High Net-Worth Donors Want To ‘Giving Back’ - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

High Net-Worth Donors Want To ‘Giving Back’ - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "More than half of high net-worth (HNW) individuals consider “giving back to society” essential to a life well lived, and another one-third describe it as “important,” for a combined 86 percent.

The 2015 U.S. Trust Insights on Wealth and Worth Survey is the fifth annual study focused on high net-worth and ultra high net-worth adults. It surveyed 640 adults with investable assets of at least $3 million, not including the value of their primary residence."



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US pips Europe and Asia as leader in philanthropy | Campden FB

US pips Europe and Asia as leader in philanthropy | Campden FB: US pips Europe and Asia as leader in philanthropy
Article | 11 February, 2014 01:15 PM | By Jessica Tasman-Jones, Tess De La Mare

Despite fewer tax incentives and more social services, European and Asian high net worth individuals are almost on par with their US counterparts when it comes to philanthropy, according to new research.

What Could You Do with a $50 Million Gift? Harvard Got 16 This Year - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

What Could You Do with a $50 Million Gift? Harvard Got 16 This Year - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: In what appears to be an institutional version of the wealth gap, Harvard University has already raked in sixteen gifts of $50 million or more.

Let’s just reflect on that for a moment or two.

Billionaire Kerimov to Put Proceeds From Fortune Into Charity - Bloomberg

Billionaire Kerimov to Put Proceeds From Fortune Into Charity - Bloomberg: Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, whose biggest assets include stakes in Polyus Gold International Ltd (PLZLY) and OAO Uralkali, will put profits from his fortune into a charitable foundation.

A Deluge of Wealth | Rich Floridians - Florida Trend

A Deluge of Wealth | Rich Floridians - Florida Trend: Rich Floridians
Philanthropy: A Deluge of Wealth
Wealth transfer in the next 10 years could total $322 billion.

Billionaire Donor Tom Steyer Quits Finance for Philanthropy - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Billionaire Donor Tom Steyer Quits Finance for Philanthropy - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Billionaire Donor Tom Steyer Quits Finance for Philanthropy

October 23, 2012, 10:07 am

California hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer is leaving his $20-billion financial firm to devote himself to philanthropy and politics, according to Reuters.

Mr. Steyer announced his long-rumored decision in a letter to clients of Farallon Capital, the San Francisco-based investment house he founded in 1986 and built into one of the world’s largest hedge funds, saying, “Now it’s time to focus full-time on giving back.”

Ikea’s Kamprad Is Europe’s Richest in Billionaire Index - Bloomberg

Ikea’s Kamprad Is Europe’s Richest in Billionaire Index - Bloomberg: n 2009, Kamprad went to court to change Stichting’s Ingka IKEA’s philanthropic goal to one that provides opportunities for youth in the developing world. According to Heggenes, between 2009 and 2011, the IKEA Foundation made donations worth about $235 million to support disaster relief and provide philanthropic aid in Kenya, Somalia, Haiti and China. Last year it announced the goal of reaching an annual donation level of $135 million. A separate foundation, the Kamprad Family Foundation, supports research and education, mainly in the Sm�land region of Sweden.

Warren Hellman – bluegrass philanthropist funds annual festival

Warren Hellman – bluegrass philanthropist funds annual festival: Hellman – one of the wealthiest citizens of San Francisco – is widely known as a philanthropist and financier. He is the great-grandson of Isaias W. Hellman, a prominent Banker and philanthropist, and a founding father of the University of Southern California.

For the past 11 years, as part of his philanthropic agenda, Warren Hellman has held this free music festival – Hardly, Strictly Bluegrass.

Contributions, influence of 'angel donors' quietly buoying many US universities | The Republic

Contributions, influence of 'angel donors' quietly buoying many US universities | The Republic: "As the economy has made fundraising more challenging in recent years, some universities are being buoyed by longtime angel donors whose quiet philanthropy is plugging budget holes. Their gifts occasionally come so anonymously that the schools do not even know their benefactors' identities right away."

Wexner, Limited foundation to give OSU $100 million | The Columbus Dispatch

Ohio State University is about to receive the largest gift in its history.

Leslie H. Wexner, his wife and the foundation of the company he founded will donate $100 million to the university in what OSU President E. Gordon Gee calls "a transformative moment" for the school.

Wexner, Limited foundation to give OSU $100 million | The Columbus Dispatch

Donors trimmed charitable giving in 2010 - USATODAY.com

Donors trimmed charitable giving in 2010 - USATODAY.com: "In 2010, the most generous donors in America gave $3.3 billion to charity, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Slate magazine's report out today.

That is the lowest amount since the Chronicle began tracking donors in 2000."