News Type: Press Release

Charles PucieFoundation for the National Institutes of HealthPhone: 301.435.6248 DAVOS, Switzerland — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $200 million grant to establish the Grand Challenges in Global…

Keanan JacobsonCocoon HousePhone: 425.259.3342E-mail: [email protected] EVERETT, Wash. — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $750,000 grant to Cocoon House’s Building Dreams Capital Campaign in support of the agency’s…

Angela PowellPowerful Voices Phone: 206.860.1026E-mail: [email protected] SEATTLE — Powerful Voices, a community-based organization providing all-girl education and programs that foster the development of strong women, today announced its receipt of a…

Janne HutchinsLakewood Area Shelter AssociationPhone: 253.581.8689E-mail: [email protected] LAKEWOOD, Wash. — The Lakewood Area Shelter Association (LASA) today announced it has reached its capital campaign goal to purchase 14 units of transitional…

Tola OzimThurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Inc.212.573.8888 Ext. 223, E-mail: [email protected] Jennifer JilesSS&S Communications770.840.6339, E-mail: [email protected] NEW YORK — Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Inc. (TMSF) today announced that it is the recipient…

Susan BeanSeattle Central FoundationPhone: 206.587.5484 SEATTLE — Seattle Central Community College has received a $250,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help transform the Theatre Off-Broadway into…

Adam S. Bashaw, APRUnited Way of King CountyPhone: 206.461.3740E-mail: [email protected] SEATTLE — United Way of King County is closer to meeting its $4 million fundraising goal for its new headquarters thanks…

Linnea PeoverSeattle Children’s HomePhone: 206.298.9650 SEATTLE — Seattle Children’s Home (SCH) has been awarded $150,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their continuing support of SCH’s Pediatric Assessment Center…

Elieen FromerInsights Teen Parent ProgramPhone: 530.239.6996 x223E-mail: [email protected] PORTLAND, Ore. — Insights Teen Parent Program today announced it has received a $28,500 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…

Kanak Pillai040.682.8123/25/30 [email protected] HYDERABAD, India — On Children’s Day today, the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GOAP) in partnership with the Children’s Vaccine Program at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in…