While Fox’s 27% growth in contributions last year was significant-and largely a function of Brin’s generosity-it’s not the only one of the top 100 to see big gains. Combined donations to these 100 charities rose 10% to $54.4 billion-one of the biggest percentage increases in the 23 years Forbes has been compiling this list. When TV’s “Sunday TODAY” host Willie Geist-a Fox Foundation board member-ran the New York Marathon in November, raising a half million for the foundation, Fox popped out of the crowd at the 24 mile mark to cheer him on-creating a classic celebrity-on-celebrity Instagram post. The charity also continues to benefit from the outsized popularity of Fox, who retired from acting last year. Despite those ample salaries, Fox stands out among single-illness charities for its significant research, its high charitable commitment ratio (the percent of total expenses spent on the stated mission, as opposed to fundraising and other overhead) and its high fundraising efficiency (the percent of donations remaining after fundraising costs). In 2020 Brooks received total compensation of $987,604 and Sherer, $937,604. Sherer served as CEO for 10 years until last spring when Brooks-who had stepped back to an “executive vice chair” role to raise her family-returned to the CEO job. The entertainer has always left hands-on management to Brooks and others. “We’re doing as much as we can as fast as we can,’’ Brooks adds, citing Fox himself as one who has benefited from the advances. “Parkinson’s is a tough disease.” But he says the foundation has helped fund research that has developed new therapies slowing its progression and making it easier for patients to cope. “Nothing has gotten across the goal line,” he says. Todd Sherer, Fox’s executive vice president, research strategy (he has a Ph.D in neuroscience) acknowledges Parkinson’s is still considered incurable.
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