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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges

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Grand Challenges, an initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, fosters innovation to solve key global health and development problems.

Grand Challenges initiatives use challenges to focus attention and effort on specific problems. These challenges are launched as open requests for grant proposals, refining the process of sourcing innovation over time. Specific topics are presented for each Grand Challenges round.

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Tax Year Recipient City State / Province Country Amount Purpose
2X GLOBAL LIMITED London UK $600,000 Empower women and girls
4RDIGITAL LIMITED London UK $200,000 Empower women and girls
5METIS INC Durham NC US $357,767 Agricultural development
5METIS INC Durham NC US $1,062,135 Agricultural development
60 DECIBELS INC New York NY US $810,834 Inclusive financial systems; polio
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The most recent tax form filed for 2024 lists the following key individuals.

Name Title City State / Province Country
ACASUS AG Polio Immunization And Technical Assistance Baar SZ
ALLAN C GOLSTON President, Us Program Seattle WA US
ANITA ZAIDI President, Gender Equality Seattle WA US
ANKUR VORA Chief Strategy Officer Seattle WA US
ASHISH DHAWAN Board Member Seattle WA US
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