Microsoft gives $50,000 more to Washington charter school initiative
(Jeffrey MacMillan/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has personally forked over several million dollars to support a charter school referendum on the Washington state ballot in November – and now, Microsoft Corp. just upped its donation.
The company ponied up another $50,000 more in donations to the Yes on 1240 initiative, bringing its total contribution to the pro-charter campaign to $100,000. That is chump change compared to the money Gates has personally donated: As of Oct. 18, according to Public Disclosure Commission forms, Gates has given $3,053,000 of his own