Bill Gates, Wife, Donate $1 Million to Gun Background Check Initiative
Gates follows Paul Allen's lead with donation to Wash. state initiative
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by Associated Press | August 25, 2014
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife have donated $1 million to a Washington state campaign seeking to expand background checks on gun sales, bringing the total amount the campaign has brought in up to nearly $6 million.
The donation to the Initiative 594 campaign was given Friday but not made public until Monday, when it posted on the state’s Public Disclosure Commission website.
The large donation comes on the heels of fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s $500,000 donation earlier this month. Also last week, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer donated an additional $1 million, bring his total donation to the campaign to nearly $1.4 million.
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