Bono is Time's Person of the Year
12-22-05 | 09:48 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/200...year20051219_0
The Gates’ charitable work is typically done through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which was founded in 2000. It’s run by Bill Gates’ father, William H. Gates Sr., and Patty Stonesifer, and has an endowment of about $29 billion, according to the foundation’s Web site.
The Seattle-based foundation works both locally, supporting at-risk families in Washington and Oregon states, and globally, promoting equity in healthcare, education and public libraries.
Of the roughly $10 billion it has granted since inception about $5.8 billion has gone on global health initiatives such as battling AIDS or malaria and about $2.6 billion has gone to education-based initiatives. Spending on projects in the Pacific Northwest has totaled around $570 million.
The Gates’ charitable work is typically done through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which was founded in 2000. It’s run by Bill Gates’ father, William H. Gates Sr., and Patty Stonesifer, and has an endowment of about $29 billion, according to the foundation’s Web site.
The Seattle-based foundation works both locally, supporting at-risk families in Washington and Oregon states, and globally, promoting equity in healthcare, education and public libraries.
Of the roughly $10 billion it has granted since inception about $5.8 billion has gone on global health initiatives such as battling AIDS or malaria and about $2.6 billion has gone to education-based initiatives. Spending on projects in the Pacific Northwest has totaled around $570 million.
12-22-05 | 09:50 AM
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What's funny is that Bill and Melinda Gates giving all that money is the equivalent of you and me putting a quarter in the Salvation Army tin. No pain at all.
12-22-05 | 11:15 AM
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Apparently, they don't just donate money but help set up programs and initiatives.
Bono does the same. I think time Magazine's point is that despite being rich and being able to just donate money, the Gate's and Bono actualy spend a great deal of their personal time crusading for their cause.
Bono does the same. I think time Magazine's point is that despite being rich and being able to just donate money, the Gate's and Bono actualy spend a great deal of their personal time crusading for their cause.
12-22-05 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
What's funny is that Bill and Melinda Gates giving all that money is the equivalent of you and me putting a quarter in the Salvation Army tin. No pain at all.
oh yeah, didn't we have this discussion before? I seem to remember something....
