philanthropy
X-Factor this X-mas
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Scrooge has gotten younger. The new face of the famously stingy foil is no longer old or crotchety. According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Generation Xers – roughly those of us 23-39 years old – are the new misers. We are less likely to support charities than our parents and grandparents, about [...]
Buffet’s Billions
Sunday, August 13th, 2006Remember the cheesy Richard Pryor flick from the 80s, Brewster’s Millions, where Pryor’s character had to spend $1 million in 30 days in order to receive a much larger inheritance? Beginning in 2009, Bill Gates has the responsibility of giving away billions of dollars of Warren Buffet’s money every year if his foundation is going [...]