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$9.5 Million Grant Builds On Success in Transforming Oakland’s High Schools
Ken EpsteinOakland Unified School District510.879.8582 Madeleine ClarkeBayCES510.208.0160 x303 OAKLAND — The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES) today announced a $9.5 million grant…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Avahan Initiative Announces $47 Million in Grants to Combat HIV/AIDS in India
Aman Gupta, for AvahanPhone: +91 11 5166 4401-5 (office), +91 98100 91402 (mobile)Email: [email protected] Nikhil Kapoor, for AvahanPhone: +91 11 5166 4401-5 (office), +91 98103 89895 (mobile)Email: [email protected] NEW DELHI — Avahan, the India…
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Georgetown Receives Grant For Disaster Relief Capacity Building – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Georgetown UniversityNatasha Rodriguez 202-687-4328 [email protected] The Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University has received a $291,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to…
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New Report Finds Libraries Help Close Digital Divide but Struggle to Sustain Public Access Computing Services
Kara PalmerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3400E-mail: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in partnership with a number of national civic groups, today released a new report…
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Saint George’s School Begins Aggressive Drive for Capital Improvements and Increase Endowment
Pat Spanjer, Communications AssociatePhone: 509.466.1636Email: [email protected] Saint George’s School: www.sgs.org SPOKANE, Wash. — Saint George’s School, Spokane’s only K-12 independent school, has launched a $10 million capital campaign in conjunction…
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Gates Foundation Commits $82.9 Million to Develop New Tuberculosis Vaccines
Patti PiersonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today an $82.9 million grant to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation to support…
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West Virginia Library System Highlighted as a National Model in Helping Bridge the Digital Divide
Marie GroarkBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3400E-mail: [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today commended West Virginia leaders, including Governor Wise and…
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Eighteen States Awarded Grants to Sustain Public Access Computing in Libraries
Marie GroarkBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3400E-mail: [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced grants to 18 states to help public libraries continue to provide…
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De Paul Youth Treatment Center Poised to Double its Capacity to Help Teens Struggling with Drug, Alcohol Abuse
Barbara Gibbs, Director of DevelopmentPhone: 503.535.1161Email: [email protected] De Paul Treatment Centers: www.depaultreatmentcenters.org PORTLAND — The De Paul Youth Treatment Center in northeast Portland has received a grant of $500,000 from…
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Community Benefits from Completion of Children’s Museum of Skagit County
Cate Melcher, Executive DirectoChildren’s Museum of Skagit County Phone: 360.419.7474Children’s Museum of Skagit County: www.skagitchildrensmuseum.org MT.VERNON, Wash. — A $50,000 capital grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will enable…
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