Mark Zuckerberg Announces Donation Of 18M Facebook Shares To Silicon Valley Community Foundation

The latest and largest charitable donation by Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, will go to an organization a little closer to home, as Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook page that the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will receive 18 million Facebook shares.

The latest and largest charitable donation by Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, will go to an organization a little closer to home, as Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook page that the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will receive 18 million Facebook shares.

When Zuckerberg and the former Priscilla Chan signed on for The Giving Pledge two years ago, their first act was a $100 million donation to the school system in Newark, N.J.

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