Gates Reorganizes Global Staff and Listens to School Critics - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: In an interview, Jeff Raikes said the reorganization of the staff involved in grant making overseas, which employees dubbed a “global redesign,” will ensure greater collaboration among its employees and projects.
Staff members who make grants to groups that focus on advocacy and shaping public policies will now report to a single leader, as will employees in Africa, China, and India. The foundation’s global-health and global-development grant programs will work more closely together, he said
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Friday, June 29, 2012
The $33 billion philanthropist - The Irish Times - Fri, Jun 29, 2012
The $33 billion philanthropist - The Irish Times - Fri, Jun 29, 2012: JEFF RAIKES’ notion of retirement is a bit different from the norm. When the former president of Microsoft’s business division stepped down from his role in 2008 after almost three decades with the company, it wasn’t to take up watercolour classes, travel or catch up on reading. Instead, he barely paused for breath before stepping into the biggest job in philanthropy: chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Local News | New CEO: Gates Foundation learns from experiments | Seattle Times Newspaper
Local News | New CEO: Gates Foundation learns from experiments | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Some people might cringe while recounting how much money the foundation spent figuring this out. But the foundation's new CEO, Jeff Raikes, smiles and uses it as an example to explain that the charity has the money to try things that might fail.
'Almost by definition, good philanthropy means we're going to have to do some risky things, some speculative things to try and see what works and what doesn't,' Raikes said Wednesday during an interview with The Associated Press."
'Almost by definition, good philanthropy means we're going to have to do some risky things, some speculative things to try and see what works and what doesn't,' Raikes said Wednesday during an interview with The Associated Press."
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