Dr. Stellah Bosire champions women’s economic empowerment and health equity. Learn how her work is transforming lives in ...

We are data people, and this is a data report. Sort of. In 2015, leaders from 193 countries agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals—the SDGs. These were big, bold objectives we wanted to achieve ...

When historians write about the first quarter of the 21st century, I think they may sum it up this way: Twenty years of unprecedented progress followed by five years of stagnation. This is true for ...

Many of the questions we receive can be answered by information on our web site, where you can: ...

SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a grant of $750 million, and Norway committed $290 million, to support the work of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). In ...

When a mother dies during childbirth, the future dies with her. The world doesn’t just lose everything she is and will be. We also—all too often—lose her child. The chance of a baby reaching their ...

Cambrie Nelson leads the office that oversees the Gender Equality Division’s business operations, cross-division strategy, and leadership engagement. She serves as a trusted advisor to the division’s ...

The foundation awards the majority of its grants to U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations and other tax-exempt organizations identified by our staff. (Tax status definitions) (Glossary of terms) ...

To support farmers and governments in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia that are seeking a sustainable, inclusive agricultural transformation—one that creates economic opportunity, respects limits on ...

BALTIMORE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations have committed $20 million to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins University School ...

Our efforts to improve postsecondary success, which go back more than a decade, puts students at the center and is guided by these beliefs: Educational opportunity should not depend on race, ethnicity ...

From early childhood, we each saw how our parents helped out in our local communities, and we were taught that anything is possible. Unfortunately, factors outside of anyone’s control make it hard for ...