Thursday, September 29, 2005

Developing a plan for giving (phillyBurbs.com) | Intelligencer

Developing a plan for giving (phillyBurbs.com) | Intelligencer: "Developing a plan for giving

By JOHN ANASTASI
The Intelligencer

By the time she was 35, Tracy Gary had already given away more money than most of us will ever have.

'Philanthropy is a strategy to redistribute wealth and skills,' she said.

Gary inherited a portion of the Pillsbury family fortune in the early 1970s at the age of 21. In the next 14 years, she donated about $1 million to various charities. Still an active donor at the age of 54, Gary tours the country, speaking to professional women about how to be smart about imparting their wealth."

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