Stephen Heintz Offers Advice to New Philanthropists
RBF President Stephen Heintz and president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, Phil Buchanan, share their insight on how new philanthropists like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can make the greatest impact with their giving. In an op-ed featured in the San Jose Mercury News, they address Zuckerberg and others who have signed onto the Giving Pledge, a call to action by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett, for billionaires to dedicate at least half of their wealth to philanthropy. To make a difference, major philanthropists need to know what to fund and how, they say.