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A OneGoal classroom full of people sitting around a table and listening to a speaker.

From the interview chair to serious barbecue: CEO Mark Suzman in Texas

Mark shares some of his favorite moments from a recent trip to Houston, Texas to meet with education partners and grantees.

Mar 20, 2024

Economic opportunity

What Melinda French Gates asked a Nobel Prize winner about women, power, and economics

Professor Claudia Goldin shares three lessons from her research

Mar 6, 2024

Infectious diseases

The compassionate doctor

Kenyan doctor Loice Achieng Ombajo helps patients—and her entire country—find answers during times of medical crisis.

Feb 21, 2024

Mark Suzman, the CEO of the Gates Foundation, with Talash Hujibers, the founder and CEO of InsectiPro, during their visit to the insect breeding facility in Limuru, Kenya, on April 27, 2023. InsectiPro breeds black soldier flies and crickets and aims to secure Africa's future by providing sustainable protein sources. The black soldier flies are used to produce animal feed and fertilizer, while the crickets are processed into high-protein food snacks for human consumption.

Initiatives

Une occasion unique pour la philanthropie Mark Suzman, Directeur général

The Gates Foundation has committed to spending $8.6 billion in 2024 to help meet mounting needs and fund innovative ways to save and improve lives. Many philanthropists are stepping up, but…

Jan 25, 2024

Initiatives

Philanthropy’s once-in-a-generation opportunity

The Gates Foundation has committed to spending $8.6 billion in 2024 to help meet mounting needs and fund innovative ways to save and improve lives. Many philanthropists are stepping up, but…

Jan 25, 2024

A farmer, Ding, transplants rice in the fields in Shuinan village, Niutian town, LeAn county, Jiangxi province, China.

Economic opportunity

We must boost affordable finance for the poorest states

Climate is just one of the crises that require donors to increase contributions to the International Development Association.

Dec 11, 2023

United Way of King County staff and volunteers work in a distribution center in South Seattle, WA on July 30, 2020. Through the PowerOf partners and DonorsChoose, community members can help Seattle school teachers and the communities they serve through volunteer opportunities and donations. PowerOf is centered around facilitating community involvement and specifically helping areas impacted by COVID-19.

People

9 ways to celebrate #GivingTuesday in your community

The global day of giving now stretches across nearly 100 countries. Here’s how you can get involved.

Nov 21, 2023

James Mutinda at his farm in Machakos County, Kenya. In the video above, James shares his ambitions stemming from his passion in sustainable farming.

Economic opportunity

The prize-winning sweetpotato helping farmers respond to climate change

The remarkable sweetpotato is one of many supercharged crops that can grow despite a changing climate. Farmers are adapting to climate change with it.

Nov 15, 2023

A community health volunteer, Mesaid, conducts meets with an expectant mother, Chizi, in Mariakani, Kenya.

Economic opportunity

Melinda French Gates on how leaders can boost women’s economic power

The case for doing so has never been stronger, argues the philanthropist

Oct 4, 2023

People

5 inspiring reasons to listen (or re-listen!) to Make Me Care About…

Host Jen Hatmaker shares the eye-opening, fascinating, and even delicious things she learned from the experts who joined her on Make Me Care About…, a Gates Foundation podcast.

Jul 19, 2023

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