Sentence examples for biggest giver from inspiring English sources

Bloomberg isn't just the city's biggest getter; he's also the city's — and the nation's — biggest giver.

But he noted that the biggest giver on his 2008 philanthropy list, Yu Pengnian -- an octogenarian Shenzhen hotel and real estate entrepreneur who ranked 406th on the 2008 China Rich List from Hurun donated 3 billion yuan, or $439 million, in the past five years, mostly to a foundation to provide cataract operations.

Bloomberg is famous for his philanthropy and in 2009 he was the biggest giver in the United States, having donated $235 million of his own money.

Among organizations, the city's white-shoe law firms and labor unions were the biggest givers, collectively contributing $1.5 million last year.

They both have relied heavily on political action committees, and among their biggest givers have been employees of cable television companies, entertainment conglomerates, financial institutions and law firms.

(And the American politicians and pundits who are busily giving the breath of life to this so-called issue are the biggest givers).

Many of the biggest givers to the pro-Romney super PAC hail from the world of finance, particularly private equity and hedge funds.

President Obama boasts about the many small donors who propelled him to office, but it's the biggest givers who find the White House doors smoothly swinging open.

The biggest givers of all were Sheldon Adelson, the gambling mogul, and his wife Miriam, who together gave $92 million in reported donations.

Two weeks earlier they were among the biggest givers at the Philharmonic's opening night, an all-Beethoven evening that raised $1.8 million.

Philip Morris and the National Rifle Association, two of the biggest givers to the Republicans, have gotten politicians to oppose efforts to regulate guns and tobacco.