October 30, 2008

EBay's Founder Expands Giving and Adds New Causes to Support

By Ben Gose

The Omidyar Network will increase its grant making by more than 50 percent this year and expand the types of charities it supports.

Omidyar Network, the grant-making organization established by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, will make grants worth roughly $55-million this year, up from about $33-million in 2007. The network also is adding several new managers, many of whom are joining the organization from for-profit companies.

Omidyar officials say the organization's

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