Bill Gross To Give Most Of His Money Away So Heâs Definitely Not The Bad Guy In Dispute With Neighbor Timing is everything in philanthropy. Author: Timing is everything in philanthropy. In fairness to the Triple Crown of Newport Beach, Bill Gross has always been a charitable guy, monetarily if not personally. He’s given more than $700 million away, and his philanthropic operation, the William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation (formerly the William and Sue Gross Family Foundation, and rather pointedly not the William, Jeff, Jennifer and Nick Gross Family Foundation) donates some $20 million a year. Still, it must be said that Gross’ altruism has definitely been taken up a notch since he found himself in a little, bad-publicity-generating neighborly tiff.