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
The Philanthropy Toolkit: An Introduction to Giving Effectively
Jun 30, 2020
Publisher(s): Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS)
Bending The Arc: How The Full Spectrum of Capital Can Enable Inclusive Growth in Agriculture
Jan 30, 2020
Publisher(s): FSG; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent 2020-2030
Jan 8, 2020
Publisher(s): Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings
Information and Communications Technologies and Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies, Practices, Trends and Recommendations
Nov 1, 2019
Publisher(s): Mastercard Foundation
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
Evidence Review of the Global Childcare Crisis and the Road for Post-COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience
Mar 1, 2021
Publisher(s): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; International Development Research Centre (IDRC); FemDev; Initiative for What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy (IWWAGE)
Bending The Arc: How The Full Spectrum of Capital Can Enable Inclusive Growth in Agriculture
Jan 30, 2020
Publisher(s): FSG; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; UK Department for International Development (DFID)
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