Posts by Richard White

June 18, 2010, 10:19 AM ET

Can Small Charities Benefit From the Buffett-Gates Fund-Raising Drive?

By Richard White

The push by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates to encourage the nation's wealthiest people to give at least 50 percent of their net worth to charity is raising optimism among many fund raisers that giving to U.S. nonprofit groups will increase.

But if the effort is successful, will those donors direct their...