UMelinda Gates noBill Gates bathetha eqongeni ngexesha leenzuzo zeRobin Hood Foundation ze2018 kwiziko iJacob Javitz ngoMeyi 14, 2018 kwisiXeko saseNew York.I-Kevin Mazur / i-Getty Izithombe zeRobin Hood UBill Gates kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uMelinda Gates, kunjalo Ukuphelisa umtshato wabo oneminyaka engama-27 . Kodwa ukuzibophelela kwabo ekwabelaneni ngako kwisiseko sosapho, nakwiminyaka emininzi, baya kuhlala, utshilo esi sibini.
UMthetho oYilwayo kunye noMelinda Gates Foundation ngowona mbutho mkhulu wabucala wobubele e-U.S. Isisa siqeshe abantu abayi-1,600 kwihlabathi jikelele kwaye sinikela ngezigidigidi zeedola minyaka le kwizizathu zokunceda ukuphelisa intlupheko, impilo yoluntu kunye nemfundo kumazwe angaphezu kwe-130.
Esi ayisosiseko sosapho sincinci esiza kuqhekeka ngenxa yokuba umtshato uqhawuka, eli liziko elikhulu, elinobungcali, uDavid Callahan, umseki wewebhusayithi yeendaba ngaphakathi kwePhilanthropy, uxelele i-BBC .
Isiseko seGates senziwe kwi-2000 njengokudityaniswa kwemizamo emibini yesisa yangaphambili. UBill Gates wayengoyena mntu usisityebi emhlabeni ngelo xesha kwaye wayezikhwebula ngokuthe ngcembe ekusebenzeni kwemihla ngemihla kweMicrosoft ukugxila kwimisebenzi yesisa.
Imirhumo yokuqala yesiseko yayiquka izithembiso ku-Gavi, umfelandawonye wesitofu sokugonya ojolise ekuphuculeni ukufikelela kogonyo kumazwe ahluphekayo, kunye ne-Global Fund, esebenza ukuphelisa izifo ezisongela ubomi ezifana nesifo seengcongconi, isifo sephepha kunye noGawulayo.
NgoJuni 2020, iBill & Melinda Gates Foundation kwaziswa Isithembiso seminyaka emihlanu esixabisa i-1.6 yezigidi zeerandi ku-Gavi Izitofu ze-covid-19 kubantwana abahlala kumazwe ahlwempuzekileyo ehlabathini.
Isiseko seGates ngoku silawula isibonelelo esimalunga ne- $ 50 yezigidigidi. Ukugcina imeko yayo yokukhululwa kwirhafu phantsi kwekhowudi ye-IRS '501 (c) (3), isiseko kufuneka sinike ubuncinci ipesenti ye-5 yeasethi yayo ngonyaka kwizizathu zokupha. Isiseko seGates sinikela malunga ne-5 yezigidigidi zeedola minyaka le, ngaphezulu komgangatho omncinci we-IRS. Isiseko sigcina kwaye sikhulisa ubungakanani beasethi yaso ngokubuyisa utyalo-mali.
Nangona kunjalo, ayinguye wonke umntu ovumelana nendlela iGateses echitha ngayo imali. Impembelelo enkulu yesiseko kwiindawo zentlalo ekhetha ukuyixhasa ibangele iingxoxo malunga nokuba iyayisebenzisa na idemokhrasi xa isityebi esinobutyebi obunamandla sinokuba nefuthe elinamandla kumgaqo-nkqubo woluntu.
Kwimpilo yoluntu, umzekelo, isiseko seGates sesona sibonelelo sabucala sikhulu kuMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi. Isiseko sizifumene sikwimeko enzima kunyaka ophelileyo xa urhulumente wase-US ekhokelwa ngu-Mongameli wangaphambili u-Donald Trump wasongela ngokumisa inkxaso-mali kwi-WHO.
E-U.S., Esinye seziseko zeGates sigxile kwimfundo. Ixhaswe ngamawakawaka ezifundo zaseyunivesithi ezinikezelwe kubafundi abanengeniso ephantsi, yenza izikolo eziphakamileyo ezincinci kwaye yanceda ekuphumezeni iMigangatho yesiXeko yesiqhelo. Amanye ala manyathelo aphikisanayo. Abagxeki bathi uninzi lweeprojekthi zemfundo eziphambili zenzakalise izikolo zikarhulumente kuba bezingasebenzi kwasekuqaleni kwaye zisebenzisa izixhobo ezinokusetyenziswa ngcono, ubhale IWashington Post Intatheli yezemfundo uValerie Strauss.
Kuyafaneleka ukuba uqaphele ukuba isiseko seGates senza i-akhawunti engaphantsi kwesiqingatha seGateses enkulu. NgokukaBloomberg, iBill Gates ixabisa i-144 yezigidigidi zeedola kule veki. Isiqingatha soko ngokusemthethweni sesikaMelinda. Esi sibini sivumelane ngelungiselelo labucala lokwahlula imali ngaphandle kwesiseko.
Kukho iitransekshini ezimbalwa eziphawuleyo okoko kwabhengezwa uqhawulo-mtshato. Ngokwengxelo ye Ukufayilwa kwe-SEC NgoMvulo, uBill Gates unike uMelinda i-2.4 yezigidi zeedola kwisitokhwe kwiinkampani ezininzi, kubandakanya ne-14.1 yezigidi zeerandi zaseCanada Railway ezixabisa i-1.5 yezigidigidi zeedola, i-2.9 yezigidi ze-AutoNation ezixabisa i-310 yezigidi zeedola, i-25.8 yezigidi ze-Coca-Cola Femsa ezixabisa i-121 yezigidi zeedola, kwaye Izabelo ezili-155.4 zeGrupo Televisa SA, ezixabisa i-386 yezigidi zeedola.
