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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]
OER Project is a non-profit open educational resources provider co-founded in 2011 by Bill Gates and David Christian.Originally known as Big History Project (BHP), the titular course was intended to enable the global teaching of the subject of Big History, which has been described as "the attempt to understand, in a unified way, the history of Cosmos, Earth, Life and Humanity."
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 ...
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. ... Suzman said if every billionaire were to donate just ...
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. 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 ...