"Actually, the plans more than likely won't free-up any money, because those weren't budgeted items yet, and probably were scrapped because of future budget pressures."
"Just a little bit of napkin math here, but at an extremely conservative 5% ROI the fund would make 1.86 billion a year.
So giving away 2 billion, while impressive, is about par assuming you're treating the foundation like an endowment.
Not to take away from their massive goals and greatness."
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