[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

A four year old article? Really?

Here is a June 2010 article, still no donations. (I just thought the other one was well written)

http://uspoverty.change.org/blog/vie...start_donating

From his simple clothing — almost always a black turtleneck and pair of blue jeans — to his clean-cut computer designs, Jobs exudes minimalism. This commitment to sparsity apparently extends to the computer mogul's charitable giving, which, unless Jobs is shelling out the dough behind closed doors, amounts to roughly zero dollars. That's right — Steve Jobs, worth $5.1 billion, has no public record of philanthropy.

Well, almost no record. There was that one time, way back in 1987, when Jobs decided on a whim to launch the Steven P. Jobs Foundation. "But the Jobs foundation never did much of anything," writes Peter Elkind at Fortune, "besides hiring famed graphic designer Paul Rand to design its logo." Just fifteen months later, the ill-fated foundation shut its doors for good.
It's high time the minimalist CEO became a magnanimous philanthropist. As the 43rd richest person in the United States, Jobs is a prime target for Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's "Giving Pledge," which asks billionaires from coast to coast to donate 50 percent of their wealth to charity.
Jobs may be out of touch with making big donations, but what better time to start giving than the present, especially with 40 million poor Americans struggling to make ends meet? Tell Steve Jobs to make up for lost time and join the "Giving Pledge" today.