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Gates Learning Foundation Selects Education Initiative Director
Susan DurganAPCO AssociatesPhone: (206) 239-0155 REDMOND, Washington — The Gates Learning Foundation announced today that Tom Vander Ark, superintendent of the Federal Way Public Schools, has been named executive director…
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William H. Gates Foundation Awards PATH $5 Million to Aid Nutrition in Developing Countries
Helen GeorgesPhone: 206.285.3500Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), a Seattle-based nonprofit, announced today the William H. Gates Foundation has awarded it a $5 million grant…
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California Public Libraries to receive $11 million grant from Bill and Melinda Gates
Robert DaselerCalifornia State LibraryPhone: 916.654.0108 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California State libraries will soon be able to expand access to computers and the Internet for library patrons in low-income communities thanks…
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Gates Library Initiative Forms Advisory Group for U.S. Programs
Susan DurganGates Learning FoundationPhone: (206) 224-4340 REDMOND, Washington — The Gates Library Initiative (GLI) today announced the formation of an Advisory Group to provide counsel to the Initiative on its…
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Gates Library Initiative distributes grant applications to library agencies in Canadian provinces and territories, and Nunavut
Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] REDMOND, Wash. — The Gates Library Initiative today announced that Canadian grant application guidelines have been distributed to the provincial and territorial…
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Gates Library Initiative distributes third round grant applications
Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: (206) 709-3100Email: [email protected] REDMOND, Wash. — The Gates Library Initiative today announced that applications for the third round of grants have been distributed to…
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East-West Center Awarded $2.3 Million For Population and Health Research
Karen KnudsenPhone: 808.944.7195 The East-West Center has received five grants totaling $2,304,283 for population- and health-related research, training and dialogue. They include two subcontracts from the U.S. Agency for International…
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UN Population Fund Hails Bill and Melinda Gates’ $2.2 Billion Donation to Fund Population and Health Activities Worldwide
Abubakar DungusPhone: +31(70)-306-5719, Email: [email protected] Brian Kelly Phone: (212) 297-5023, Email: [email protected] Corrie ShanahanPhone: +31(70)-306-5716, Email: [email protected] William A. RyanPhone: +31(70)-306-5719, Email: [email protected] THE HAGUE — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today…
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Bill and Melinda Gates Announce a $100 Million Gift to Establish the Bill and Melinda Gates Children’s Vaccine Program
Laury BryantLucas Bryant and BergPhone: 425.454.0207, 206.660.7522 (cellular) Rose Berg Lucas Bryant and BergPhone: 425.454.0207Email: [email protected] NEW YORK — Bill and Melinda Gates today announced the establishment of the Bill and…
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Global Health Council Receives Grants Totaling $475,000 From Gates, Kellogg, MacArthur Foundations
Jim PalmerGlobal Health CouncilPhone: 202.833.5900 WASHINGTON — The Global Health Council has been awarded grants totaling nearly a half a million dollars from the William H. Gates, W.R. Kellogg, and…