| Our grant-making process helps us decide how to spend our time, effort, and money so we can accomplish our goals for as many people as possible. This process helps us choose the issues we will work on and the groups to whom we will make grants.
While our grant-making procedures may vary slightly, our basic process can be broken into four key stages: Develop Strategy, Make Grants, Measure Progress, Adjust Strategy. (Learn more about our approach to giving.) |
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To invest resources most responsibly, we begin by asking:
- What affects the most people?
- What has been neglected?
- Where can we make the greatest change?
- How can we harness innovative solutions and technologies?
- How can we work in partnership with experts, governments, and businesses?
We look for projects that:
- Produce measurable results
- Use preventive approaches
- Promise significant and long-lasting change
- Leverage support from other sources
- Accelerate work the foundation already supports
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