The four men are worth nearly $52bn combined, according to the latest estimates by Forbes magazine, and Milner suggests with a chuckle that their commitment to annually funding the award won't wane any time soon.
The illegal trade in these substances amounts to $1 - $2 trillion annually, funds the Taliban, Hizballah and North Korea, to name a few, and breeds misery, crime and corruption worldwide.
Then bankrolled by American Express, the fund issued $630,000 in inflation-adjusted grants for six plays in 1992; it has since dwindled to $50,000 to $75,000 annually, funding a single play each year.
The measure would have raised an estimated $140m annually to fund affordable housing and shelters for homeless people.
Other NHS children's hospital charities tend to be far smaller, earning between £1m and £2m annually to fund specialist equipment, play areas, art therapy and the like.
They are worried that the exit of all foreign forces could put at risk the $8bn that has been pledged annually to fund Afghan security forces and developmental projects.
Marais estimated it would cost $100,000 annually to fund a sufficient supply for Swaziland.
But de Blasio has called for increasing taxes on city residents who make more than $500,000 annually to fund prekindergarten for all city kids.
The Green Bay Packers are reportedly planning to ask local voters to approve extension of a special additional 0.5percentt sales tax, worth $19 million annually, to fund their purchase and redevelopment of land around Lambeau Field.
