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December 09, 2008

News Briefing: Gates Grants Aim to Help Low-Income Students Finish College

  • Clara Miller, President and Chief Executive of Nonprofit Finance Fund, urges nonprofits to tame their impulses to do more in the current economy.  [Financial Times]

  • The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announces $70 million in grants as part of an ambitious initiative to double the number of low-income students who earn a college degree by age 26.  [New York Times]


  • The Gates Foundation ensures media coverage of global health issues by supporting news organizations.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:50 AM in Africa, Education, Gates, Healthcare | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

December 04, 2008

News Briefing: Bill Gates Prods Washington on Foreign Aid, Education

  • Bill Gates urges lawmakers and the Obama administration to maintain U.S. investments in foreign-aid and education initiatives.  [Wall Street Journal]
  • Harvard announces a 22% drop in its endowment in an interim report.  [New York Times]
  • The ascension of Philip J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel to the top of the Shubert Organization last week ends a 20-year guessing game.  [New York Times]
  • Earl Stafford, a businessman in Virginia, buys a $1 million inauguration hotel package so that people in need can attend.  [Los Angeles Times]

Posted at 10:07 AM in Arts, Education, Gates | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 25, 2008

News Briefing: Five Convicted in Terrorism Financing Trial

  • Five leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development were convicted on all 108 criminal counts against them, including support of terrorism.  [New York Times]
  • The Gates Foundation expects to slow the planned growth in its grant making in 2009 in response to the troubled economy.  [Associated Press]
  • Many nonprofits will not know the full impact of the economic downturn until they count receipts in January, after the holiday season.  [Washington Post]
  • Supporters of the Holy Land Foundation defendants accuse the U.S. government of fear-mongering.  [Dallas Morning News]

Posted at 10:01 AM in Fundraising, Gates, Terrorism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 10, 2008

News Briefing: UN Using Food Aid as Lever to Lift African Farmers

  • Gerard Mortier, who was to become director of New York City Opera in 2009, parts way with the board.  [New York Times]
  • The U.N.'s World Food Program will spend $1 billion buying food for the hungry this year, in an effort to stimulate farmers in developing countries to produce more.  [Associated Press]
  • A medical trial involving 16,000 children across Africa may start as early as next month.  [Associated Press]

Posted at 10:09 AM in Africa, Arts, Gates | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 22, 2008

News Briefing: New Chairwoman Poised to Reform Smithsonian

  • The World leaders meeting at the U.N. this week face a global financial crisis that threatens the United Nation's efforts to generate billions of dollars to fight poverty.  [Associated Press]
  • Former head of the Gates Foundation is named chairwoman of the Smithsonian Institution.  [New York Times]
  • Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp raise money for Farm Aid.  [Hartford Courant]

Posted at 10:13 AM in Celebrities, Gates, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 02, 2008

News Briefing: Former Microsoft Exec is New Gates Foundation CEO

  • A London-based coalition launches funding scheme to address concerns about existing trade in carbon credits.  [Reuters]
  • North Korea needs $503 million in food aid between now and November 2009, according to the U.N. World Food Programme.  [Reuters]
  • A humanitarian aid flight carrying 17 people crashes in eastern Congo.  [Associated Press]
  • Google.org will convene African health, weather, insect, and climate experts in Nairobi to identify research gaps and opportunities for collaboration.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:03 AM in Africa, Environment, Gates, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 04, 2008

News Briefing: Not Many Speak Their Mind to Gates Foundation

  • After the long and bitter primaries, Clinton calls his foundation 'my life.'  [Washington Post]
  • Network for Good acquires ePhilanthropy, part of a strategy to expand its reach without draining money from other parts of the nonprofit world.  [Washington Post]
  • The Gates Foundation's clout and power worries some critics.  [Seattle Times]
  • Whole Foods shows its support for small-scale agriculture by offering grants to help firms that meet its quality standards.  [Los Angeles Times]
  • IBM's Corporate Service Corps program aims to stretch the company's global reach.  [Wall Street Journal]

Posted at 09:37 AM in Foundations, Gates, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 24, 2008

News Briefing: Billionaires Back Antismoking Effort

  • Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg announce a $500 million pledge to stop people around the world from smoking.  [New York Times]
  • A lively debate in the arts world begins about just what cultural equity means.  [New York Times]

Posted at 09:42 AM in Arts, Gates, Healthcare | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 23, 2008

News Briefing: A $500 Million Home for Gates's Charity

  • The Gates Foundation breaks ground on its new $500 million headquarters.  [Associated Press]
  • Berea College in Kentucky accepts only applicants from low-income families, and it charges no tuition.  [New York Times]

Posted at 12:52 PM in Education, Foundations, Gates | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 01, 2008

News Briefing: The Challenges of Running the Gates Foundation

  • Bill Gates talks with the Seattle Times about moving full time to the Gates Foundation.  [Seattle Times]
  • Five Italian charity workers are kidnapped by Somali gunmen.  [Reuters]
  • A Chinese businessman bids $2.11 million for lunch with Warren Buffett.  [Reuters]
  • (RED) announces a digital music service that will deliver exclusive content to customers; half of the fee will go to the Global Fund.  [New York Times]

Posted at 10:51 AM in Africa, Gates, International | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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