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The '''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 in excess of $33 billion and a promise to receive another $60 billion over several decades, with almost no accomplishments to show for its grants.  The vast majority of the donations from the Gates Foundation goes towards non-faith-based programs.   

The '''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 in excess of $33 billion and a promise to receive another $60 billion over several decades, with almost no accomplishments to show for its grants.  The vast majority of the donations from the Gates Foundation goes towards non-faith-based programs.   

'''''Even the federal government gives a higher percentage of discretionary grants to faith-based programs than the Gates Foundation does'''''.  For example, 11% of [[United States of America|United States]] federal community grants by the Bush Administration goes towards [[faith-based programs]].  Zero percent of the nearly $100 million in grants by the [[Gates Foundation]] in 2007 (as of June 2007) has gone towards faith-based programs, even though the the [[Gates Foundation]] is not constrained by the [[Establishment Clause]].<ref>[http://www.gatesfoundation.org/UnitedStates/Grants/default.htm?showYear=2007] </ref>

'''''Even the federal government gives a higher percentage of discretionary grants to faith-based programs than the Gates Foundation does'''''.  For example, 11% of [[United States of America|United States]] federal community grants by the Bush Administration goes towards [[faith-based programs]].  Zero percent of the nearly $100 million in grants by the [[Gates Foundation]] in 2007 (as of June 2007) has gone towards faith-based programs, even though the the [[Gates Foundation]] is not constrained by the [[Establishment Clause]].<ref>[http://www.gatesfoundation.org/UnitedStates/Grants/default.htm?showYear=2007] </ref>