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Clinton Foundation raised more than $124M in 2007

AP — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:35:09 +0000

Former President Bill Clinton’s nonprofit foundation raised more than $124 million last year as his wife sought the Democratic presidential nomination, according to tax forms recently filed with the Internal Revenue...

Gates Foundation gives 104 challenge grants

AP — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:01:13 +0000

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation heard so many creative new ideas when it asked scientists around the world to share their “blue sky” global health projects that the foundation decided to hand out almost twice as much money as...

Statement released by Newman's Own Foundation

AP — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:18:46 +0000

Statement released Saturday by Robert Forrester, vice-chairman of Newman’s Own Foundation:

Web inventor backs group to improve his creation

AP — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:22:03 +0000

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, is helping start a new foundation with the aim of supporting the Web as a tool that’s open and accessible to...

Former Microsoft exec is new Gates Foundation CEO

AP — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:29:27 +0000

The arrival of a new CEO at the world’s largest charitable foundation comes with much less fanfare than Bill Gates’ own decision to leave Microsoft Corp. to focus more on his family’s...

Gates Foundation honors Mexican library service

AP — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:13:29 +0000

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving its $1 million “access to learning award” to an organization in Mexico’s Veracruz state.

Bill Gates to dive deeper into foundation strategy

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:25:35 +0000

Now that Bill Gates is stepping away from his daily duties at Microsoft Corp., he’s going to dive deeper into the work of his $38 billion charitable foundation, established a decade ago.As Patty Stonesifer, CEO of the Bill & Melinda...

Children's group reinstated after fixing paperwork

AP — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:29:07 +0000

A foundation named for a child who was found four years after he vanished while riding his bike has been reinstated after resolving a paperwork problem.The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation had failed to file an annual registration report with Missouri...

Mo. dissolves foundation to find missing kids

AP — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:56:26 +0000

A foundation named for a child who was found four years after he vanished while riding his bike has been dissolved because of paperwork problems, but its members continue to pursue their mission of finding missing children.The Shawn Hornbeck...

Microsoft exec Jeff Raikes to run Gates Foundation

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:20:12 +0000

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says Microsoft Corp. executive Jeff Raikes will be its next CEO.The world’s largest charitable foundation has been looking for a new leader since chief executive Patty Stonesifer announced in February...