AP: Gates Foundation Gives $210 Million to UW, Largest Gift in School History
By Phuong Le
SEATTLE (AP) - The University of Washington is getting $210 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help build a new facility to advance efforts to improve the health and well-being of people around the world, officials said Tuesday.
The donation from the largest private foundation in the world, located just miles from the Seattle campus, is the largest single gift in the university's history.