Friday, February 24, 2006

One of the top givers...

...listed here, are David and Cheryl Duffield of Maddie's Fund:
David and Cheryl Duffield—$95 million to Maddie's Fund. David Duffield, 65, founder of the PeopleSoft software company and his wife, Cheryl, gave $93 million to Maddie's Fund, an animal-welfare foundation in Alameda, Calif., that they started in 1999. All of the most recent gift will go to the foundation's endowment, which will now total $293 million and will be used for grants to groups that promote the well-being of dogs, cats, and other animals, as well as to support groups that spay and neuter pets, and to veterinary colleges that maintain animal-shelter programs. The couple gave an additional $2 million to arts organizations, education and community groups, and environmental charities in Northern California and Nevada.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hmm, makes my piddly $100 to the local shelter look small. Of course, as my brother just reminded me, they have 100,000,000 more dollars than I do. Never met them, never really heard to much about them, like them anyway.