Monday, July 17, 2006

Buffett's $31 billion gift to Gates puts spotlight on charities

Buffett's $31 billion gift to Gates puts spotlight on charities: "Buffett's $31 billion gift to Gates puts spotlight on charities
Questions are raised about how well money is spent

By CHARLES POPE
P-I WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON -- Warren Buffett's $31 billion gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ignited a boomlet of praise and public curiosity about the work and aspirations of charities worldwide.

But as the euphoria of Buffett's record-breaking act recedes, his gift has triggered another, entirely different result -- intensifying questions in Congress and elsewhere about how well charities spend their money, how accountable they are to donors and government and the general condition of 'civil society"

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