{"id":23,"date":"2025-02-28T11:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T19:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:30:29","slug":"who-has-taken-the-pledge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/who-has-taken-the-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Who has taken the Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div  class=\"basic-page-hero alignfull has-global-padding \">\n\t<div class=\"basic-page-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Who has taken the Pledge<\/h1>\n\n\n<p>The Giving Pledge has grown steadily since its inception in 2010. Today, the Pledge is a global community of more than 250 donors from 30 countries who actively connect to one other and to changemakers across disciplines, learning and engaging deeply to drive progress.<br><br><a href=\"\/pledger-list\">View full list of names<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" id=\"h-pledger-spotlights\">Pledger spotlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"cards content-cards wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4108 impact_media type-impact_media status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pledger-spotlight region-north-america\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:15\/11;\" class=\"alignwide card__featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stanley_Ted_and_Vada_500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stanley_Ted_and_Vada_500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stanley_Ted_and_Vada_500x500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stanley_Ted_and_Vada_500x500-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card content-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category card__meta wp-block-post-terms\">Pledger spotlights<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/impact_media\/ted-and-vada-stanley\/\" target=\"_self\" >Ted and Vada Stanley<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-07T18:17:04-07:00\">July 7, 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4087 impact_media type-impact_media status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pledger-spotlight region-europe\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:15\/11;\" class=\"alignwide card__featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Engelhardt_500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Henry Engelhardt, CBE and Diane Briere de L\u2019Isle-Engelhardt, OBE\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Engelhardt_500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Engelhardt_500x500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Engelhardt_500x500-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card content-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category card__meta wp-block-post-terms\">Pledger spotlights<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/impact_media\/henry-engelhardt-cbe-and-diane-briere-de-lisle-engelhardt-obe\/\" target=\"_self\" >Henry Engelhardt, CBE and Diane Briere de L\u2019Isle-Engelhardt, OBE<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-11T10:19:44-07:00\">June 11, 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4085 impact_media type-impact_media status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pledger-spotlight region-north-america\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:15\/11;\" class=\"alignwide card__featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rubenstein_David_2018-May_GPAG-500px.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Rubenstein\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rubenstein_David_2018-May_GPAG-500px.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rubenstein_David_2018-May_GPAG-500px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rubenstein_David_2018-May_GPAG-500px-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card content-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category card__meta wp-block-post-terms\">Pledger spotlights<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/impact_media\/david-m-rubenstein\/\" target=\"_self\" >David M. 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