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Who is behind Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation?
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- Money in Warren Buffett (annual gifts of Berkshire stock; part of a 2022 gift of $4 billion in stock to the Gates Foundation and four family charities) 2018 – 21 Jun 2022
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Founded by
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Susan Thompson Buffett
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Scholarship & press
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Founded as the Buffett Foundation in 1964, Inside Philanthropy says; renamed for her after 2004.
Money in
- Warren Buffett funded 2018 – 21 Jun 2022 annual gifts of Berkshire stock; part of a 2022 gift of $4 billion in stock to the Gates Foundation and four family charities Scholarship & press 12
Proof 2 sources
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A Quiet Giant, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation Gives Big for Reproductive Care, Inside Philanthropy, 21 Feb 2020.
Scholarship & press
STBF’s deep pockets aren’t surprising, given that it was founded by billionaire Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and his wife, the late Susan Thompson Buffett.
Susan was a director of Berkshire Hathaway and president of the Buffett Foundation.
Susan Thompson Buffett died in 2004 and left almost all of her Berkshire shares, worth about $3 billion at the time, to the foundation, which was renamed for her.
STBF gave out more than $5 billion in total between 2003 and 2018, including hundreds of millions to branches of Planned Parenthood and to Ipas, an international nonprofit that focuses on safe abortions and contraception.
Every year, STBF receives big infusions of Berkshire Hathaway stock from Warren—gifts that totaled $259 million in 2018.
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Susie Buffett Plays a Critical Role in the Family’s Giving. Who Is She, and What Does She Fund?, Inside Philanthropy, 11 Jul 2023.
Scholarship & press
STBF is named for his first wife, who passed away in 2004
On June 21, 2022, Warren Buffett announced he was donating $4 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities
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