Here’s Why Mark Zuckerberg Didn’t Give $45 Billion To “Real Charity”

Zuckerberg said this money will go to social causes via his newly formed Chan Zuckerberg LLC. While he earned praises for this generosity from many, there were others who questioned his motives. People asked why he decided to give the money to a limited liability company rather than a “real charity”.

Responding to these questions, Zuckerberg has posted another message on Facebook, telling why he formed the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and explained his future plans.

Telling the world, he writes:

Clearing the doubts regarding getting tax benefits from the LLC, he wrote that by transferring the shares to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, he won’t get any tax benefit. Actually, the story is other way around –  “In fact, if we transferred our shares to a traditional foundation, then we would have received an immediate tax benefit”.

Zuckerberg says that with a LLC, he gets a flexibility to give it to the organizations that will do the best work. He writes, “Our initial focus areas are personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities. We’ve already made many investments over the past five years in these areas — education, science, health, internet access and inclusion.”

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