It is a nonprofit medical research organization launched in 2003 and which Allen compares , in scope , to the Large Hadron Collider and the Human Genome Project . Zuckerberg and wife , Priscilla Chan , gave about $ 500 million to a charitable organization last year . Chronicle of Philanthropy releases its list of most generous donors in 2012 . Warren Ellis tops the list ; hedge - fund creator John Arnold and his wife , Laura , are third . Microsoft 's Paul Allen , Russia 's Sergey Brin and wife , Anne Wojcicki , round out the top five .
Zuckerberg and wife , Priscilla Chan , gave about $ 500 million to a charitable organization last year . Chronicle of Philanthropy releases its list of most generous donors in 2012 . Warren Ellis tops the list ; hedge - fund creator John Arnold and his wife , Laura , are third . Microsoft 's Paul Allen , Russia 's Sergey Brin and wife , Anne Wojcicki , round out the top five .