News Type: Press Release

Valerie ChevrettePhone: 518.474.5961Email: [email protected] ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Library announced today that it has received a $7.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to…

Phil BremenCheryl ReedPhone: 317.232.4578 INDIANAPOLIS — Knowledge is power. And Hoosiers using Indiana’s public libraries will be able to tap into more of that power, thanks to a $2.8 million…

Cheryl VarnerPhone: 425.486.8138 BELLEVUE, Wash. — Helping Hands for the Disabled (HHD), a nonprofit agency that operates three residential homes for the developmentally disabled, will be replacing the floor coverings…

Linda WilliamsSAM Public RelationsPhone: (206) 654-3166Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Seattle Art Museum’s five-year endowment campaign has received an unprecedented boost with a $10 million, two-for-one, challenge grant from the…

Matilde RomanowskiPhone: 212.214.0298 NEW YORK — It was announced that the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region, Inc. announced today that it has received a $1,730,000 gift from the…

Ed BlighPhone: 212.551.3114 NEW YORK, New York — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today announced a $2 million grant from Bill and Melinda Gates to strengthen and enlarge the agency's…

Bob RosethPhone: 206.543.2580Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The University of Washington will receive $3 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish two endowed chairs in the Department of…

Barbara George or Pat BergsmanPhone: 425.775.6070Email: [email protected] LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Little Red School House is the recipient of a $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The funds…

Tina NoblePhone: 206.325.3453 SEATTLE — Dress for Success Seattle (DSS) received a $40,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help with the day-to-day costs involved in running…

Pamela MoorePhone: 212.766.5266, ext. 891 NEW YORK — Helen Keller Worldwide today announced a $5 million gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to strengthen efforts to combat trachoma,…