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$50 Million Gift from Bill and Melinda Gates Will Fund Columbia Public Health Program to Prevent Maternal Deaths and Disability in Developing Nations
Rose BergAPCO AssociatesPhone: 206-224-4340 NEW YORK — Columbia University’s Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health has been awarded $50 million from Bill and Melinda Gates for an international health…
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Bill and Melinda Gates Make $25 Million Grant to International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Rose BergAPCO AssociatesPhone: 206.224.4340 Victor ZonanaIAVIPhone: 212.655.0201, ext. 446 NEW YORK — The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced Wednesday that it has received a US$25 million grant, the largest charitable…
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Katherine Harris unveils $5 million gift From Bill and Melinda Gates
Kathy McCord Phone: 850.414.5500 ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris announced today that Florida public libraries will receive approximately $5 million in grants to purchase computers, Internet…
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Four Winds*Westward Ho Camp Receives $100,000 Grant from the William H. Gates Foundation
Marion Mohler, Director of Alumni Relations Four Winds*Westward HoPhone: 206.236.7361 SEATTLE — Four Winds*Westward Ho, a nonprofit summer resident camp on Orcas Island, Wash., recently received a $100,000 grant from…
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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…