Founded by Melinda French Gates, Pivotal Ventures accelerates social progress by removing barriers that hold people back.

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Paid Family
and Medical Leave

Paid family and medical leave should be guaranteed for everyone in the United States. We need a national paid leave policy.

Without paid leave, workers have to make the impossible choice between their jobs and the care they or a loved one needs. That’s why we support partners advocating for a federal paid leave policy.

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Solutions We Support

We’re helping allies come together to build consensus around paid leave, design sound policy, engage voters, and ultimately pass a strong national plan.

Fostering Bipartisan Progress

Paid leave isn’t a partisan issue for voters: 79% support a federal program. So, it shouldn’t be a partisan issue for members of Congress either. Our partners work to bridge divides and bring together stakeholders to advance a long-overdue national paid leave policy.

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Making Paid Leave Imperative

At some point, nearly everyone will need to take time away from a job to provide or receive care, which makes paid leave a universal need and an urgent priority. Our partners bring attention to the issue and drive public support for paid leave so that government officials understand they must act.

A mother, who is a full-time caregiver, hugs her son on their couch

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Founded by Melinda French Gates, Pivotal Ventures accelerates social progress by removing barriers that hold people back.

Since Melinda French Gates founded Pivotal Ventures in 2015, we have used different kinds of funding to achieve our mission to advance social progress, including venture capital investments, advocacy funding, and philanthropic grantmaking. In 2022, Melinda formed Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to support philanthropic grantmaking and help facilitate this flexible approach to driving impact.

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