Editing Paul Allen (section)

===Ebola===
In 2014, Allen pledged at least $100&nbsp;million toward the fight to end the [[Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa]],<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/business/paul-allen-to-give-100-million-to-tackle-ebola-crisis.html?_r=1| title = Paul Allen to Give $100 Million to Tackle Ebola Crisis| author = Stephanie Strom| newspaper = The New York Times| date = October 23, 2014| access-date = February 28, 2017| archive-date = July 9, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170709104751/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/business/paul-allen-to-give-100-million-to-tackle-ebola-crisis.html?_r=1| url-status = live}}</ref> making him the largest private donor in the Ebola crisis. He also created a website called TackleEbola.org<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tackleebola.org |title=Home |work=Tackle Ebola |access-date=July 31, 2015 |archive-date=August 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816034428/http://www.tackleebola.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as a way to spread awareness and serve as a vehicle for donors to fund projects in need. The site highlighted organizations working to stop Ebola that Allen supported, such as [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]], [[Médecins Sans Frontières]], [[Partners in Health]], [[UNICEF]] and [[World Food Program USA]]. On April 21, 2015, Allen brought together key leaders in the Ebola fight at the Ebola Innovation Summit in San Francisco. The summit aimed to share key learnings and reinforce the need for continued action and support to reduce the number of Ebola cases to zero, which was achieved in January 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hanley |first=Blair |url=http://www.geekwire.com/2015/lessons-from-the-worlds-ebola-response-faster-intervention-better-communication-needed/ |title=Lessons from the world's Ebola response: faster intervention, better communication needed |work=GeekWire |date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=July 31, 2015 |archive-date=August 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818124659/http://www.geekwire.com/2015/lessons-from-the-worlds-ebola-response-faster-intervention-better-communication-needed/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2015, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced it would award seven new grants totaling $11&nbsp;million to prevent future widespread outbreaks of the virus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul G. Allen Ebola Program Awards $11 Million to Prevent Epidemics|url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/paul-g.-allen-ebola-program-awards-11-million-to-prevent-epidemics|work=Philanthropy News Digest|access-date=November 4, 2015|archive-date=November 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114192744/http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/paul-g.-allen-ebola-program-awards-11-million-to-prevent-epidemics|url-status=live}}</ref>