April 20, 2006
Gates Foundation to Support New Causes
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, announced last week that it is changing how it operates and expanding the number of causes it supports with its $29-billion endowment.
The foundation plans to provide more money to agricultural projects and to efforts that expand financial services for the poor in Africa and other developing countries, said Patty Stonesifer, the foundation's president.
"We have a pretty strong conviction that we can do more in the developing
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