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Podcast: Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast
Episode: 232:(news) Gates Foundation Divorce & Vaccine Awareness work
Description: Nonprofit News Summary
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Bill & Melinda Gates File For Divorce
After 27 years of marriage, Bill and Melinda Gates have filed for divorce, rocking one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the process. The Gates Foundation, which began working with providing internet to libraries, now manages nearly $5 billion in annual grants and employs nearly 1,600 people, tackling problems all over the world. The organization has recently given nearly $1.6 billion to fight COVID-19 globally. The New York Times quotes Megan Tompkins-Stange, a public policy professor at the University of Michigan, who notes that “the foundation’s $50 billion endowme...