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For third year, Paul Allen Foundation giving $10M to support arts and culture in Washington state

For the third straight year, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving $10 million to support arts and culture… Read More

Tech is major focus as Melinda French Gates gives $150M to increase workplace equality for women

Melinda French Gates is giving $150 million to a variety of groups to help remove barriers for women in the… Read More

Paul Allen Foundation giving $9M to boost arts and culture initiatives in downtown Seattle

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is getting in on continued efforts to reenergize downtown Seattle, announcing Tuesday that it… Read More

Warren Buffett says ‘no money’ going to Gates Foundation after his death

Once 93-year-old Warren Buffett dies, his donations to the Gates Foundation will dry up. “The Gates Foundation has no money… Read More

Seattle’s Living Computers Museum logs off for good as Paul Allen estate will auction vintage items

Living Computers Museum + Labs, the Seattle institution created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a hands-on showcase… Read More

In farewell letter, Melinda French Gates calls nearly 25 years at the Gates Foundation a ‘gift’

Melinda French Gates is signing off after nearly 25 years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, telling colleagues and… Read More

Melinda French Gates announces plans for $1B in funding for reproductive and other women’s issues

Melinda French Gates announced on Tuesday that she is planning to grant $1 billion over the next two years to… Read More

Paul Allen Foundation gives $10M to 811 arts and culture organizations in Washington state

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and Seattle-based nonprofit ArtsFund announced $10 million in funding Tuesday to benefit 811 arts… Read More

Ex-Seattle Storm star Sue Bird teams with Coinbase to donate $25K to nonprofit Techbridge Girls

Retired Seattle Storm star Sue Bird is teaming with cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase to donate $25,000 to Techbridge Girls, a… Read More

Melinda French Gates resigning as co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Seattle-based… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez name latest recipients of $50M Courage and Civility Awards

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez are giving $50 million to both actor and activist Eva Longoria… Read More

Paul Allen Foundation giving another $10M to support arts and culture groups in Washington state

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving another $10 million to support arts and culture in Washington state, building… Read More

Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott join $45M effort to connect and revitalize Seattle waterfront

The ongoing transformation of Seattle’s waterfront is getting a big boost from prominent philanthropists, as Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott,… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez create $100M fund to help Maui recover from wildfire

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez are dedicating $100 million to a fund to help the Hawaiian island… Read More

Gates Foundation selects 48 projects in AI ‘Grand Challenge’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation named 48 grant recipients in its AI Grand Challenge, seeking to encourage new applications… Read More

Paul Allen Foundation gives $10M to hundreds of Washington state arts and culture orgs

Arts and culture organizations across Washington state are sharing $10 million in grants funded by the Paul G. Allen Family… Read More

Ballmer Group giving $43M to UW and others to boost early childhood education

The Ballmer Group is giving a $43 million boost to early childhood education in Washington state with gifts directed toward… Read More

Ballmer Group invests $3M in CodePath to help boost diversity in tech education

The Ballmer Group, co-founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie, is investing $3 million in CodePath,… Read More

Grandfather-to-be Bill Gates sees world through new lens as he outlines assorted challenges

In his annual end-of-the-year essay, Bill Gates looks ahead to 2023 and the global challenges he hopes to help combat… Read More

MacKenzie Scott says she’s given away nearly $2B to 343 organizations over past 7 months

Seattle philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott on Monday announced that she and her team have given nearly $2 billion over… Read More

Steve and Connie Ballmer putting $400M toward Black investment managers

Steve and Connie Ballmer are investing $400 million in an effort to boost Black investment fund managers and Black businesses.… Read More

MacKenzie Scott gives $84.5M to Girl Scouts, its largest individual donation ever

MacKenzie Scott’s latest gift is going to the Girl Scouts of the USA, which announced Tuesday an $84.5 million donation… Read More

Gates Foundation commits $1.2B to global fight to eradicate polio

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday announced a $1.2 billion commitment to aid an effort to eliminate polio… Read More

Melinda French Gates counters Bill Gates’ prediction that their foundation will end in 25 years

Melinda French Gates this week offered a different timetable for the future of the Gates Foundation than the one laid… Read More

Washington arts organizations get a $10M ‘historic investment’ from Paul Allen Foundation

Washington state arts organizations that were hammered by the pandemic welcomed the news on Tuesday of $10 million in grants… Read More

Gates Foundation annual report shows stalled progress due to pandemic, wars — but also reasons for hope

You know times are tough when a typically upbeat missive from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation starts sounding grim.… Read More

Targeting ‘everyday givers,’ Melinda French Gates to teach MasterClass on impactful giving

If you’ve already mastered a skateboarding ollie thanks to Tony Hawk or the art of storytelling courtesy of Malcom Gladwell,… Read More

Jeff Bezos giving $10M to expand Center for Innovation named for him at Seattle’s MOHAI

Jeff Bezos is giving $10 million more to Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry so that the institution can expand… Read More

Amazon donates $1M in STEM education collaboration with Seattle’s Pacific Science Center

Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is teaming with the Amazon Future Engineer program to deliver more science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)… Read More

MacKenzie Scott donates $3.8B to 465 nonprofits as two years worth of giving grows to $12B

MacKenzie Scott keeps on giving. The billionaire Seattle philanthropist and author announced another round of significant charitable donations on Wednesday… Read More