As we head into the second year of our work around the Giving Pledge, I’m happy with the progress we have made - now some 69 pledgers. It has really just started, but already the Giving Pledge has had a terrific response.

At its core, the Giving Pledge is about asking wealthy families to have important conversations about their wealth and how it will be used. We're pleased that so many people are doing just that - and that a significant number have decided to take the pledge and commit to giving the majority of their wealth to the philanthropic causes either during their lifetime or in their will.

The Giving Pledge doesn’t support a particular set of causes or organizations. It simply asks that the pledger give the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. It's about doing different things for different causes - from education and the environment to health and medical research.

The conversations I have had with pledgers and people who are considering it continue to surprise me. Their perspectives are refreshing. Their philosophies of giving, how to give effectively and achieve the greatest impact, and how to involve children and families are inspiring. I am fascinated to hear not only about their success stories but the lessons that have been learned from their failures. To a person they all want to do the best job possible with this important responsibility. The collaboration and conversation among generous givers of our generation is an important outcome of the Giving Pledge.

The letters from our pledgers describing their reasons for making the commitment to invest deeply in philanthropy make for some great reading. You can read the letters at www.givingpledge.org. And a recent Fortune story, ‘Charity on a Grand Scale’ provides a little background on some of the pledgers. The diversity of American giving is part of its beauty. Americans’ generosity with their time and money in support of non-profits is exemplary. Everybody can and should pursue their own approach to philanthropy.

It is exciting to see people of all ages and income levels energized about philanthropy and doing things in philanthropy. USA Weekend recently featured an article about the Salwen family who gave half of their money away to charity and is a brave example of how every American can give. In another USA Weekend article, Melinda and I talk about the example we received from our own families. All around us there are inspiring examples of generosity and commitment.

Our hope over the long term is to encourage people to start giving earlier, collaborate more and make their giving even more impactful. As we round the corner on the second year of the Giving Pledge, I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity for the Giving Pledge to help society become even more generous.

現場給予承諾每年收集，從想像 Gerry 倫費斯特 (L)，沃倫 · 巴菲特 (R)、 途勝、 亞利桑那州

我們沖進各地捐贈誓言我們工作的第二年，我很高興我們取得了-現在一些 69 pledgers 的進展。它真的是剛剛開始，但已捐贈誓言是一個很棒的回應。

它的核心是要捐贈誓言問富裕的家庭，有自己的財富，並將如何使用方面的重要話題。我們很高興很多人正是這樣做的和大量決定做出承諾並承諾給他們的財富大部分用於慈善事業在其生存期內或在他們的意志。

捐贈誓言不支援一組特定的原因或組織。它只是要求普萊傑給自己的大部分財富在從事慈善事業。這是為不同的原因-從教育和環境的健康和醫療研究做不同的事情。

與 pledgers 和正在考慮它的人有過的對話繼續我很驚訝。他們的觀點是令人耳目一新。

他們給予、

描述他們致力於慈善事業在深投資製作的原因我們 pledgers 來信使一些偉大的閱讀。

您可以讀取在 www.givingpledge.org

這是令人興奮的看到所有年齡和收入水準精神抖擻的慈善事業，做慈善的事情的人。

美國週末推薦一篇關於 Salwen

鼓勵人們開始給較早前，協作更使他們給予更多強烈影響力的智慧型是我們長期的希望。正如我們在拐角處對捐贈誓言的第二年，我不能更興奮的機會，説明社會變得更為慷慨的捐贈承諾。

巴菲特