19
Who We Are, What We Do, And How We Do It January 2012 Ray Blakeney, Program Recruiting Manager

Who We Are, What We Do, And How We Do It · Who We Are, What We Do, And How We Do It . ... Diarrheal Diseases . ... high school and postsecondary education, access

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Who We Are, What We Do, And How We Do It

January 2012 Ray Blakeney, Program Recruiting Manager

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

EVERY PERSON DESERVES THE CHANCE TO LIVE A HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE LIFE.

2 February 2, 2012

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

Our History

3

Bill and Melinda read an article

about rotavirus.

They officially create the foundation.

Warren Buffett decides to give

Berkshire Hathaway stock.

1998 2000 2006

February 2, 2012

2008

Bill joins Melinda full-time at the

foundation.

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 4

What We Focus On

What affects the most people with the most urgent needs?

Where can we make the greatest impact?

February 2, 2012

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 5

How We Focus

Form critical partnerships

Find scalable, sustainable solutions

Leverage science and technology

Take big risks

February 2, 2012

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

Our Areas of Focus

6

25% United States Program

50% Global Health Program

25% Global Development Program

February 2, 2012

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 7

Our Approach to Giving

STEP ONE: Develop Strategy

STEP TWO: Make Grants

STEP THREE: Measure Progress

STEP FOUR: Adjust Strategy

1 Develop Strategy

2 Make Grants

3 Measure Progress

4 Adjust Strategy

February 2, 2012

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 8 February 2, 2012

2010 Grants Paid Summary Global Development Program $489,797

Global Health Program $1,485,337

United States Program $380,966

For the year ended December 31, 2010. Amount in thousands.

(by Program Area)

Operations/ Non-Program Grants $114,245

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 9

How We Advocate

Make speeches

Leverage the power of media

Facilitate meetings

Encourage policies

Sponsor public campaigns

Commission reports

February 2, 2012

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

Agricultural Development

Helping small farmers boost their productivity, increase their incomes, and build better lives.

Financial Services for the Poor

Expanding access to safe, affordable financial services— especially savings—in developing countries.

Global Libraries

Providing free access to computers and the Internet in thousands of public libraries in emerging economies.

Special Initiatives

Pursuing other ways of making focused, innovative, and results-driven investments in partnerships we believe can have an impact on people’s lives.

Providing hundreds of millions safe and sustainable access to sanitation and improving the quality of their water and hygiene.

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Areas of Focus

11

Increasing opportunities for the world’s poorest people to lift themselves out of hunger and poverty.

February 2, 2012

GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

Areas of Focus

13 February 2, 2012

Harnessing advances in science and technology to save lives in developing countries.

Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases

Working to develop and deliver low-cost interventions that prevent and treat diarrhea-related illness.

Family Planning Improving health and saving lives by increasing access to high-quality, voluntary family planning services.

Malaria With proven control programs and promising new research, making headway against the eventual goal of malaria eradication.

Reducing the burden of HIV by accelerating the development of prevention technologies and demonstrating effective and efficient models for delivering HIV prevention and treatment.

HIV

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

Nutrition Focusing on preventing malnutrition in young children to ensure proper physical and cognitive growth and improve disease resistance.

Pneumonia Through improved access to affordable vaccines, significantly reducing the number of children in developing countries who contract pneumonia.

Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health

Advancing the use of practical tools and strategies to reduce the number of mothers and newborns who die during and immediately after childbirth.

Neglected and Other Infectious Diseases

Working with our partners to reduce the burden of neglected diseases, such as guinea worm and river blindness.

Areas of Focus (cont.)

14 February 2, 2012

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

Tobacco By accelerating the adoption of strategies to prevent and reduce tobacco use, reducing the occurrence of tobacco-related disease in developing countries.

Tuberculosis Developing and introducing with our partners new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat tuberculosis.

With our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, exploring every avenue to help eradicate this crippling disease.

Polio

Vaccines Focusing on the discovery, development, and delivery of vaccines, which offer the greatest and most cost-effective way to prevent disease.

Areas of Focus (cont.)

15 February 2, 2012

UNITED STATES PROGRAM

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

Providing greater opportunity through improving high school and postsecondary education, access to information, and stable housing.

Education

College-Readiness Ensuring that students graduate from high school ready for college.

Postsecondary Success

Ensuring that students earn a postsecondary credential with value in the workplace.

Ensuring access to computers and the Internet. U.S. Libraries

Pacific Northwest Breaking the cycle of family homelessness.

Areas of Focus

17 February 2, 2012

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 18 February 2, 2012

The World Today

Individuals Nonprofits Governments Businesses

TOGETHER WE CAN HELP PEOPLE

IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.

© 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 19 © 2010 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries.

Learn more at www.gatesfoundation.org or join the conversation at www.gatesfoundation.org/community