The Giving Pledge: Public Promises, Private Delivery
Giving Pledge signers promised half their fortunes to charity. Fifteen years on, the founding class has given $206 billion — and gotten 283% richer. Here’s the arithmetic.
Giving Pledge signers promised half their fortunes to charity. Fifteen years on, the founding class has given $206 billion — and gotten 283% richer. Here’s the arithmetic.
About 90% of family wealth is gone by the third generation. Inside the trusts, governance, and heir prep that separate the dynasties that last from those that don’t.
How wealth actually moves between generations in 2026 — the $15M exemption, the step-up in basis, lifetime gifts, dynasty trusts, and the talk-to-the-heirs problem.