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George Peabody
50%
George Peabody: $8M in giving, a historic GiveRate of 50% ($8M given ÷ $16M fortune).
- Historic GiveRate
- 50%
- Giving
- $8M
- Basis
- $8M given ÷ $16M fortune
- Status
- Historical estimate
- Sources
- Philanthropy Roundtable · Historical profile
The math
The source estimates that Peabody gave about $8M of a $16M fortune during his lifetime: approximately 50%.

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