Billionaires Pledge to Give Away Half of Their Fortunes
August 6th, 2010 by Alejandra Boggiano in Donors
Everybody in the non-profit sector should make sure to read the New York Times article “Pledge to Give Away Half Gains Billionaire Adherents” published yesterday.
According to Stephanie Strom close to 40 American billionaires including NYC’ Mayor Bloomberg, David Rockefeller, Bill and Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett made the promise to donate at least half of their fortune to philanthropy.
The combined total of the donations will be close to $600 billion !
What do you think this means for microfinance and the non-profit sector?
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August 10th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Hi,
I remember reading an article several months ago about a product ACCION was working on that allowed small business owners to create a credit score on some sort of ‘card’ that could be presented to commercial banks to get larger loans. Could you please guide me a little about it – I’m writing a blog post about a related topic and would like to mention that ‘program’ in my blog.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards