The Sherwood Foundation remains a major philanthropic actor, currently highlighted by large-scale gifts and donor activity alongside Buffett, Gates and Knight, shaping funding priorities across civic and social initiatives.
Warren Buffett has announced a nearly $6 billion donation of 12 million Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares to four family-linked foundations and has said he will dispose of all remaining Berkshire shares within about eight years, setting a December 31, 2034 deadline. The Gates Foundation has been omitted from this year's recipients for the first time in two decades.