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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.
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www.gatesfoundation.org
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Twitter - @gatesfoundation
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Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation
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.
Web Address
www.gatesfoundation.org
Social Media Links
Facebook - www.facebook.com/billmelindagatesfoundation
Twitter - @gatesfoundation
YouTube - www.youtube.com/gatesfoundation
Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation
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Recent News from Gates Foundation
Advancing Global Climate-Resilient, Digitized Sanitation in Cities
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is putting its money where its mouth is in a new report on the world's water woes. The study by a consortium led by Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor,...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is putting its money where its mouth is in a new report on the world's water woes. The study by a consortium led by Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor,...more
Impact Toolbox Youth in Development Fellowship 2024
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If you're between the ages of 19 and 35, have an idea for social change, and are willing to put your money where your mouth is, you may be in luck. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
If you're between the ages of 19 and 35, have an idea for social change, and are willing to put your money where your mouth is, you may be in luck. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now...more
Maximising the Impact of Your Giving: Why a Dedicated Trust Is Critical
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin is giving away most of the company's $30 billion fortune, the New York Times reports. The 39-year-old billionaire, who recently gave away most of his fortune to the...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is giving away most of the company's $30 billion fortune, the New York Times reports. The 39-year-old billionaire, who recently gave away most of his fortune to the...more
The Tenuous Place of Big Philanthropy in America'S Social Contract
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Moore Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Helmsley Charitable Trust
Sohrab Ahmari's new book, Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty and What to Do About It, isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of free enterprise. In fact, the co-founder and...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Moore Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Helmsley Charitable Trust
Sohrab Ahmari's new book, Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty and What to Do About It, isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of free enterprise. In fact, the co-founder and...more
Is the Mainstream Press Beginning to Turn on Bill Gates?
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Bill Gates is "still exactly who he was at Microsoft: a bully and monopolist, convinced of his own righteousness and intent on imposing his ideas, his solutions, and his leadership on everyone...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Bill Gates is "still exactly who he was at Microsoft: a bully and monopolist, convinced of his own righteousness and intent on imposing his ideas, his solutions, and his leadership on everyone...more
Melinda Gates Net Worth: More Firepower To Help 'Every Woman And Girl' | IBTimes
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Melinda continues to be the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropic venture that has granted more than $50 billion,...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Melinda continues to be the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropic venture that has granted more than $50 billion,...more
The P4: A New Public-Private Partnership Model
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There's a new way to give and a new way to get it done. Mashable reports on the Public-Philanthropic Partnership, a new way for philanthropists to work with nonprofits to solve some of the...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
There's a new way to give and a new way to get it done. Mashable reports on the Public-Philanthropic Partnership, a new way for philanthropists to work with nonprofits to solve some of the...more
Environmental Funders Networkenvironmental Impact Investing Group
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The world's biggest philanthropists are putting their money where their mouth isin the form of environmental impact investments. The World Wildlife Fund and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
The world's biggest philanthropists are putting their money where their mouth isin the form of environmental impact investments. The World Wildlife Fund and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...more
Why Bill Gates Says Ai Will Supercharge Medical Innovations
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"If I had to make a prediction, in high-income countries like the United States, I would guess that we are 18-24 months away from significant levels of AI use by the general population," Bill Gates...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
"If I had to make a prediction, in high-income countries like the United States, I would guess that we are 18-24 months away from significant levels of AI use by the general population," Bill Gates...more
Bill Gates Predicts 'Supercharged' AI Innovation on Climate, Healthcare Issues - Slashdot
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The most successful economies are driven by innovative industries that evolve to meet the needs of a changing world. My favorite innovation...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation
The most successful economies are driven by innovative industries that evolve to meet the needs of a changing world. My favorite innovation...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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