Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation



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.

Foundation Grants and Resources





    

Recent News from Gates Foundation


Melinda French Gates on What Billionaires With 'Absurd' Wealth Owe Back to Society
Foundation: Gates Foundation

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

Bill Gates reveals the one trait that could've made him a better manager - Times of India
Foundation: Gates Foundation

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

'Gigantic joy': Melinda French Gates on her new life after divorce
Foundation: Gates Foundation

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

Eli Lilly Introduces Mounjaro in India: Much Needed Breakthrough in Obesity and Diabetes ...
Foundation: Gates Foundation

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

If India stays on path of 2047 plan, will benefit country, world: Bill Gates - The Indian Express
Foundation: Gates Foundation

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

Takeaways From Our Deep Dive on Workforce and Workers' Rights Funding
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

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

Bill Gates' Philanthropy Work Impacted by US Withdrawal from WHO - World En.tempo.co
Foundation: Gates Foundation

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

Illustrative Grants from Gates Foundation



United Way of King County-$1,500,000

University of California Berkeley Foundation-$250,000

Education Writers Association-$960,962

Business-Higher Education Forum-$910,000

Higher Education Policy Institute-$5,384,226

Center For Law And Social Policy-$400,000

Building Changes-$750,000

Building Changes-$5,383,920

Washington Low Income Housing Alliance-$335,508

MDRC-$13,000,000



Social Enterprise Network Sites


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.




Federal Government Grant and Assistance Programs



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