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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 ...
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]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation United States: Seattle: $50.2 billion 2000 [4] 3 Wellcome Trust United Kingdom: London: $42.8 billion £34.6 billion 1936 [5] 4 Stichting INGKA Foundation Netherlands: Leiden: $37.3 billion €34.3 billion 1982 [6] 5 Mastercard Foundation Canada: Toronto: $31.5 billion 2006 [7] 6 Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...
Earlier this month, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $2 million to match 50% of all DonorsChoose pledges for one d DonorsChoose sees banner donation year with help from Gates Foundation ...
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 ...
Investor Warren Buffett announced another $5.3 billion in charitable gifts Friday, but in a major shift of his longtime giving plan he said he plans to cut off donations to the Bill & Melinda ...
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 ...
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 ...