Crystal Echo Hawk aims to change how America — and funders — see her people. And Melinda French Gates just asked her to give away $20 million however she sees fit.
Top row, from left: the Carnegie Center in Phoenix, Ariz.; the 1918 Carnegie Library in Port Angeles, Wash.; the 1902 public library in Carthage, Mo.; and the Carnegie Library in Elk City, Okla.
The Gates Foundation has an endowment of $75.2 billion, funded by donations from Bill Gates (right) and Warren Buffett. The next generation of Buffetts — Howard, Susie, and Peter — is poised to become ...