The Philanthropic Arm of Google

GoatJuggler writes "I accidentally visited google.org recently and ended up at a different Google site that appears to be a placeholder for Google's future foray into the world of philanthropy. A quote from Sergey Brin & Larry Page is there now, 'We hope that someday this institution will eclipse Google itself in overall world impact by ambitiously applying innovation and significant resources to the largest of the world's problems.' Not much to see there now, but it's certainly refreshing to see a successful company leveraging their success to do good. Googling part of that quote led me to a blog that references the uniqueness of Google's SEC filing. The Google Foundation is referenced, and Google's job page now mentions that they are looking to fill the position of Executive Director for the Google Foundation. So, expect Good Things(TM) (like saving 3-legged kittens) from Google soon."

Comments

Its the Tax Stupid

[shashark]

Been there, heard that before. From Bill G to Larry E. All say the same damn thing. Nothing beats the aura of being a Messiah.

And they fail to mention "the tax breaks" they get. Instead of parting with money in form of taxes, and let the govt do the job, they would rather spend it themselves and get the attention. Ah, it feels like god.

And what about the offshore dev centre they own in India -- two of them actually. Will they be doing some philanthropy in India too since they already get huge tax breaks for their development centre in India(being an EOU).
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All our taxes are belongs to you.

Personally,...

[CarpetShark]

Personally, I'm hoping they'll take out Bill Gates first ;)

In other news, Sergey & Larry took a dump toda

[duffbeer703]

Newsforge was on the scene to report on every grunt and movement. Witnesses report that the feces was stinky.