The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Even With Lots More Money, Gates Foundation Faces High Hurdles

By Leslie Lenkowsky

Warren Buffett's breathtaking announcement that he will give more than $30-billion of his fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has thrilled a philanthropic world already excited by the news, just days earlier, that Bill Gates himself was planning to become more active in managing the foundation in 2008.

But overshadowed...

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