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Gates Foundation and Rotary Forge a Polio-Funding Match Worth Billions
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Beginning in 2007, the Gates Foundation forged a landmark fundraising partnership with Rotary International, whose volunteers had championed polio eradication through the PolioPlus program since 1985. Through repeated matching challenges — at times two foundation dollars for every Rotary dollar — the alliance has channeled well over $2 billion toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The Gates–Rotary match became a model of leveraged philanthropy and a financial backbone of the campaign that has cut polio by more than 99% worldwide.
Source: https://www.rotary.org/en/rotary-and-gates-foundation-extend-funding-match-polio-eradication
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