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May 21, 2025 at 5:18 am

A new award for ‘civic bravery’ recognizes everyday people who step up

A group of foundations are recognizing nonprofits and individuals with a new award for “civic bravery,” that includes grants of up to $50,000.

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May 8, 2025 at 6:45 am

The Gates Foundation’s first 25 years: How it changed global health and philanthropy VIEW

In its first 25 years, the Gates Foundation became one of the world’s largest charitable foundations and one of the most powerful institutions in global...

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FILE – Bill Gates speaks during the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) NYBZ150 NYBZ150

May 8, 2025 at 6:37 am

In his own words: Bill Gates on giving away the remainder of his wealth

Bill Gates is pledging 99% of his remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will spend it all within 20 years.

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FILE – Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Melinda French Gates smiles as she leaves June 23, 2023 the Elysee Palace in Paris. Several low cost and low tech interventions would increase the chances of mothers and their babies surviving childbirth, according to a new report released Tuesday, Sept. 12 by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that tracks progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals set at the United Nations in 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)

May 8, 2025 at 6:13 am

Melinda French Gates reflects on legacy of Gates Foundation as it announces it will close in 2045

Melinda French Gates says she and her ex-husband, Bill Gates, always intended for the foundation they started together to spend down all of its resources...

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A bicyclist rides by the Gates Foundation campus Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) WALW818 WALW818

May 8, 2025 at 5:27 am

Bill Gates plans to close Gates Foundation sooner VIEW

“It’s kind of thrilling to have that much to be able to put into these causes,” Bill Gates says of his plan for one of...

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May 5, 2025 at 11:17 am

OpenAI reverses course and says its nonprofit will continue to control its business

OpenAI is reversing course and said Monday its nonprofit will continue to control the business that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products.

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April 23, 2025 at 2:14 pm

Seattle’s Marguerite Casey Foundation digs into endowment to fill holes dug by DOGE

The Marguerite Casey Foundation plans to significantly increase donations this year to $130 million to help nonprofits respond to policy changes from the administration.

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April 17, 2025 at 12:42 pm

Can the IRS revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?

For years, President Donald Trump has complained that colleges and universities are “indoctrinating” their students with “radical left” ideas and has said they should lose...

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April 16, 2025 at 12:41 pm

DOGE wanted to assign staff to the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice because it got federal funds VIEW

The nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice says staff from Elon Musk’s DOGE contacted them to “assign” a team to the organization and said DOGE staff...

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FILE – Bernice King daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the King Jr Center Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) NYBZ425 NYBZ425

April 10, 2025 at 3:10 pm

In Seattle, Bernice King reflects on the Fair Housing Act and its future in the Trump administration

The daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. warns that decades of work to reduce inequities in housing are at risk. She spoke Thursday...

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