News Type: Press Release

Rep. Ruth Kagi (D-Lake Forest)Phone:360-786-7910 Email: [email protected] Kara Palmer Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206-709-3400Email: [email protected] OLYMPIA, Wash. — Rep. Ruth Kagi (D-Lake Forest) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a…

Wendy WelsMarketing Director, Library JournalPhone: 646-746-6420 With a remote community numbering just 2600, the Haines Borough Public Library (HBPL) in Haines, Alaska, has been selected by Library Journal for the…

Sona BariWHO/GenevaPhone: 41.22.791.1476 Claire HajajUNICEF/New YorkPhone: 1.212.326.7566 GENEVA and NEW YORK — The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF announced today that they have received grants totalling US$ 10 million from…

Patti PiersonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400 Email: [email protected] Anne WinterGlobal Alliance for Vaccines and ImmunizationPhone: +41.22.909.5449 SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a grant of $750 million,…

Sacha AdornoSteege/Thomson CommunicationsPhone: 215.747.7700 ext. 216Cell: 267.243.1593 PHILADELPHIA — A $3.8 million award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Institute for Research and Reform in Education (IRRE) will…

Marianne Bichsel Office of the Mayor City of SeattlePhone: 206.684.8878  SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the selection of a site owned by the City of Seattle…

Kara PalmerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation       Phone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] BOSTON — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced $10.9 million in grants to help public libraries across the country sustain…

Venita LynnFirst Step Family Support CenterPhone: 360.457.8355Email: [email protected] PORT ANGELES, Wash. –- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced a $40,000 grant to First Step Family Support Center’s “Big…

Elisa Del RosarioACRS Capital Campaign Director Phone: 206.695.7521Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) went “three for three” this month, garnering a total of $3 million for…

Becky ZoglmanCalifornia Teachers AssociationPhone: 650.552.5320Email: [email protected] The California Teachers Association and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $1.9 million investment from the Gates Foundation to CTA’s Institute…