Philanthropy

There was a time when I felt warmly toward the Frick Collection. I was a teenager when I first visited the mansion-turned-art-museum on New York’s Upper East Side.

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg own the two largest charitable foundations in America. They are also anomalies in the philanthropy world.

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Having already given away $28bn, Bill Gates intends to eradicate polio, with the same drive he brought to Microsoft. He speaks to Neil Tweedie.

Bill Gates is losing hold of his title as the world’s richest person, with Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos once again mounting a challenge for the top spot. But if Gates weren’t so philanthropic, it wouldn’t even be close.

The wealthiest foundation in America has gotten $4.6 billion bigger as Bill Gates announced the transfer of that much in Microsoft stock to augment the philanthropy he runs with his wife, Melinda.

Recipient of 64m Microsoft shares is a mystery, but is expected to be tech tycoon’s foundation.

Gates Philanthropy Partners (GPP) is a 501(c)(3) public charity that offers donors the opportunity to give—alongside the foundation and at any amount—to improve the lives of the world’s poorest by advancing progress in global health, development, and U.S. education.

Bill and Melinda Gates are among the world's leading philanthropists. They co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation in 2000 and have made philanthropy their full-time focus. In 2010, the Gateses and Warren Buffett started the Giving Pledge, a campaign that encourages the wealthiest people in the world to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

Bill Gates, the world’s richest person, continues to make news for his ten-figure philanthropy.