Additionally, the foundation, along with a consortium of life sciences companies, announced to build factories and research centers to find a vaccine for COVID-19. As part of the commitment, the foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Impact Fund donated $50 million each and $25 million respectively, to establish the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, an initiative towards moving up the response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in early 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $300 million towards the COVID-19 vaccine research and treatment efforts globally. In February 2020, the Foundation donated $10 million to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to help fight locust's invasion in the East African region. In October 2019, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with the National Institutes of Health, committed $100 million each to boost the development of affordable gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In 2019, Gates committed to spending $1 billion over a decade to grow female-focused programs and improve gender equality in the United States. In May 2016, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $80 million over three years to close gender data gaps and advance opportunities for girls and women around the world. In 2019, the trust had more than $49 billion in assets and donated more than $5.8 billion. Gates also serves as the CEO and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, the private trust managing the endowment assets of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In November 2021, following their divorce, the couple, who had first written their Giving Pledge letter together in 2010, each updated to include their own separate letter.
In 2010, Gates, and ex-wife, Melinda, co-founded The Giving Pledge, a campaign to encourage the wealthiest people in the world to make a commitment to give most of their wealth to philanthropic causes. Recipients include Gavi, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) USA, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), PATH, Save the Children, The Rotary Foundation, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Johns Hopkins University, Emory University, the University of Washington, the University of Washington Foundation, Harvard University, Duke University, and United Way of King County. He serves as a Co-Chairman and a Trustee of the foundation in 2019, the Foundation had assets exceeding $51 billion and donated more than $4.1 billion.
Gates, along with ex-wife, Melinda, is a generous philanthropist and primarily supports educational, healthcare, social, and humanitarian causes through their non-profit private foundation the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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