The tech entrepreneur Jeff Atwood and his family are pledging to give away half of their wealth within five years, starting with $1 million gifts to eight nonprofits this month. Atwood co-founded a popular forum for software developers, Stack Overflow.
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Atwood, who co-founded Stack Overflow, a popular forum for software developers, made the pledge Jan. 7 in a blog post. Atwood’s initial gifts support a range of nonprofits, from PEN America, which advocates for free speech, to reproductive health organization Planned Parenthood to Team Rubicon, a disaster response organization.How to help those affected by the California wildfires
“I want everyone to feel like they can do something because there’s a lot of hopelessness out there — like, ‘We’re just so screwed. There’s nothing we can do’,” he said.
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