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Plus, Georgetown University received $25 million for its nursing school, and the National Constitution Center got a $15 million donation to celebrate the founding of the United States, and the donor is loaning a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution and a document that led to the creation of the U.S. Bill of Rights.

President Trump’s proposed budget eliminates much of the federal CDFI Fund, which since 1994 has enabled community development nonprofits to support millions of small businesses and housing efforts. Smaller borrowers are most at risk.

Some nonprofits say it’s an arbitrary standard to financially punish charities that advocate for issues that don’t align with his agenda.

Taxes could top hundreds of millions per year at the Gates Foundation and others.

The true measure of success, she says, will come years after the grant maker shuts down, in how lives will have changed as a result of its work.

Plus, USC Shoah Foundation landed $30 million to endow the Holocaust remembrance organization’s efforts to collect and preserve thousands of Holocaust survivor testimonies from around the world, and the Library of Congress received $20 million to purchase a rare 17th century viola for its collection.

Growing into one of the most powerful institutions in global health, the foundation drew acclaim and criticism.

In an interview, the philanthropist discusses sunsetting his foundation, the Giving Pledge, and recent cuts in aid.

The 73-year-old practitioner of “acupuncture philanthropy” will step down next year, in part to make way for a younger leader to work with the sixth generation of Rockefellers on the grant maker’s board.

Bill Gates said his foundation will give away $200 billion over the next 20 years, accelerating donations in global health and other areas.