Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

The nation’s largest charitable foundation has a job opening. CEO Jeff Raikesannounced Tuesday morning that he’ll be stepping down after five years of…

The Microsoft founder and philanthropist is putting his money and time where his passion is: eradicating polio. Gates talks with NPR's Robert Siegel about why it makes sense to spend an estimated $5.5 billion to wipe out the disease once and for all.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation thinks safe sex isn’t as much fun as it should be.At least, that seems to be the gist of one request for a grant…

Melinda Gates is running full tilt against the Catholic Church on family planning and now the philanthropy’s blog is pumping out this thinly disguised…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Bill and Melinda Gates have donated $500,000 to the campaign to uphold the state's same-sex marriage law.The donation was announced…

When you flush the toilet every day, you probably aren’t thinking much about where your waste goes. But Seattle’s Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is…

Even though the AIDS epidemic is still spreading, the disease is not killing as many people as it used to, because of new drugs. And that's emboldened…

Melinda Gates is promoting access to contraceptives around the world, and urging everyone to believe it's not a controversial step.She's co-hosting a…

In a "landmark" legal case, the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline pled guilty last week to engaging in fraudulent, criminal behavior which included…

Earlier this week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the latest 100 winners of $100,000 grants from its Grand Challenges Exploration program…