Sheryl Sandberg—Committed to Giving Pledge and donated over $286 million to charitable causes
Sheryl Sandberg and her late husband Dave Goldberg signed the Giving Pledge, committing to donate the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. Through the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation, she has donated over $286 million to causes including women's empowerment, grief resilience, education, and food security. Major gifts include approximately $200 million in SurveyMonkey stock donated to the foundation in 2018, $98 million in Facebook stock to her donor-advised fund in 2017 for disadvantaged women and girls, and $50 million to her donor-advised fund for charitable purposes.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender Equity | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Humanitarian Aid & Global Health | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.664 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Sandberg and late husband Dave Goldberg signed the Giving Pledge, committing majority of wealth to charity
Sheryl Sandberg and Dave Goldberg committed to the Giving Pledge, an initiative inviting the world's wealthiest to donate the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. Their foundation has since distributed over $286 million to causes including women's empowerment, education, grief resilience, and food security.