# Melinda French Gates Is Donating $215 Million to Women’s Health

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- Published: 2026-06-05T09:30:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: TEDxChange2013 host Melinda Gates – April 4, 2013. Photo credit: Akshara Foundation via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Alice Park. Time – June 4, 2026. Melinda French Gates left the Gates Foundation in 2024, after two decades at the organization she co-founded, but she hasn’t stopped her work in philanthropy. She’s now focused on expanding Pivotal, a group of organizations that she founded in 2015 to accelerate social progress for women and families. On June 4, French Gates announced $215 million in additional funding to Pivotal to focus on women’s reproductive and midlife health, bringing her total support of women’s health to $600 million over the past two years. […] Click here to view original web page at www.time.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio