The world's richest person, Elon Musk, gives hundreds of millions of dollars to charity, but most of it goes through his own foundation and organizations linked to him.
According to Forbes, the Musk Foundation distributed about $474 million to charities in 2024, but most of that money went to organizations controlled by Musk himself.
The largest recipient of Musk Foundation money was an organization called The Foundation, which received about $370 million to support school operations and educational programs.
Musk has shown interest in education and previously opened a nonprofit school called Ad Astra in California for his children and children of SpaceX employees.
Despite the donations, the Musk Foundation still held assets worth about $14.7 billion, and critics argue that much of his philanthropy remains concentrated in organizations he controls.
Musk has not publicly responded to some of the recent criticism about how his charitable giving is organized.
