The Gates Foundation consolidated its operations with the opening of a half-billion dollar campus in the heart of Seattle last summer. New to the campus this spring is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center; opened last week, it will serve as

Rotary International, one of the largest partners in the fight against polio across the world, has succeeded in raising more than 202.6 million US Dollars, thereby surpassing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's USD 200 million target, in funding for po

Throughout my careers in software and philanthropy—and in each of my annual letters—a recurring theme has been that innovation is the key to improving the world. When innovators work on urgent problems and deliver solutions to people in need, the results

SAN DIEGO — Despite a sagging global economy, Rotary clubs around the world have succeeded in raising more than $200 million in new funding for polio eradication. The fundraising milestone, announced this week at Rotary's annual International Assembly in

RI President-elect Sakuji Tanaka leads the flag procession during the opening plenary session of the 2012 International Assembly on 16 January in San Diego, California, USA. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson Incoming district governors left the 2012 Internation

Gates Foundation announces an additional $50 million to end polio SAN DIEGO, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite a stagnant global economy, Rotary clubs around the world have succeeded in raising more than US$200 million in new funding for p

Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and Puget Sound Business Journal 2011 Executive of the Year. It was incredibly difficult to narrow down all of the material that for our feature profile in the print edition. We had stories that were

Valerie Bauman covers nonprofits, biotech and research for the Puget Sound Business Journal. Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the atrium at the Gates Foundation's campus. It was incredibly difficult to narrow down all of t

Left to right: Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Prem Warrior, senior program officer on the Agriculture team, and foundation co-chair Bill Gates on an agricultural site visit to International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Left to right: Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Prem Warrior, senior program officer on the Agriculture team, and foundation co-chair Bill Gates on an agricultural site visit to International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT

Valerie Bauman covers nonprofits, biotech and research for the Puget Sound Business Journal. It was incredibly difficult to narrow down all of the material that will be in our feature profile in the print edition on Friday. We had stories that were

Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the Puget Sound Business Journal's 2011 Executive of the Year. As CEO, Raikes is an instrumental member of the leadership team at the Gates Foundation, which had an endowment balance of about $3

First off, you should know that philanthropy in the United States is a growth market. Over the past 30 years, as the gap between wealthy and poor grew ever wider, total philanthropic giving almost tripled…. This was one of a number of articles this week