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Spanx founder joins Giving Pledge

Today, the wealthiest 400 Americans are worth over $2 trillion. Together, it's been reported they own as much wealth as the bottom half of American households combined.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and her husband, Dave Goldberg, are two of seven philanthropists who have signed the Giving Pledge

The billionaires have organized the "Giving Pledge,” an initiative launched five years ago to convince others to donate at least half of their wealth to charitable causes around the world.

The Giving Pledge announced that Faulkner and 9 other individuals or families from the U.S. and farther afield have committed to donate at least half of their fortunes to charity.

Ten more billionaires are pledging to give away at least half of their fortunes to philanthropic causes.

In a new FT video series, Ambitious Wealth, Stephen Foley talks to signatories of the Giving Pledge, created by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, about their philanthropic work.

Leading philanthropists painted a bright picture of the future as they gathered today at the launch of a museum effort to examine charitable giving in America.

The National Museum of American History’s announcement of a plan to collect, research and exhibit artifacts documenting the nation’s legacy of philanthropy coincides with Giving Tuesday

The Giving Pledge list is increasingly becoming a vivid tableau of dizzying wealth destined for philanthropy.

Salesforce’s Marc Benioff and Intuit’s Scott Cook are also giving away their fortunes.