News Type: Press Release

John BauleYakima Valley MuseumPhone: 509.248.0747Email: [email protected] YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley Museum’s Preserving Yakima’s Legacy campaign has reached 71 percent of its goal of $3.9 million, with a recent boost…

Melissa JacksonHands On Children’s MuseumPhone: 360.956.0818 OLYMPIA, Wash. — South Sound families can look forward to a larger, more exciting youth museum thanks to lead gifts from major foundations, businesses…

Scot StewartNew Tech High FoundationPhone: 707.259.8524 NAPA, Calif. — The New Technology Foundation will use a $4.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to replicate the New…

Robin HermanHarvard School of Public Health Phone: 617.432.4752Email: [email protected] BOSTON — As part of ongoing efforts to affect the course of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, the Bill & Melinda…

Carrie HarmonThe Carter CenterPhone: 404.420.5107Email: [email protected] ATLANTA — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has provided a $741,000 grant for the reactivation of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication…

Susan DurganAPCO WorldwidePhone: 206.239.0155Email: [email protected] BREMERTON, Wash. — The YWCA of Kitsap County recently received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of $80,000 to support YWCA programs,…

Marja Brandon, Head of SchoolSeattle Girls’ SchoolPhone: 206.709.2228Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — A new independent school designed to ignite girls’ interest in math, science and technology will open in Seattle’s central…

Jacquelline FullerBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206-709-3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has named Margaret Liu, M.D., its new Senior Advisor…

Rodney WheelerAlliance for EducationPhone: 206.205.0335, Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Alliance for Education announced it has received a grant of $2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for…

Cheryl AbbottHarvard UniversityPhone: 617.495.8081Email: [email protected] BOSTON — The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) will expand its work in improving public health with a recent gift of $1 million from…