건주의 오리건 보건과학대학 재단에 5억 달러를 기부하기로 했다. 암 치료 연구를 위해서다.
3위는 전 뉴욕시장 마이클 블룸버그였다. 그는 3억5천만 달러(약 3천600억원)를 미국 존스홉킨스대학에 장학금 등의 명목으로 주기로 서약했다.
Top 10 gifts of 2013 show U.S. philanthropy rebound
Philanthropy in the U.S. made a comeback in large donations in 2013, with the country's wealthiest donors giving more than $3.4 billion to charity, according to a new count of the top 10 gifts of 2013 by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
The analysis of the year's top gifts also found more gifts of $100 million or more than in 2012. In 2013, there were 15 publicly announced gifts of at least $100 million, compared with 11 in 2012.
The largest donation of 2013 came from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who announced in December that they had given 18 million shares of Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The gift was valued at more than $990 million. This was the first time donors under the age of 30 have made the nation's largest philanthropic gift, according to the report.
Colleges and universities were among the primary beneficiaries of some of the biggest donations, the report found.
Nike Inc. co-founder and chairman Philip Knight and his wife, Penelope, made the second largest gift commitment of 2013, pledging $500 million to the Oregon Health and Science University Foundation for cancer research. The university has to match the donation in the next two years to receive the full gift.
The third highest gift of 2013 was a $350 million pledge from Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to promote cross-disciplinary studies and undergraduate financial aid.
Other top gifts by American philanthropists were pledged to Yale, Stanford, the University of Michigan, Yeshiva University in New York City, Georgetown University, Columbia Business School, the University of California at San Diego and Tsinghua University in Beijing.
``The fact that we had so many gifts that were $100 million or more is an indication that people are really giving big again,'' and that may continue into 2014, said said of Philanthropy Editor Stacy Palmer. ``People seem more optimistic about the economy, and certainly the strong stock market has propelled a lot of gifts. It looks like it's going to be a better year.''
In 2012, the top gifts totaled $5 billion, but that count included three $1 billion gifts from Warren Buffett to his children's foundations. When those gifts are excluded, the other top gifts of 2012 totaled just $2 billion compared with $3.4 billion in 2013.
However, the wealthiest philanthropists did not give as much in 2013 as before the Great Recession, according to the analysis. In 2007, before the recession, the biggest gifts totaled $4.1 billion.
The chronicle also examined all gifts of $1 million or more. Those gifts totaled $9.6 billion in 2013, compared with $6.1 billion in 2012. (AP)
