Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plan to close the Foundation Trust is in contrast to most large charitable foundations that have no set closure date. This is intended to lower administrative costs over the years of the Foundation Trust's life and ensure that the Foundation Trust not fall into a situation where the vast majority of its expenditures are on administrative costs, including salaries, with only token amounts contributed to charitable causes. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), previously branded as the 'William H. Gates Foundation', is a private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in
Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976) is a musical comedy album by Bill Cosby. For nine years, Cosby released at least an album a year since 1964. After a three-year hiatus, this was his first comedy album since 1973's "Fat Albert", and he wouldn't return to a full-fledged stand-up album again until "My Father Confused Me... What Must I Do? What Must I Do?". This is also his first album on Capitol Records. In this, his sixth musical album release (counting the 1971 instrumental jazz/funk album "Badfoot Brown & the Bunions