Gates Foundation Boosts GivingTuesday With $10 Million Donation

Melinda French Gates, co-chairperson of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at a conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 1, 2021. Michel Euler/AP Photo

NEW YORK—The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to the organization that grew out of the hashtag #GivingTuesday in part to fund a database of charitable giving and other acts of generosity.

GivingTuesday, the organization, has helped people realize there is a lot they can give, said foundation co-founder Melinda French Gates in an interview.