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.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the Wellcome Sanger Foundation are teaming up to fight some of the world's biggest health problems.
The three organizations...more
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is expanding its partnership with the Danish government, aiming "to make a significant difference for some of the most climate-vulnerable developing countries,"...more
One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region.
The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more
One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region.
The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more
In 2024, Beijing will host the annual Global Forum on Health and Development, an event that's become a staple in the Chinese capital's tech scene, Xinhua reports.
The forum, co-hosted by China's...more
In 2024, Beijing will host the annual Global Forum on Health and Development, an event that's become a staple in the Chinese capital's tech scene, Xinhua reports.
The forum, co-hosted by China's...more
"We have to make it clear to folks that they're not just leaving money on the table, they're leaving progress on the table," self-described "actrivist" Rosario Dawson told the World Economic Forum's...more
Bill Gates has a message for the rest of the world: Climate change is real, and it's going to get worse unless we do something about it.
The Microsoft founder and chairman of the Bill and Melinda...more
Bill Gates has a message for the rest of the world: Climate change is real, and it's going to get worse unless we do something about it.
The Microsoft founder and chairman of the Bill and Melinda...more
"Too often, though, nonprofits' compensation packages are too weak to convince highly skilled individuals to leap.
But what if nonprofits could compete with government and private sectors to...more
First Enterprise Business Agency (FEBA), a Nottingham-based business support organization, is a contender for two categories at the first Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards to be held this coming February.