Oh no, they got a tiny bit of money from some of Bill Gates' foundations which support education.
It's not from Gates directly.
If it was from Gates directly why would you be upset at him giving some no strings attached money to an educational channel?
(I'm taking it as read that you have beliefs about Gates being bad and don't see a point in arguing opinions like that)
Science is a process, and it's really simple:
There are technical bits that make that easier, but the big parts are keeping records of what you've done and what the results were
Some hypotheses are expensive to test, best leave those to the well funded pros