Wealthy and Wise

Citing a potential economic infusion of hundreds of billions of additional dollars in charitable contributions, money manager Claude Rosenberg Jr. offers people of all wealth levels a practical guideline for determining a comfortably affordable donation.

Claude Rosenberg is Founder and former Chairman of RCM Capital Management (now Dresdner RCM Global Partners LLC, an investment company managing over $60 billion in fixed income and equity assets). Recipient of the Arbuckle Award for Management Excellence from The Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mr. Rosenberg has authored five books on financial topics, including "Investing With The Best" and "Stock Market Primer." He has received numerous philanthropic honors, including the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the National Society of Fundraising Executives, Golden Gate Chapter, and United Way's Tocqueville Award. Founder and chairman of Newtithing(tm) Group, a not for profit philanthropic research organization committed to increasing charitable giving, Mr. Rosenberg is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Philanthropic Research Incorporated (Guidestar) and Co-Chairman of the San Francisco delegation to America's Promise. He also serves on several non-profit advisory boards, including Harvard University's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.