Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Editorial: Foundation is a model of charitable competence

  February 3, 2010 in Opinion on Page A13 We’re used to seeing “billions” in association with “Gates,” so the announcement that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is donating $10 billion for vaccines in developing countries might not …

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  Grants offer relief to poor in region

  October 30, 2009 in City on Page A7 The region’s impoverished received help Thursday from public and private sources to ease the effects of the economic downturn. Spokane County received a $622,278 federal grant to help people on …

• Gates Foundation hurt by downturn

  June 9, 2009 in City SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may be the world’s richest charitable foundation, but that hardly shields it from the economic downturn. Between January and April, the foundation …

• Gates contributes to polio effort

  January 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 In one of its largest grants ever, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated $255 million Wednesday toward the push to eradicate polio, a goal that has eluded world health …