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For 20 years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been committed to fighting the greatest inequities in the world. Learn more.
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty.
If you’re considering donating to the areas Bill and Melinda have chosen to prioritize, think about giving directly to our wonderful grantee partners. You can learn more by reviewing our committed grants or exploring the latest stories, ideas, and news from across the foundation.
From 1994 through 2018, Bill and Melinda gave the foundation more than $36.0 billion. Those donations resulted in a tax savings of approximately 11% of the contributions they made over that time.
This database includes grant commitments made by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and previous foundations of the Gates family (William H. Gates Foundation, Gates Library Foundation, and Gates Learning Foundation) from 1994 onward.
Any financial earnings by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and profits realized by the foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund charitable holdings must be used for charitable purposes. Under this structure, Bill and Melinda have given away more than US$59 billion so far to cure disease, save lives, and help the world’s neediest people.
Since 1994, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates have contributed $39 billion to the foundation. Since 2000, the foundation has spent $79.2 billion. Tom Tierney, board member, said, “Philanthropy is driving unprecedented impact on issues ranging from global health to gender equality to social justice.
Bill and Melinda Gates join Warren Buffett to create the Giving Pledge, an effort to encourage America’s wealthiest families to donate the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes and charities.
The foundation awards the majority of its grants to U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations and other tax-exempt organizations identified by our staff.
Bill Gates shares why the Gates Foundation is committing $912 million to help replenish the Global Fund and fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.