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The Giving Pledge

charitable campaign for rich people to donate at least 50% of their wealth
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The Giving Pledge

Summary

The Giving Pledge is a campaign[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of campaign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,970 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Giving Pledge is in the country of United States[3].
  • The Giving Pledge's instance of is recorded as campaign[4].
  • The Giving Pledge's instance of is recorded as charitable organization[5].
  • The Giving Pledge's founder is recorded as Bill Gates[6].
  • The Giving Pledge's founder is recorded as Warren Buffett[7].
  • 2010 marks the founding of The Giving Pledge[8].
  • The Giving Pledge's official website is recorded as https://www.givingpledge.org/[9].
  • The Giving Pledge's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Giving Pledgers[10].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Bill Gates[11].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Bill Ackman[12].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Albert Lee Ueltschi[13].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Alfred E. Mann[14].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Andrew Forrest[15].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Ann Gloag[16].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Arif Naqvi[17].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Arthur Blank[18].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Azim Premji[19].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Barron Hilton[20].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Barry Diller[21].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Bernard Marcus[22].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Betty Moore[23].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Bill Cummings[24].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Brad Keywell[25].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Carl Icahn[26].
  • The Giving Pledge's signatory is recorded as Charles Bronfman[27].

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Founding

Founders include Bill Gates[6] and Warren Buffett[7]. 2010 marks the founding of The Giving Pledge[8].

Why It Matters

The Giving Pledge ranks in the top 6% of campaign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,970 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Azim Premji Bill Gates Brian Chesky charitable organization Craig Silverstein David Rockefeller Diane von Fürstenberg Dustin Moskovitz Elon Musk George Lucas Gordon Moore Henry Samueli Jeff Skoll Jim Simons Joe Gebbia John Doerr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Larry Ellison MacKenzie Scott Mark Zuckerberg Melinda Gates Michael Bloomberg Michael Moritz Paul Allen Pierre Omidyar Priscilla Chan Ray Dalio Richard Branson Sheryl Sandberg Ted Turner

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . givingpledge.org. Retrieved . givingpledge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Bill Gates, Warren Buffett
    Website → —
    Inception → +2010-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Topic's main category → Category:Giving Pledgers
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-rank:1||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.givingpledge.org/, remove unnecessary use of preferred rank #msynbotTask13"
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