Empowerment & Opportunity Fund

About

The Empowerment and Opportunity Fund addresses family planning, unpaid work, women in leadership, self-help groups, and financial services. The fund is managed through Gates Philanthropy Partners (GPP), which supports the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's trusted grantee partners. GPP’s funding decisions are made in consultation with Gates Foundation experts and leadership.

About the Host

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.