Reader's Digest teamed up with research firm The Wagner Group to poll over 1,000 Americans and discover which individuals and the ideals they represent have earned our confidence. Published May 2013

Common Recipients

Recipient Total People
Bezos Earth Fund $10,000,000,000 Jeff Bezos
Obama Foundation $100,000,000 Jeff Bezos
The Solutions Project $43,000,000 Jeff Bezos
With Honor $10,000,000 Jeff Bezos
Steve Forbes $7,051,000 Steve Forbes, Nancy Goodman Brinker
Priorities USA Action $3,500,000 Steven Spielberg
Yes on 1240: Washington Coalition for Public Charter Schools $3,150,000 Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates
Clinton Family Foundation $2,900,000 Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton $1,396,500 Bill Gates, Deepak Chopra, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Madeleine Albright, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Michelle Obama, Elena Kagan, Maya Angelou, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Mehmet Oz, Ben Stiller, Rachael Ray, Ben Affleck, Arthur Schneier, Kelly Ripa, Susan Love
Hillary Victory Fund $1,044,000 Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Ben Affleck
Democratic National Committee $1,039,550 Bill Gates, Steven A Ballmer, Melinda French Gates, Deepak Chopra, Warren Buffett, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Madeleine Albright, Jimmy Carter, Elena Kagan, Maya Angelou, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Michael Pollan, Ben Stiller, Ellen DeGeneres, Julia Roberts, Lloyd Shapley, Rachael Ray, Ben Affleck, Whoopi Goldberg, Andrew Weil, Cameron Diaz
Barack Obama $600,249 Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, Deepak Chopra, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Madeleine Albright, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Jimmy Carter, Michelle Obama, Elena Kagan, Brian Williams, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Alvin E Roth, Meryl Streep, Michael Pollan, Ben Stiller, Ellen DeGeneres, Robert J Lefkowitz, Ben Affleck, Richard Besser, Halle Berry, Andrew Weil, Susan Love, Cameron Diaz
March for Our Lives $550,000 Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres
Pacronym $500,000 Steven Spielberg
ACRONYM $500,000 Steven Spielberg
DNC-Non-Federal Individual $481,023 Steven Spielberg
Nancy Pelosi $473,150 Bill Gates, Steven A Ballmer, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Madeleine Albright, Francis Ford Coppola
Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund $459,100 George Lucas, Steven Spielberg
Doug Burgum $320,396 Bill Gates
Hillary Action Fund $300,400 George Lucas, Steven Spielberg