Zuckerberg, wife gift $120M to Calif. schools

The couple’s broader philanthropic goals center on children, education and health, though Zuckerberg is also active in immigration reform. Last year, he and other tech leaders formed Fwd.us, a political group aimed at changing immigration policy, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research. Through Facebook, he’s also spearheading Internet.org, which aims to connect the more than 70 percent of the world’s 7 billion people who are not yet online.

Connecting the world and children: That’s the stuff of dinner conversations in the Zuckerberg-Chan household. A child of Chinese immigrants who arrived in the U.S. on a refugee boat, Chan recalled an early memory that shaped who she is. It was the time her mother left to give birth to her younger sister and she was left with her grandparents.

“I remember thinking when my mom was absent that it’s my turn to step up and care for my grandmother and my grandfather, and I’ve carried that with me ever since,” Chan recalled. She was two and a half at the time.

Zuckerberg, who turned 30 earlier this month, said he and Chan are inspired by Bill and Melissa Gates and others who believe philanthropy “isn’t just something where you can wake up one day and decide to give away a bunch of money and do it effectively. Like anything else, you need practice.”

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