Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was created in January 2000 by merging with the Gates Learning Foundation. Today it is led by William H. Gates Sr. and Patty Stonesifer. Its goal is to support programs in the areas of global health, education, and libraries in the Pacific Northwest. This foundation supports and prepares high school students for college, maintains access to computers and the Internet in libraries, and increases affordable housing.

     This foundation first became interested in vaccines after Bill and Melinda Gates read an article in The New York Times. The article spoke of how the citizens of the United States of America rarely think of the diseases that have been removed from their country, and how they are affecting many other countries. It is these diseases that are killing many children in other countries around the world.

     Above everything, this foundation seeks to lower unequal opportunities and promise that new chances and advances in health and learning are available to those who need them most. Learn more about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, click Here.