Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Formation1964
FounderWarren Buffett
Founded atOmaha, Nebraska
Key people
Allen Greenberg (Executive Director)

The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation is a charitable organization formed 1964 in Omaha, Nebraska, by investor and industrialist Warren Buffett as a vehicle to manage his charitable giving.[1] It was known simply as the Buffett Foundation until 2004, when it was renamed in honor of Susan Buffett, who died that year.

As of 2014, the Foundation ranked fourth among family foundations by grants paid. It invests heavily in reproductive health and family planning grants across the world, including substantial investments in abortion and contraceptives.[2][3] According to Mother Jones, the Foundation is known for its focus on abortion access and for its "secrecy...often appearing under grant acknowledgements only as 'an anonymous donor.'"[4]

  1. ^ Loomis, Carol (June 25, 2006). "Warren Buffett gives away his fortune". Fortune. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. ^ Weise, Karen (July 30, 2015). "Warren Buffett's Family Secretly Funded a Birth Control Revolution". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. ^ Callahan, David. "Keeping Tabs on the Billions and Billions That Warren Buffett Is Giving Away". No. July 13, 2017. Inside Philanthropy. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  4. ^ Martin, Nina (July 14, 2016). "How One Abortion Research Megadonor Forced the Supreme Court's Hand". Mother Jones. ProPublica. Retrieved 9 July 2018.