A Peek Into Goldman's Black Box Charity Reveals Tech Billionaires
Three of America’s most discreet billionaire philanthropists have emerged as the biggest donors to the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund after the IRS accidentally revealed their identities.
A filing shows that former Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer poured $1.9 billion into the fund. Trusts linked to Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs with significant stakes in Apple Inc., and Walt Disney Co., gave $526 million. Jan Koum, who co-founded WhatsApp and sold it to Facebook Inc., in 2014, contributed $114 million.
Two pages that the IRS should have excised from a filing were obtained by Bloomberg in January after they were posted on GuideStar, a website that collects data about nonprofits, before being taken down.
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