In August 2010, Robertson signed The Giving Pledge, an initiative by software mogul Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett in which the wealthy pledge at least half their assets to charity. He was involved in donating to several educational causes. Robertson was the founder and benefactor of the Robertson Scholars Program which awards a merit scholarship that provides four-year full-tuition, room, board, and travel funding for 36 Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students each year. In April 2016, Robertson gave $25 million to Success Academy Charter Schools in New York. In 2019, he donated $2.7 million to the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland.
