WEALTH US philanthropists are increasingly giving during their lifetimes rather than after their deaths, with the 50 most generous Americans committing $7.3bn to charity in 2007, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
That figure is up slightly from 2006, when donors made gifts of $6.6bn (€4.5bn, £3.4bn), excluding Warren Buffett’s historic donations of $43.5bn.
