philanthropy

this is awesome ... id like to read more interviews/books/etc from and about warren buffet.

Quoted: Coming from you, this plan is pretty startling. Up to now you haven't been famous for giving away money. In fact, you've been roundly criticized now and then for not giving it away. So let's cut to the obvious question: Are you ill?

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Quoted: An exclusive hour-long conversation about a new partnership in philanthropy with Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.

New impace page for nonprofits on MySpace

Quoted: Make a loan to an entrepreneur in the developing world for as little as $25. Kiva is the world's first online lending platform connecting online lenders to entrepreneurs across the globe.

This is an interesting article on criticizm to the approach the Gates Foundation is taking in the field of global health, and reaction to the latest annual report. I would say the criticizm is fair, and they are known issues inside and are being worked on already. But it's good to see someone addressing issues of health and development strategy instead of focusing on the money.

Quoted: Foundation gives rise to criticism

Quoted: One of its maiden projects reflects the philanthropy’s nontraditional approach. According to people briefed on the program, the organization, called Google.org, plans to develop an ultra-fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid car engine that runs on ethanol, electricity and gasoline.

All things being equal. They are not.

As first world consumers. We have tremendous power. What we collectively choose to buy, or not to buy, can change the course of life and history on this planet.

This is an Interesting article on a new trend in philanthropy, but one that pointlessly muckrakes and takes half a page to get to its actual point. Yes, Google.org and the BMGF do things differently, but who cares? The point to philanthropy is to give, not to compete with others who give. You have to wait until the very end of the article for them to point out that Google.org's shareholders, not founders, foot the bill for its charitable giving, whereas the Gates family has bankrolled its foundation with its own cash. Regardless of how they do it, the takeaway point for me, though, is that everyone wins
when there are more players, more ideas, and more innovation in the field of philanthropy. Pissing contests about whose endowment is biggger achieve no charitable purpose.

Quoted: Google.org has accomplished in one week what it took its parent company years to accomplish: It has already stolen market share from Bill Gates. As the New York Times reported last week, Google will commit $1 billion to a for-profit philanthropic operation