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


Bill and Melinda Gates shake up control of their $50 billion foundation | Fin24 - News24
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The Gates Foundation is adding four new members to its board of trustees. ... With billions of dollars per year in grants, the foundation...more

Philanthropy Funds Market Major Industry Participants and Strategies To 2026 – J. Paul ...
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Open Society Foundations

The global Philanthropy Funds market research study examines market share, state, and current trends in depth. The Philanthropy Funds...more

3 Studies Explore, Document The Donor/NPO Relationship - The NonProfit Times
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This second body of research within the series includes results of donor focus groups, a donor communication experiment and a donor survey,...more

Gates foundation adds board members after billionaires' divorce - Mint
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Thomas J. Tierney, co-founder of the philanthropic consulting firm ... wide-ranging experience will help the philanthropy tackle...more

Gates Foundation expands board following Bill, Melinda split - KTAR.com
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... it will add four members to its board of trustees, a first for the Seattle-based philanthropic. ... For all of AP's philanthropy...more

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans massive giving expansion - The Irish Times
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Annual spending at philanthropic organisation jumps to $6.7bn. ... figures in global philanthropy had been “a shock” to the...more

Billionaire, Philanthropy: Three New Faces To Help Steer The Gates Foundation - Forbes India
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For the first time ever, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be governed by a board that includes people who are not named Gates...more

Education Finance Lead - Chalkbeat Jobs Board
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The fund's investment strategy is to provide flexible debt financing to ... strategy can crowd in additional investment capital in the...more

Innovative sewage solutions: Tackling the global human waste problem - Mongabay
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Climate projections around the world warn of many more extreme precipitation ... chief technical officer at the Water Environment...more

Six NGOs from State selected for GROW Fund grants - DTNext.in
Foundation: Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation

The GROW Fund is supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Manan Trust, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, MacArthur...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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