News Type: Press Release

Joan R. Clarke, Development DirectorSaint George’s SchoolPhone: 509.466.1636 SPOKANE, Wash. — Saint George’s School today announced receipt of a $2 million grant from the William H. Gates Foundation. The grant…

Allen ClintonCARE USA Press OfficePhone: 404.681.2552, ext. 206, Email: [email protected] ATLANTA, Georgia — CARE, the Atlanta-based international relief and development organization, is to receive $850,000 in emergency grants to aid…

Annabel Stephens, Ph.D.School of Library and Information Studies, UniversPhone: (205) 348-1517, Email: [email protected] MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Gates Library Foundation is giving a one-time scholarship to provide tuition for a…

Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Bill and Melinda Gates announced today that more than 1,000 U. S. libraries will benefit from the 1998…

Richard AkeroydBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3206 REDMOND, Wash. — Alabama is on its way to offering computer and Internet access at every public library in the state, as the…

Susan DurganAPCO AssociatesPhone: (206) 239-0155 REDMOND, Washington — The Gates Library Foundation today announced that Richard Akeroyd, former Connecticut state librarian, has joined the Foundation as library programs director. “We…

Carol Rava, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3100 Email: [email protected] REDMOND, Wash. — The Gates Library Foundation today released its first grant guidelines for U.S. public libraries to help…

Joan Atkinson, Director University of AlabamaPhone: 205.348.4610  Pat Ryan, Director Jefferson County Library CooperativePhone: 205.226.3615 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Public Library Service and the Gates Library Foundation today announced…

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda French Gates, today announced the formation of the Gates Library Foundation—a nonprofit organization dedicated to partnering with U.S. and…