Person
Melinda French Gates
Philanthropist; co-founder of the Gates Foundation until 2024; founder of Pivotal.
She left the Gates Foundation in 2024 and now gives through Pivotal, an LLC she founded in 2015.
Connections 3
founded
- Pivotal 2015 Scholarship & press 1
- Gates Foundation Scholarship & press 2
signed
- The Giving Pledge 2010 Primary record 3
Timeline 2 dates
- 2010 Melinda French Gates signed The Giving Pledge
- 2015 Melinda French Gates founded Pivotal
Proof 3 sources
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These 6 Major Funders Are LLCs, Not Foundations, Inside Philanthropy, 23 Apr 2026.
Scholarship & press
Since Melinda French Gates’ departure from the Gates Foundation in 2024, her pre-existing LLC, Pivotal Ventures, now Pivotal , has become the linchpin of her philanthropy.
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Melinda French Gates announces $1 billion donation to support women and families, including reproductive rights, CBS News, 28 May 2024.
Scholarship & press
as she steps away from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , which she helped to co-found nearly 25 years ago
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates is donating $1 billion over the next two years to support women and families, including reproductive rights
For too long, a lack of money has forced organizations fighting for women's rights into a defensive posture while the enemies of progress play offense. I want to help even the match.
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Forty U.S. families take Giving Pledge, The Giving Pledge, 4 Aug 2010.
Primary record
Bill and Melinda Gates
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