Warren Buffett Makes Annual br Multi-Billion Dollar Charity Donation CNN Business reports that five charities will receive a sum of $3.6 billion. According to 'Forbes,' br Buffett's fortune is br currently over $87 billion. That makes him the br fourth-richest person on earth. One of the charities to receive a donation br is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Others include the br Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation br and NoVo Foundation. Buffett has made big donations br through Berkshire Hathaway br shares for over a decade. In 2018, he gave br away $3.4 billion. In total, the "Oracle of Omaha" br has now donated $34 billion.