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Giving Pledge
Effective giving: how the world’s wealthy could help millions more people for free
EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has pledged to give away half of his £2 billion fortune. He was inspired by Bill Gates to join the Giving Pledge, an organisation that encourages the world’s wealthiest people …
Surging or not surging? What’s the truth about giving by the rich?
Gifts Surge From the Wealthiest U. S. Donors reported the Chronicle of Philanthropy on 9 February. The Chronicle’s ranking of the 50 donors who give the most to charitable causes shows that the wealthy contributed …
Alliance Extra July 2013 out now!
This month, Alliance Extra features two articles on the Giving Pledge, as Russian billionaire Suleyman Kerimov plans to give away his US$7.1 billion fortune, and the number of pledgers rises to 114. Continuing last month’s …
Version 2.0: The Giving Pledge globalizes
They said that the Giving Pledge was ‘made in America’, they said that Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett didn’t understand other cultures, and that their brand of philanthropy was inappropriate for (substitute the …
Twelve billionaires from outside US sign up to Giving Pledge
Until now the Giving Pledge, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s appeal to billionaires to commit at least half of their wealth to charity, has seemed to fall on deaf ears outside the US. …
New Foundation Center initiative to keep track of Giving Pledge and its effects
The Foundation Center is to keep an ‘Eye on the Giving Pledge’, launched by Warren Buffett and the Gateses. The new move, described by the Foundation Center as a ‘resource’, is part of the Center’s …
Buffett meets Rothschild: clash of giving cultures?
The scene is one to remember in the world of philanthropy: Warren Buffett and Ariane de Rothschild meet for an interview about philanthropy. German filmmakers Gisela Baur and Ralph Gladitz document this meeting of two …
Philanthropy’s Promise: beyond the Giving Pledge
Last week, more than 60 grantmakers from across the US publicly expressed their intention to maximize the effectiveness and impact of their grants by prioritizing the underserved, and substantially supporting advocacy and community organizing. The …
The Meaning of Mark Zuckerberg’s Philanthropy
Once upon a time, financially successful people spent the bulk of their lives working and then, after they retired, they would ‘give back’ some of what they had earned in the form of philanthropy. Their …
Nonprofits Are Businesses
One of the most bizarre criticisms of the Giving Pledge is the idea that it will hurt the economy. For example Forbes columnist John Tamny writes: ‘But while it’s exciting to contemplate the giving nature of Gates …
