Gates should look to Bill Crosby, with his personal willingness to fund the college education of young black men. Don’t set up endowments or fight for vouchers, just write the checks for a bunch of kids at private schools better than where they are. He could start with the KIPP waiting list or those who applied but didn’t make the KIPP lottery.
And if it would hurt his social life, just keep it quiet about 100K putting 20 kids in private schools. Or pay 100K for 10 disabled kids who are babysat in public but could learn to function in private (deaf, blind, etc).
Changing a few lives eventually impacts many.
I remember reading about Gates at a college telling students that more of them should study computer sciences because Microsoft needed more computer scientists and software types and why aren’t young people responding. A student got up and told Gates that he would study computers and software if he will guarantee he would not ship such jobs overseas. Otherwise why study for something, graduate and not have a job because Microsoft spent money teaching the Chinese and Indian how to do it? Main Street Americans ain’t taking Wall Street and Corporate bullshit anymore.