Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Say Give It Away
Did You Know That
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Created the Giving Pledge?
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and
investor Warren Buffett are asking hundreds of billionaires to give away at
least 50 percent of their wealth to charity.
They
named the campaign the Giving Pledge. It does not accept any money. It asks
billionaires to make a commitment to give money to charity.
Americans
Continue Their Charitable Giving
Even
though charitable contributions fell by 3.6% last year, Americans continued to
be generous to charitable causes. The total giving was $303.75 billion dollars
to non-profit charities.
Areas that saw an increase in charitable contributions included human services,
health, international aid and environment/animals sectors.
Sponsors
and Companies are Giving More to Causes
Corporate
giving was up 5.5% to $14.1 billion, which included billions of dollars' worth
of in-kind donations, particularly from information technology firms and
pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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