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The '''Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation''' was established and funded by [[Bill Gates]] and his wife Melinda, and receives annual donations by [[Warren Buffett]].<ref>http://www.gatesfoundation.org</ref>  It is the largest and perhaps least productive charitable, grant-giving foundation in the world; it has assets of $50 billion<ref name="Foundation">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bill-and-melinda-gates-are-getting-divorced-future-of-foundation-in-question/ar-BB1gk3SG</ref> and a promise to receive another $60 billion over several decades, with almost no accomplishments to show for its grants.  However, its future has been cast in doubt by the divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates.<ref name="Foundation"/>

The '''Gates Foundation''' (called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from 2000-2024, when Melinda Gates resigned) was established and funded by [[Bill Gates]] and his wife Melinda, and receives annual donations by [[Warren Buffett]].<ref>http://www.gatesfoundation.org</ref>  It is the largest and perhaps least productive charitable, grant-giving foundation in the world; it has assets of $50 billion<ref name="Foundation">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bill-and-melinda-gates-are-getting-divorced-future-of-foundation-in-question/ar-BB1gk3SG</ref> and a promise to receive another $60 billion over several decades, with almost no accomplishments to show for its grants.  However, its future has been cast in doubt by the divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates.<ref name="Foundation"/>

The foundation uses a "outcomes investing" approach to making grants.  Like many Silicon Valley businesses, the Gates Foundation is data-driven to set goals and to watch metrics to assess the progress in achieving those goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work|title=How We Work|accessdate=December 26, 2016}}</ref>  The vast majority of the donations from the Gates Foundation goes towards non-faith-based programs.  The Gates Foundation funds the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) which projected over 80,000 deaths in the United States from the [[CCP global pandemic]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/01/ihme-model-estimates-93765-coronavirus-deaths/</ref>

The foundation uses a "outcomes investing" approach to making grants.  Like many Silicon Valley businesses, the Gates Foundation is data-driven to set goals and to watch metrics to assess the progress in achieving those goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work|title=How We Work|accessdate=December 26, 2016}}</ref>  The vast majority of the donations from the Gates Foundation goes towards non-faith-based programs.  The Gates Foundation funds the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) which projected over 80,000 deaths in the United States from the [[CCP global pandemic]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/01/ihme-model-estimates-93765-coronavirus-deaths/</ref>