Jack Dorsey Made a $1 Billion Philanthropic Pledge Last Year. Here’s What We Know About His Giving

Jack Dorsey Made a $1 Billion Philanthropic Pledge Last Year. Here’s What We Know About His Giving

Frederic Legrand – COMEO/shutterstock Last April, Twitter and Square co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced he had transferred $1 billion of shares in Square to an LLC called Start Small to fund COVID-19 relief efforts, and once the pandemic subsided, causes related to girls’ health and education and universal basic income (UBI).

It was a huge development, the largest commitment earmarked for COVID response at the time, prompting me and others to call out Dorsey’s fellow billionaires for not pulling their weight during a historic crisis. Though he’s moving money through an LLC and donor-advised funds, which are not required […]

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