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Gates Foundation Investigation
LA Times examined which companies the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invested in to see if those companies matched the foundation's ideals. The Times found that "about 41% o the foundation's investments (excluding government bonds and loaned investments), were in companies whose activities end o run directly counter to the foundation's philanthropic goals or high-minded philosophy."
Tags: Bill Gates; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; non profits; charities; investments; global health; housing instability; Berkshire Hathaway Corp.; Warren Buffett
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Lessons learned - KPLU investigates: Private money in public education
The station investigates how successfully the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's initiative to transform America's public high schools into smaller learning communities worked, by looking at five-year grants in two school districts in Western Washington, Seattle and Enumclaw. The investigation found miscommunication and misspending of funds.