Vinod Khosla—Khosla and wife signed Giving Pledge in 2011, funded CK-12 Foundation for free open-source education
In 2011, Vinod and Neeru Khosla signed the Giving Pledge, committing to donate more than half their wealth to charity. Through their Amar Foundation (founded 1987), they have funded CK-12 Foundation (co-founded by Neeru in 2006), which provides free open-source textbooks and educational resources. By 2020, CK-12 had over 130 million students and teachers using its resources. The Amar Foundation donated at least $9 million to CK-12 in 2015, plus $2.7 million to IIT Delhi scholarships and $500,000 to Wikimedia Foundation.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humanitarian Aid & Global Health | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Knowledge Access & Information Freedom | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.643 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.57)
Evidence (1 signal)
Khosla signed Giving Pledge in 2011, Amar Foundation donated $9M+ to CK-12 education nonprofit
Vinod and Neeru Khosla signed the Giving Pledge in 2011, committing to give more than half their wealth. Through their Amar Foundation, they donated at least $9 million to CK-12 Foundation in 2015 alone. CK-12, co-founded by Neeru Khosla in 2006, provides free open-source educational resources reaching over 130 million students and teachers by 2020.