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Paul Allen. v. t. e. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ( BMGF) [ a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the second largest charitable foundation in the world, [ 7][ 8] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [ 4]
e. The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes. As of June 2022, the pledge has had 236 signatories from 28 countries. [1] Most of the signatories of the pledge are billionaires, and as of ...
Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being ...
Earlier this month, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $2 million to match 50% of all DonorsChoose pledges for one d. ... DonorsChoose has seen a banner year for donations in 2023 ...
According to the Gates Foundation, billionaires need to start giving more of their money away: and not just to elite universities, but to high-impact causes that can change and save the most lives.
Two of Gates' kids have graduated from Lakeside School and his youngest child is currently enrolled there. The annual cost to attend Lakeside School is $33,280 a student for the 2017-2018 school year.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation established the Gates Cambridge Scholarships in 2000 with a $210 million donation to support outstanding graduate students' study at the University of Cambridge. [2] The gift is the largest single donation to a British university. [3] [4] The Gates Cambridge Trust's endowment is valued at £333.9 million as ...
The Clinton Foundation (founded in 2001 as the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation, [ 7] and renamed in 2013 as the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation) [ 8] is a nonprofit organization under section 501 (c) (3) of the U.S. tax code. It was established by former president of the United States Bill Clinton with the stated mission ...