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


Upward Momentum Initiative Announces Its First Investments
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health

In Missouri, a child born today has a 50% chance of making more money than his or her parents by the time he or she turns 18, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. That's why three major...more

United States Philanthropy Funds Market By Application - Third Eye News
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, Lilly Endowment, Open Society Foundations

In Missouri, a child born today has a 50% chance of making more money than his or her parents by the time he or she turns 18, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. That's why three major...more

Viatris 2023 Sustainability Report: Continued Innovation for Infectious Disease - CSRwire
Foundation: Gates Foundation

In Missouri, a child born today has a 50% chance of making more money than his or her parents by the time he or she turns 18, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. That's why three major...more

Bill Gates to meet with African leaders to discuss health, Agriculture - Punch Newspapers
Foundation: Gates Foundation

In Missouri, a child born today has a 50% chance of making more money than his or her parents by the time he or she turns 18, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. That's why three major...more

Bill Gates Visits Nigeria to Promote Innovation in Nutrition, Health
Foundation: Gates Foundation

Bill Gates has arrived in Nigeria as part of a push by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support development initiatives across Africa. The Microsoft co-chair is expected to meet with...more

Op-Ed: How Philanthropy Can Accelerate Health Innovations in Africa
Foundation: Gates Foundation

Bill Gates has arrived in Nigeria as part of a push by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support development initiatives across Africa. The Microsoft co-chair is expected to meet with...more

Global Methane Hub releases priorities for philanthropic research - Beef Central
Foundation: Gates Foundation

Bill Gates has arrived in Nigeria as part of a push by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support development initiatives across Africa. The Microsoft co-chair is expected to meet with...more

Bill Gates And Warren Buffett Have Been Friends For Decades. But Rising Tensions Now ...
Foundation: Gates Foundation

Bill Gates has arrived in Nigeria as part of a push by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support development initiatives across Africa. The Microsoft co-chair is expected to meet with...more

Thoughts on Philanthropy from Books Featured in the Giving Review in First Half of 2024
Foundation: Gates Foundation

Bill Gates has arrived in Nigeria as part of a push by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support development initiatives across Africa. The Microsoft co-chair is expected to meet with...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



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