The foundation was founded on December 1994 and was first named as the William H. Gates Foundation. The main focus of the foundation were global health and community needs in the Pacific North west.
In October 2006, the foundation created two trust structure called Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which distributes grant money, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust which manages endowment assets.
The foundation believes that every life has an equal value. They work to help all people lead a healthy life. In developing countries, they focus on the improvement of people's health and lifting them out of hunger and poverty. In the United States, they seek to ensure that people have access to opportunities that would lead them to succeed in school and in life.
Melinda French Gates is the co-founder and former co-chair of the Gates Foundation.She is the founder of Pivotal Ventures, which focuses on social progress for women and families in the U.S.French...more
Melinda French Gates is the co-founder and former co-chair of the Gates Foundation.She is the founder of Pivotal Ventures, which focuses on social progress for women and families in the U.S.French...more
Melinda French Gates is the co-founder and former co-chair of the Gates Foundation.She is the founder of Pivotal Ventures, which focuses on social progress for women and families in the U.S.French...more
Melinda French Gates is the co-founder and former co-chair of the Gates Foundation.She is the founder of Pivotal Ventures, which focuses on social progress for women and families in the U.S.French...more
Melinda French Gates is the co-founder and former co-chair of the Gates Foundation.She is the founder of Pivotal Ventures, which focuses on social progress for women and families in the U.S.French...more
Inside Philanthropy's been following what funders are doing for working people for over a decade.Major funders like the Ford Foundation stepped in with grantmaking to provide for immediate...more
Inside Philanthropy's been following what funders are doing for working people for over a decade.Major funders like the Ford Foundation stepped in with grantmaking to provide for immediate...more
Social entrepreneur, Stefan Wolf , founded the Beyond the Four Walls, which builds cyber “resource centers” (aka Internet cafes) in rural areas for young women to run.