Look, it makes me a little squeamish to extol a billionaire, for our society already has too much worship of the wealthy — and, in any case, the working poor in America are often more generous in percentage terms (and in volunteering) than those far better off.
In Pictures: America's Most Generous Companies (Percentage of Profits Donated).
In short, to really thrive in this category, you need big distribution deals with generous revenue share percentages.
As Nicholas D. Kristof said, "Amazingly the working poor, who have the least resources, somehow manage to be more generous as a percentage of income than the middle class".
To regain its footing, the auto industry is trying to put buyers in 2010 models by dangling familiar incentives like cash back, financing at low or zero annual percentage rates, generous trade-in allowances and the like.
Georgia Tech has the most generous alumni donor base, percentage wise, of any public university ranked in the top 50.
With an industry still a tad damp behind the ears, untainted by the avarice of its nascent prosperity, Brimble was offered a generous contract for gaming soundtracks: a 4% of net profits percentage cut was on the table.
America's Most Philanthropic Corporations 2002 We rank the ten most generous American companies, look at total cash-giving and at giving as a percentage of income.
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