Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Grantmaking areas are: 1) Global Development: to help the world’s poorest people lift themselves out of hunger and poverty; 2) Global Health: to harness advances in science and technology to save lives in developing countries; and 3) U.S. Division: to improve U.S. high school and postsecondary education and support vulnerable children and families in Washington State.
titles from this organization

Safely Managed Sanitation in High-Density Rural Areas : Turning Fecal Sludge into a Resource Through Innovative Waste Management
Sep 1, 2019
Publisher(s): World Bank Group

Integrating Technology and Advising: Studying Enhancements to Colleges’ iPASS Practices
Jul 29, 2019
Publisher(s): MDRC; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teachers College, Columbia University

Integrating Technology and Advising: Studying Enhancements to Colleges’ iPASS Practices
Jul 29, 2019
Publisher(s): MDRC; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers Know Best: Making Data Work For Teachers and Students
May 29, 2015
Publisher(s): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Measuring Instruction in Higher Education: Summary of a Convening
Apr 15, 2015
Publisher(s): William T. Grant Foundation; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Spencer Foundation

Fighting Poverty, Profitably: Transforming the Economics of Payments to Build Sustainable, Inclusive Financial Systems
Sep 6, 2013
Publisher(s): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Feedback for Better Teaching: Nine Principles for Using Measures of Effective Teaching
Jan 4, 2013
Publisher(s): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Measures of Effective Teaching (MET Project)

Ensuring Fair and Reliable Measures of Effective Teaching: Culminating Findings from the MET Project's Three-Year Study
Jan 3, 2013
Publisher(s): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Measures of Effective Teaching (MET Project)

Creating Gender-Responsive Agricultural Development Programs
Feb 1, 2012
Publisher(s): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Innovation With Impact: Financing 21st Century Development
Oct 30, 2011
Publisher(s): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation