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2. www.usatoday.com › story › newsFact check: Bill Gates has given over $50 billion to ...

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   Jun 11, 2020 · Bill and Melinda Gates have given $45.5 billion to charitable causes, including the eponymously named Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, since 1994, CNBC reported, citing the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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3. www.thenation.com › article › societyWhy Bill Gates’s Philanthropy Is a Problem - The Nation

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   Nov 22, 2023 · The one-sided storytelling about Gates’s selfless philanthropy has created a dangerous mythology that misunderstands who Bill Gates really is and what he is actually doing. After two decades of ...

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5. www.currentaffairs.org › news › 2022How Bill Gates Makes the World Worse Off - Current Affairs

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   Jul 29, 2022 · How Bill Gates Makes the World Worse Off. Billionaires giving to charity, also called philanthrocapitalism, doesn’t actually empower the world’s neediest or reduce inequality. Linsey McGoey is professor of sociology at the University of Essex. She was one of the earliest major critics of the Gates Foundation’s work, and her 2015 book No ...

6. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-56979480Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: What is it and what does ...

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   May 4, 2021 · The Gates foundation was born in 2000 as a merger of two previous charitable endeavours. At the time, Bill Gates was considered the richest person in the world. Bill and Melinda gates to divorce

7. www.cnbc.com › 2022/07/15 › bill-gates-plans-to-giveBill Gates plans to give away 'virtually all' his $113 ...

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   Jul 15, 2022 · In a blog post on Wednesday, Gates wrote that the Gates Foundation plans to boost its annual spending by 50% — to $9 billion by 2026, up from its current $6 billion. “It is now clear that the ...

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   Jan 25, 2024 · The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed to spending $8.6 billion in 2024 to help meet mounting needs and fund innovative ways to save and improve lives. Many philanthropists are stepping up, but this extraordinary moment requires more: more urgency, more resources, and more bold, new ideas from around the world.

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   Is Bill Gates Really philanthropy?

   • The one-sided storytelling about Gates’s selfless philanthropy has created a dangerous mythology that misunderstands who Bill Gates really is and what he is actually doing. After two decades of philanthropic giving, Bill Gates continues to be one of richest people on the planet.

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   How much money does the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spend?

   • This year the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed to spending $8.6 billion to help meet mounting needs and fund innovative ways to save and improve lives. Many philanthropists are stepping up, but this extraordinary moment requires more: more urgency, more resources, and more bold, new ideas from around the world.

   2024 Gates Foundation Annual Letter: Philanthropy’s Opportunity | Bill

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   What does the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation do?

   • The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - the largest private body of its kind - spends billions of dollars every year on initiatives aimed at eradicating infectious diseases and reducing poverty. How did their foundation start? The Gates foundation was born in 2000 as a merger of two previous charitable endeavours.

   Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: What is it and what does it do? - BBC

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   How much money does Bill Gates have?

   • After two decades of philanthropic giving, Bill Gates continues to be one of richest people on the planet. He boasts a private fortune of $117 billion (and that’s after his costly divorce from Melinda, whose bank account today exceeds $10 billion). He also oversees the Gates Foundation’s $67 billion endowment.

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   How much money has Bill Gates given to charity?

   • Bill Gates has been a consistent philanthropist for decades. He has remained extremely wealthy while giving away large amounts of his net worth through steady increases in his financial portfolio. We rate the claim that Gates has given $50 billion to charity as TRUE because it is supported by our research.

   Fact check: Bill Gates has given over $50 billion to charitable causes

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   What does Bill Gates do for a living?

   • Bill Gates has done everything from brandishing a jar of poo on stage to drinking water from distilled faeces, in a bid to reduce stigma and showcase technological advances. The foundation also does work in the US and says it has funded 20,000 university scholarships for high-achieving, low-income students of colour.

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10. apnews.com › article › medical-research-bill-gatesBill Gates made 2022's biggest charitable donation | AP News

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    Dec 30, 2022 · FILE - Bill Gates speaks during the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Gates topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of the 10 largest charitable gifts announced by individuals or their foundations in 2022. This year’s list totaled nearly $9.3 billion.