Melinda French Gates plans to match $1M in GivingTuesday gifts to groups that support women
Melinda French Gates is offering to match up to $1 million in gifts to two nonprofit organizations to help spur donations on GivingTuesday, which has become a major annual fundraising day for nonprofits.
Bill Gates calls for more aid to go to Africa and for debt relief for burdened countries
The billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates thinks the richest governments should increase their support for African countries.
Warren Buffett donates again to the Gates Foundation but will cut the charity off after his death
Warren Buffett said he plans to cut off donations to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after his death and let his three children decide how to distribute the rest of his $128 billion fortune.
Melinda French Gates to donate $1B over next 2 years
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, including on reproductive rights in the United States.
As Melinda French Gates leaves the Gates Foundation, many hope she’ll double down on gender equity
Melinda French Gates is already one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the United States and is now poised to put another $12.5 billion toward intractable problems like closing the gender pay gap and increasing women’s political participation, her grantees hope.
Bill Gates' foundation trust bets big on Bud Light comeback
The Microsoft co-founder's foundation trust bought nearly $100 million in battered Anheuser-Busch stock.
Bill Gates says ChatGPT will 'change the world,' make jobs more efficient
Bill Gates says generative artificial intelligence pioneered by ChatGPT could fundamentally change the world
Gates Foundation takes up question of its own power
Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence?
Bill Gates gives $20 billion to his foundation, asks other billionaires to 'step up'
Bill Gates said he hopes “others in positions of great wealth and privilege will step up in this moment too.”
Gates Foundation, women's tennis partnering on health issues
All sorts of requests reach the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, via all sorts of methods, but rarely does a meaningful entreaty come via LinkedIn message. That, though, is how Micky Lawler, the president of the WTA women’s professional tennis tour, first reached out to the group about a partnership during a sleepless pandemic night.
Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19: 'I'm fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted'
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates tested positive for COVID-19, he announced Tuesday on Twitter.
Gates Foundation expands board following Bill, Melinda split
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will add four members to its board of trustees, a first for the Seattle-based philanthropic giant whose decision making has been guided by very few hands since its incorporation in 2000.
Bill and Melinda Gates are officially divorced
The Microsoft co-founder announced his and his wife's divorce in May of 2021.
Bill Gates warns coming climate crisis will be deadlier than coronavirus
In his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill Gates says that it is imperative that the world go from the current 51 billion tons of emissions to zero within the next 30 years to avoid catastrophe.
