扎克伯格成为2012年硅谷最慷慨富豪

The founders of Facebook Inc., eBay Inc. and Google Inc. dug deep for good causes in 2012.

2012年，Facebook Inc.、eBay Inc.和谷歌(Google Inc.)的创始人都在慈善事业上花了不少钱。

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg topped the list of Silicon Valley donors of stock to charity in a study by compensation firm Equilar Inc. commissioned by The Wall Street Journal. The 28-year-old gave $498.8 million in Facebook stock to charity in 2012, all of which came in a gift in December of 18 million shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation for projects in education and health.

根据《华尔街日报》委托薪酬咨询公司Equilar Inc.所做的调查，在硅谷为慈善事业捐献股票的榜单上，Facebook首席执行长扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)排名第一。2012年，28岁的扎克伯格为慈善事业捐赠了4.988亿美元的Facebook股票。这些股票全都于去年12月份捐给硅谷社区基金会(Silicon Valley Community Foundation)，用于教育和健康项目，共1,800万股。

The other top slots were filled by some of the area's most prominent philanthropists. EBay founder Pierre Omidyar came in second, donating $441.3 million of eBay stock during the year. Mr. Omidyar is also founding partner of the Omidyar Network, a Redwood City-based philanthropic investment firm that has given to a broad range of causes, many of which have a technology bent.

其他名列前茅的包括硅谷地区最有名的一些慈善家。eBay的创始人奥米戴尔(Pierre Omidyar)2012年捐出4.413亿美元的eBay股票，排名第二。奥米戴尔也是加州雷德伍德城(Redwood City)慈善投资公司Omidyar Network的创始合伙人，这家公司捐赠范围很广，其中很多都倾向于科技领域。

Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page came in third and fourth, giving $222.9 million and $185.6 million, respectively. Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison followed with a gift worth $45.4 million.

谷歌联合创始人布林(Sergey Brin)和佩奇(Larry Page)分别以2.229亿美元和1.856亿美元的捐赠额排在第三和第四位。甲骨文(Oracle Corp.)的CEO埃里森(Larry Ellison)以4,540万美元的捐赠额紧随其后。

Representatives for the tech executives declined to comment or didn't return requests for comment.

这些科技高管的代表要么拒绝置评，要么没有回复置评请求。

Equilar tallied donated stock─as valued at the close of trading on the day it was gifted─disclosed in regulatory filings and excluded awards gifted to or from trusts or shares indirectly owned unless the gift was specified as a gift to a charitable foundation. Most grants didn't indicate the recipient of the donation. The rankings were computed as of Dec. 20.

Equilar统计了监管备案文件披露的捐赠股票（按捐赠日收盘价计算），并排除了来自或捐赠给信托基金的捐赠或间接持有的股票，除非捐赠物特别注明是送给慈善基金组织的礼物。大部分捐赠物都没有明确指定受捐者。计算排名的截止日期是12月20日。

Philanthropy has been on the upswing in Silicon Valley and nationally, rebounding from a lull during the recession a few years ago. Charitable giving also accelerated toward the end of 2012, amid expectations that politicians would cap deductions for charitable donations to increase tax revenue.

硅谷慈善捐赠一直在增加，全国范围内也在摆脱几年前衰退期间的不景气状态。慈善捐赠还在2012年临近岁末之际加速增长，原因是捐赠者预计政界人士将会限制慈善捐赠的免税额度，以增加税收收入。

U.S. donors gave $298.4 billion to charity in 2011, up slightly from 2010, according to the Giving USA Foundation, a Chicago group that researches philanthropic trends. Adjusted for inflation, the growth from 2010 to 2011 was fairly flat.

据芝加哥研究慈善趋势的Giving USA Foundation估计，2011年美国慈善捐赠价值2,984亿美元，较2010年略有上升。按通胀因素调整后，2010年到2011年基本为零增长。

Eight of the top 10 Silicon Valley-related donors─including Messrs. Zuckerberg, Omidyar and Brin─increased their stock giving from 2011 to 2012, according to Equilar.

据Equilar的研究，2012年与硅谷有关的前10名捐赠人当中，包括扎克伯格、奥米戴尔和布林在内的八位捐赠人都较2011年提高了股票捐赠额度。

In the Bay Area, giving has been fueled by a spate of new public stock offerings, including Facebook's highly publicized debut in May 2012. Three board members for Guidewire Software Inc., a Foster City-based maker of insurance software that went public in early 2012, also made the top 12 givers. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg came in eighth, donating $9.9 million. Representatives for the individuals didn't comment.

湾区(Bay Area)的捐赠受到一系列首次公开募股(IPO)活动的提振，包括Facebook在2012年5月份的高调上市。2012年年初上市的福斯特城(Foster City)保险软件公司Guidewire Software Inc.有三名董事会成员也进入了捐赠排行前12名。Facebook的首席运营长桑伯格(Sheryl Sandberg)捐出990万美元，排名第八。这些人士的代表没有发表评论。

Local charities note that it isn't just the billionaires who are increasing their giving; rank-and-file employees whose wealth is rising are being generous, too.

当地慈善组织提到，不只是亿万富豪的捐赠额度在提高，财富正在增长的普通员工也很慷慨。

Daniel Lurie, CEO and founder of Tipping Point, a San Francisco-based foundation working to reduce poverty in the Bay Area, says the nonprofit's user base has broadened significantly over its seven-year history. In 2011 it had some 1,300 donors, up from 1,000 a year the before. It expects to beat that when the final numbers for 2012 are tallied.

以减少湾区贫困为宗旨的旧金山基金会Tipping Point的CEO兼创始人卢里(Daniel Lurie)说，这家非营利组织成立七年以来，捐赠人群体已经大大拓宽。2010年它有捐赠人1,000名左右，2011年增至1,300名，2012年最终数字统计出来的时候，预计会超过2011年的水平。

'You don't have to retire to make a difference,' says Mr. Lurie, who adds that in 2011 the foundation raised $12.1 million, up from $450,000 in its first year.

卢里说，你不需要等到退休之后再给世界带来改变。他还说， Tipping Point在2011年获得了1,210万美元捐款，而成立后第一年才45万美元。

Giving by Bay Area foundations has grown faster than giving by California and U.S. foundations overall in recent years, according to the Foundation Center, a New York-based philanthropy researcher.

纽约慈善研究机构Foundation Center说，近几年湾区基金会捐赠额的增长速度快于加州及美国的整体增长水平。

From 2000 to 2009, Bay Area foundations increased their giving 76.6% to $3.1 billion (2009 is the most recent year for which those figures are available). Bay Area foundations' assets rose 33.8% over the same period. Education, the environment and animals were the most popular causes.

从2000年到2009年，湾区基金会捐赠额增长76.6%至31亿美元（2009年之后的此类数据暂无法获得）。同期湾区基金会资产规模扩大了33.8%。教育、环保和动物保护是最常见的捐赠领域。