The Giving Pledge

This month, 12 more billionaire families committed to donate at least half of their wealth to charity by taking the Giving Pledge. Here are introductions to some of the new signatories and their pet philanthropic projects.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and sixteen other billionaires have recently signed on to The Giving Pledge, a philanthropic campaign that commits them to give at least half of their fortunes to charity.

Forty of the richest people in the United States, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett among them, have challenged other magnates to match their largesse by pledging to leave half of their estate to charity on their demise. Our friends at Mint.com took a look at what this money could accomplish. Quite a...

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet want American billionaires to contribute half of their wealth to charity. The two have been campaigning for the past year to encourage charitable giving. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation set up a pledge for people to donate money either through a lifetime or at the...