Raising Millions for Charity, And Even More for Golfers
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The AT&T National golf tournament is structured as a fundraiser like most PGA Tour events, but expenses and operation take up a large chunk of revenue.
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By Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  May 31--Attention Silicon Valley philanthropists: Here's a worthy cause for you.
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Aussie Adam Scott won $50,000 and two skins on the second hole Saturday, then he and the more-famous members of the foursome - Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam and Fred Couples â-eft $250,000 out on the golf course during the next seven holes of the made
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Warren Buffett, the world&#039;s  second-richest person, is donating about &#36;37 billion -- more  than 80 percent of his fortune -- to foundations run by his  friend Bill Gates and by the Buffett family.
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Charity giving in the UK jumps almost 9% to Â£11bn, driven by donations to international causes, a report says.
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The old thinking goes that to change the world, you have to give millions. But young tech-savvy philanthropists are trying to prove otherwise.
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Barack Obama is giving to charity more than $70,000 in contributions linked to an indicted Chicago businessman whose past connections to the Democratic presidential candidate have created a distraction and raised questions about his judgment.
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PALM HARBOUR - Vijay Singh became the first golfer to earn more than US$10 million ($14.79 million) in prizemoney in a season with a five-stroke victory in the Chrysler Championship yesterday.
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HINGHAM -- At age 81, George Mason donated his golf clubs to charity, retiring forever from the links or so he thought.
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Nonprofit organizations have long used professional fund-raisers to help raise cash, often losing the bulk of the donations to the fund-raiser's fee.
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In recent years a few noisy disputes over how donated money is spent have had a powerful effect on the fund-raising game.
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When a portion of a celebrityâs paycheck or time goes to a pet cause, the effort is inevitably lauded. But to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the yardstick is much higher.
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A LITTLE more than 15 months ago, Mianne Bagger became a professional golfer. She had left her job and sold her house and possessions, but the future was a blank because there were not many places for her to play.
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Around here, T. Denny Sanford is not known just for the billions he made in banking &#151; he's also known for the millions he has donated.
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Â· Multimillionaire has given Â£125m to charity already Â· First step to fortune made selling trainers in garage
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If there's something positive that can be taken from a golfer's disappointment, it's that it might inspire motivation for future success -- especially if one knows the course well enough.
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Aim to get the biggest bang for your buck when donating.