Largest personal gift to charity made by… Bill Gates

Howard Lake | 3 June 1999 | News

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, yesterday donated $5 billion to a foundation named after his father.

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, yesterday donated $5 billion to a foundation named after his father. This is the largest individual donation to a charity. The William H Gates Foundation makes grants for health, population and education work.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.