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Predictably, people are criticizing Zuckerberg for giving away $100 million. It seems to me like an awfully expensive PR move if that was really his motivation. Oprah says in this article that Zuckerberg wanted to remain anonymous and that she talked him into going public and then into waiting for the fall TV season to start to maximize the gift's ability to set an example.
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Mark Zuckerberg explains to TechCrunch why he made his big donation.
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The Buffett-Gates visit to China has sparked a conversation about the role of philanthropy in the country.
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Catchafire is a new volunteering website that charges nonprofits for each volunteer placement, but also integrates a volunteer management system that hopes to make the whole process more valuable to nonprofits.
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Nathaniel Whittemore on the Facebook founder's major gift.
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ABOUT SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
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