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  9 Philanthropists Join Buffett-Gates Giving Pledge Initiative

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  May 9, 2013

  Nine more ultrawealthy families, including two from outside the U.S., have pledged half their wealth to charity.

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  12 Non-U.S. Investors Who Pledged Half Their Wealth to Charity

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  February 25, 2013

  Billionaire families from eight countries have joined the Giving Pledge started in 2010 by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

• America’s Edge

  By Alexei Bayer  |  September 25, 2012

  If the 2012 election campaign has plunged you into depression and convinced you that this country is going down the drain, an antidote could be a tour of a college or university campus.

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  11 U.S. Donors Join Buffett/Gates ‘Giving Pledge’

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  September 24, 2012

  Eleven more wealthy U.S. families have committed to give half of their wealth to charitable causes, the Giving Pledge announced last week.

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  No Time to Research Nonprofits? The Giving Library Has Done It for You

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  August 20, 2012

  The Laura and John Arnold Foundation last week released an online library with information about hundreds of American nonprofit organizations to help donors explore giving opportunities in one place.

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  New Foundation Center Tool Tracks ‘Giving Pledge’ Donors

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  August 3, 2012

  A new tool on Foundation Center's website monitors Giving Pledgers' activities as part of its 2020 strategic plan to encourage greater transparency in philanthropy.

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  Buffett, Gates’ Giving Pledge Gains 10 More Families

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 29, 2011

  Ten more of America's wealthiest families took the Giving Pledge, begun by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates last June. The latest signatories, announced Thursday, brought the total to 69.

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  Warren Buffett and Madonna: A Tale of Two Philanthropists

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2011

  All eyes were on Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates and Madonna as these public figures struggled this week to increase charitable giving in India and Africa.

• Give It Away Today

  By Lewis Schiff  |  February 1, 2011

  Advisors to affluent families have often used anecdotes about well-known individuals as a more memorable and persuasive way to discuss different aspects of financial planning.

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  Zuckerberg, 16 Other Billionaires Join Gates, Buffett’s Giving Pledge

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  December 10, 2010

  Mark Zuckerberg was back in the philanthropic news, as he and 16 other American billionaires announced they had gotten on board the Giving Pledge platform headed by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.