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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $25.9 Million to the Alliance for Education and Seattle Public Schools to Help All Children Achieve in the Classroom
Jacque Coe, Communications DirectorAlliance for EducationPhone: 206.205.0327 SEATTLE — In a major education initiative, the Alliance for Education and the Seattle Public Schools will receive a $25.9 million grant from…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $350 Million Nationally, Starting in Washington State, To Help Students Succeed in the Classroom
Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Students across the nation, starting in Washington state, will be the beneficiaries of a new series of education grants announced today…
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Secret Harbor School Receives $25,000 Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Anne CiochettoPhone: 360.293.5151 ANACORTES, Wash. — Secret Harbor School and Foster Care Resources has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to replenish its endowment after an…
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Gift Surge Pushes Saint Martin’s Library Campaign Over Goal
Gary Mulhall, Campaign DirectorSaint Martin’s CollegePhone: 360.438.4334 LACEY, Wash. — The $10 million capital campaign for a new library building under construction at Saint Martin’s College jumped over the goal…
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Manitoba Libraries receive million mollar grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Lee CrawfordManitoba Government Phone: (204) 945-6778 Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] MANITOBA, Canada — Manitobans will soon have greater access to Internet services in 46 of Manitoba’s public…
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$703,041 gift for New Brunswick libraries from Bill and Melinda Gates
Ellen Wright, CommunicationsDepartment of MunicipalitiesPhone: 506-444-5348 Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Thirty-six of New Brunswick’s public libraries will benefit from a $703,041 gift from…
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Ontario libraries receive $8.4 million grant to provide library patrons with increased Internet access from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Rui BrumMinister’s OfficePhone: 416.325.6204 Sheila LarmerLibraries UnitPhone: 416.314.7616 TORONTO, Ontario — Ontario’s goal of putting public Internet access into every public library in the province received welcome support today with the…
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Grants From Gates And Packard Foundation Expand International Family Planning Leadership Program
Robert MinnisInternational Health ProgramsPhone: 831.427.4965 The International Family Planning Leadership Program (IFPLP) is expanding its next training session to include 15 additional fellows thanks to grants from the Bill &…
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British Columbia libraries receive $2.5 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Barbara Greeniaus, DirectorLibrary Services BranchPhone: 250.356.1795 VICTORIA, British Columbia — B.C.'s public libraries will receive a $2.5 million gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Municipal Affairs Minister Jim…
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Statement from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Trevor NeilsonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: (206) 709-3100Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation confirmed today that Bill and Melinda Gates have given an additional $5 billion…