Think the Gates Foundation Is Too Influential? It May Get a Lot Bigger — Or Never Go Away

Think the Gates Foundation Is Too Influential? It May Get a Lot Bigger — Or Never Go Away

The largest foundation in the U.S. will soon spend $9 billion a year. But a look at the numbers suggests that’s still far from enough to fulfill its pledge to spend down, if that’s actually the plan.

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Where Will Warren Buffett’s Billions Go? 6 Questions We're Asking About the Future of His Fortune

Where Will Warren Buffett’s Billions Go? 6 Questions We're Asking About the Future of His Fortune

Upon his passing, Warren Buffett’s estate is set to fuel over $100 billion in giving within a decade. Beyond that, there is little certainty and growing speculation about how it will play out. Here are some of the big unknowns.

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Warren Buffett Steps Down as a Trustee of the Gates Foundation, Deepening Questions About Its Future

Warren Buffett Steps Down as a Trustee of the Gates Foundation, Deepening Questions About Its Future

Alongside Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, Warren Buffett has long been one of only three trustees governing the Gates Foundation. Here’s why he may be stepping down, and what that might mean for the $54 billion institution.

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The Super-Rich Skate Around Paying Income Tax. Is Philanthropy Complicit?

The Super-Rich Skate Around Paying Income Tax. Is Philanthropy Complicit?

ProPublica recently divulged just how little some of America’s wealthiest pay in income tax. Many of the culprits are celebrated philanthropists, raising uncomfortable truths about charitable giving among the ultra-wealthy.

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“Heartbroken and Stunned.” NoVo’s Program Upheaval Sows Anger and Uncertainty

“Heartbroken and Stunned.” NoVo’s Program Upheaval Sows Anger and Uncertainty

The NoVo Foundation, a top funder of marginalized girls and women, is laying off several staff and ending multi-year grants during the pandemic. Critics, funders and field leaders respond, signaling deep worry and disappointment.

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A Quiet Giant, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation Gives Big for Reproductive Care

A Quiet Giant, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation Gives Big for Reproductive Care

Tapping a $90 billion fortune, the largest of the Buffett family foundations makes over $600 million a year in grants for contraception and abortion services in the U.S. and overseas. But looking inside this secretive institution isn’t easy.

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