J. K. Rowling Quotes

It was really phenomenal [Warren Buffett donation]. It grew out of the friendship that we had and the fact that his plan to have his wife run the foundation and give things away changed when she tragically died.

The Trump Foundation is a private-family foundation. They give virtually every cent in the Trump Foundation to charitable causes.

At least once a year, I meet with a group called the Giving Pledge. It's a group of billionaires - including me, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Ted Turner - who have pledged to give away most of their money to charity. We meet for three days to talk about what we're doing to help make the planet a better place to live.

For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life.

Around 80 per cent of my money goes to charity.

I love to give. I've been a giver all my life.

I decided to leave most of my wealth to my charitable foundation, which is not to be confused with my charity. My charity helps children directly. The charitable foundation will receive most of my legacy when I die.

There are different types of people in this world, and I am the type of person who loves to give.

I am a huge supporter of the Waxman foundation.

I have a philanthropy advisor, Hari Menon, who was earlier at the Gates Foundation.

It was only in 2001 that I set up a foundation, Arghyam. That was pretty much to learn the ropes of how to give, what to do.

I was announcing to the public, in 2006, that I'd be leaving Microsoft in a couple of years and focusing full-time on the foundation. That was the time at which we went back to New York and Warren [Buffett] announced these gifts to a number of foundations, with a very high percentage of it going to us and basically doubling our capacity.

I am the donation to the foundation.

If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.

Countries with high levels of atheism are . . . the most charitable both in terms of the percentage of their wealth they devote to social welfare programs and the percentage they give in aid to the developing world.

Foundations exist to help charities, to help those in need. And Mr. Trump has been incredibly generous throughout his career.

Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interest as charity.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.

The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.

The Noor Al-Hussein Foundation (Light of Al-Hussein) was created to complement my husband's efforts to advance development in the country.

You may have the gift of giving.

I'm a reporter. I've been a big supporter of The Clinton Foundation. Back in 2001 and 2002, people forget that Bill Clinton went to Harlem and set this foundation up. They've helped millions of people across the globe and here in America.

Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

There is always scope for football to be more charitable but a lot happens already. Personally I have always been passionate about charity.