In 2007, Ferriss was a charity advocate and a member of the National Advisory Council of the public school nonprofit DonorsChoose. His projects and donations have raised more than $250,000 for underfunded public school teachers and classroom projects, and his campaigns, such as dedicating his birthday to raising funds have impacted more than 60,000 students.

Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.

In 2016, Ma transferred US$2.3 billion worth of his personal Tencent shares to his charitable foundation, the Ma Huateng Global Foundation

Jim’s philanthropic initiatives include dozens of academic, athletic, arts, health, scholarship and social impact programs including founding Impact Partners, the leading funder of social impact documentaries.

Jim is passionate about philanthropy and applying venture philanthropy and innovation models to areas such as education, the arts, and environmental sustainability. Jim is a long-time Trustee of SFMOMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles. He is actively involved in The Environmental Defense Fund and Stanford’s Center for Philanthr...

Duffield is also known for his philanthropic activities on behalf of animals. In 1994, Duffield and his wife, Cheryl, established Maddie's Fund named after Maddie, a Miniature Schnauzer who was the Duffields' source of unconditional love and friendship for ten years. Maddie died of cancer and Duffield acted on his earlier promise to his pet, "If we ever make some money, I promise we will give it b...

The philanthropic Workday Foundation launched after the company’s IPO and was funded with a Workday stock grant. The foundation’s mission is to break “the cycle of poverty” by helping to find jobs for people “who don’t have great access to employment" . The foundation supports groups like the Harlem Children’s Zone, a renowned nonprofit serving the edu...

Bill and Melinda Gates are among the world's leading philanthropists. They co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation in 2000 and have made philanthropy their full-time focus. The majority of their giving has focused on improving the health and well-being of the world's poorest people. The Gates Foundation's tagline is: "All Lives Have Equal Value." . In 2010, the Gateses and Warren Buffett st...

Warren Buffett has pledged to give away 99% of his wealth to philanthropic causes. Approximately 83% of that will go to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and much of the rest will be distributed to the foundations of his children. He is a very hands-off philanthropist, preferring to entrust his wealth to those he knows will spend it wisely on worthwhile philanthropic causes. Buffett has pledged ...

Philanthropically, Ron is a Board Member of the Salesforce.com Foundation, a member of the UCSF Medical Center Chancellor's Advisory Board in SF, and is active in fundraising for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, College Track, Sandy Hook Promise-Newtown CT, Americans for Responsible Solutions-Gabby Giffords, Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, and the THORN Foundation. Ron is an advocate for te...

In 2006 Eric Lefkofsky established the Lefkofsky Family Foundation, a private charitable foundation, with his wife Liz to advance high-impact initiatives that enhance lives in the communities served. Lefkofsky serves as a Trustee of Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Science and Industry and World Business Chicago. He is also Chairman of the Bo...

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan in December 2015, is a new kind of philanthropic organization that brings together world-class engineering, grant-making, impact investing, policy, and advocacy work. Areas of focus include supporting science through basic biomedical research and education through personalized learning and exploring other issues tied to ...

Early on, Bert and John were inspired by stories of people, mainly children, facing great adversity. To them, these stories illustrated that optimism is most powerful in the darkest of times and inspired the creation of a fully integrated business model dedicated to helping kids in need. Life is Good donates at least 10% of its annual net profits to the Life is Good Kids Foundation to positively i...

The Parker Foundation was established in June 2015 through a $600 million gift by Sean and Alexandra Parker. The foundation builds upon the Parker's historical philanthropic support and capitalizes on their pioneering work in the fields of technology, media, company building, and public policy. Based in San Francisco, the foundation aggressively pursues large-scale systemic change in three focus a...

Since its inception in 2006, the Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation has donated millions to charities around the world, focusing on charities that empower under-served women and girls. In 2013, Sara Blakely became the first self-made, female billionaire to sign the Melinda and Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, promising to give at least half her wealth to charity. The Spanx by S...