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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 ...
Melinda Gates – co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Metallica – All Within My Hands Foundation, dedicated to creating sustainable communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services. They also donate a portion of ticket sales in every city visited a local charity ...
French Gates announced the pledge as her first venture after leaving the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Melinda French Gates to donate $1 billion over the next 2 years. Here's who will get the funds
May 28, 2024 at 12:27 PM. Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally ...
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, who co-chair the board, have been the largest donors—they’ve contributed $59.1 billion as of 2022. ... “Small donations, taken together, make an enormous ...
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 ...
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 ...