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Big philanthropy’s transparency problem

Recode Daily

Recode

Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Billionaires say they gave a lot of money in 2020. Recode’s Teddy Schleifer argues that they should be more transparent about how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:39.2

I'm Teddy Schleifer.

0:40.8

No interview today, but we have something a little different, an argument.

0:47.0

In 2020, America's billionaires gave away more money than ever.

0:51.7

Last February, Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion to fight climate change.

0:56.6

Mackenzie Scott, his ex-wife, gave almost $5 billion to hundreds of nonprofits, and Jack

1:02.3

Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, set aside $1 billion worth of his own stock to fund the

1:07.3

response to COVID.

1:10.7

It used to be rare for billionaires to commit to giving more than $1 billion at a time,

1:15.6

but in 2020, there were actually five of these jumbo-sized donations.

1:20.0

That's according to the Chronicle for Philanthropy, which in its annual study found that the 50 biggest

1:25.0

donors gave $25 billion away in 2020.

1:30.0

But while billionaires may have been more generous in 2020 than ever before, the way they gave

1:35.0

their money away has become less and less transparent.

1:39.5

And that matters for democracy.

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