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Inside Philanthropy - Who Signed the Giving Pledge in 2025
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Inside Philanthropy reports on the 14 new signatories to the Giving Pledge in 2025, the 15th anniversary of the initiative founded by Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett. The article profiles new pledgers and contextualizes the pledge's evolving role amid criticism that billionaire wealth has grown faster than philanthropic giving. It frames the Giving Pledge as an imperfect but significant organizing mechanism among the ultra-wealthy.
Key Points
- •14 new individuals/couples signed the Giving Pledge in 2025, including Canva cofounder Cameron Adams and Lisa Miller.
- •The Giving Pledge, now 15 years old, commits signatories to donate the majority of their wealth to charitable causes during their lifetimes or at death.
- •Critics note billionaires' collective wealth has grown much faster than their philanthropic contributions, reducing the pledge's perceived impact.
- •Pledge letters serve as a public discourse on how megadonors define philanthropy, with increasing relevance as their societal influence grows.
- •The article is part of Inside Philanthropy's broader series on giving in a 'new Gilded Age' of concentrated wealth.
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Fifteen years ago, megabillionaires Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett launched the Giving Pledge, in which the richest philanthropists in the world promise to give away most of their wealth to charitable causes either during their lifetimes or upon death. This year, 14 new pledgers have signed on.
Although [some of the shine has worn off](https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/the-giving-pledge-just-turned-15-so-why-arent-we-celebrating) the commitment, especially as billionaires have collectively grown far more wealthy [without increasing their philanthropic funding](https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2023-10-31-vague-pledges-notwithstanding-top-billionaires-remain-a-stingy-lot) at the same rate, it’s still worth looking at which individuals and couples have committed to giving away their fortunes.
As we recently reported in Inside Philanthropy’s [special series on giving in a new Gilded Age](https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/new-gilded-age), living megadonors will loom ever larg
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