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A private philanthropic foundation established in 2000, work focuses on offering the opportunity to dramatically improve the quality of life for billions of people—from poverty to health to education. The foundation focuses on building partnerships that bring together resources, expertise, and vision—working with organizations around the globe to identify issues, find answers, and drive change. In 2022 the foundation funded grantees in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Internationally, the foundation funded work in 141 countries.
The foundation's four strategic approaches include:
Grantmaking areas include:
The foundation also maintains a Charitable Sector Support initiative.
The United States Program Division, most relevant to U.S. learn-and-work ecosystem efforts, works to ensure everyone in the United States can learn, grow, and get ahead, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or family income. The Education-to-Workforce Indicator Framework (E-W Framework), developed in partnership with experts representing more than 15 national and community organizations, provides guidance for cross-sector collaborative work and alignment of education-to-workforce data systems supported by the foundation. The Framework promotes the use of a common set of metrics and principles to assess and address disparities along the pre-K-to-workforce continuum.
Areas of grantmaking in the U.S. Program Division include: