Since making our first grants in South Africa in 1999, we have been committed to addressing issues such as the country’s high rates of HIV and tuberculosis (TB), social inequality, and inadequate ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $22 million investment in the NewSchools Venture Fund to increase the number of high-quality charter schools around the country ...

From early childhood, we each saw how our parents helped out in our local communities, and we were taught that anything is possible. Unfortunately, factors outside of anyone’s control make it hard for ...

We provide financial and technical support to our Chinese partners and build bridges to international cooperation to help them accelerate product, technology, and systems innovation in health, ...

When a mother dies during childbirth, the future dies with her. The world doesn’t just lose everything she is and will be. We also—all too often—lose her child. The chance of a baby reaching their ...

SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation confirmed today that Bill and Melinda Gates have given an additional $5 billion to the organization this month, bringing the Foundation's endowment to ...

Our organization was founded on a simple premise—that people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live a healthy, productive life. In 2021, we published our ...

We are data people, and this is a data report. Sort of. In 2015, leaders from 193 countries agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals—the SDGs. These were big, bold objectives we wanted to achieve ...

At the Gates Foundation, our values and mission haven’t changed since our doors opened more than two decades ago. We are committed to tackling the greatest inequities in the world, by focusing on ...

Many of the questions we receive can be answered by information on our web site, where you can: ...

The Big Easy is brimming with talent, and untapped potential. YouthForce NOLA is helping students turn real-life work experience into real-world success.

to identify factors influencing small- and medium-sized businesses in adopting practices that could support the upward mobility of low-wage workers, assess the impact of such practices on workers and ...