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Gates Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.3B
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4,974
Grants FY2024
1,256
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$350,500,000
Organizations funded a year
768 to 1,256
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
44
Total assets, FY2024
$78.7B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Gates Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $303M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationInternationalHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1,206$5.6B5%
FY20231,256$5.7B9%
FY20221,180$5.2B11%
FY20211,156$5.0B11%
FY20201,132$4.9B17%
FY20191,035$4.3B21%
FY2018907$4.2B39%
FY2017768$4.0Bn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$16.8BHealth$11.1BEducation$6.8BFood & Nutrition$3.2BScience & Tech$1.5BPhilanthropy$1.2BCommunity Improvement$410MSocial Science$308MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United States Fund for Unicef$1,249,754,307831%
Path$1,168,716,344854%
University of Washington Foundation$977,936,776890%
Gates Medical Research Institute$905,806,439845%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$763,291,6167n/a
Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc$481,772,655836%
Johns Hopkins University$447,707,23481%
Emory University$242,016,21081%
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Inc$208,396,537849%
Global Alliance for Tb Drug Development Inc$174,501,239851%
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All grantees of Gates Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United States Fund for Unicef$1,249,754,307831%
Path$1,168,716,344854%
University of Washington Foundation$977,936,776890%
Gates Medical Research Institute$905,806,439845%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$763,291,6167n/a
Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc$481,772,655836%
Johns Hopkins University$447,707,23481%
Emory University$242,016,21081%
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Inc$208,396,537849%
Global Alliance for Tb Drug Development Inc$174,501,239851%
Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc$170,626,137812%
The Scripps Research Institute$168,081,39087%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$162,021,53876%
Jhpiego Corporation$160,874,876811%
Population Services International$157,993,98585%
Cornell University$149,734,39581%
United Nations Foundation Inc$149,562,809825%
Pfizer Inc$141,939,5727n/a
Ehealth Africa$122,940,924795%
Hispanic Scholarship Fund$121,657,260869%
The Carter Center Inc$121,232,425814%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$120,008,81555%
Duke University$118,460,73381%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$118,228,959831%
The ONE Campaign$110,535,000886%
The Task Force for Global Health Inc$105,727,181832%
Family Health International Inc$105,488,68563%
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc$96,248,745730%
International Food Policy Research Institute$92,091,374816%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$86,311,8627n/a
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc$86,200,00082%
The End Fund Inc$85,870,207847%
Georgetown University$84,506,95381%
Pathfinder International$78,681,339812%
The Rockefeller University$78,629,75184%
Washington University$76,827,46780%
The Urban Institute$71,005,444814%
Dkt International Inc$70,915,53887%
Results for Development Institute Inc$70,430,328863%
Save The Children Federation Inc$68,900,28382%
Results Educational Fund Inc$64,068,878830%
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Inc$63,807,563887%
Villagereach$59,342,012856%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$57,926,6237n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$57,566,2097n/a
The Aspen Institute Inc$55,931,366810%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$55,538,221615%
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$53,694,57474%
Center for Global Development$53,631,522848%
The Education Trust Inc$53,426,444835%
Path Vaccine Solutions$52,330,282381%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$52,157,86084%
Health Systems Insight$49,833,787886%
Washington State Charter Schools Association$48,403,015761%
Trustees of Boston University$48,261,24481%
William Marsh Rice University$47,316,94381%
Vital Strategies Inc$45,287,164611%
Research Triangle Institute$43,679,70181%
Inter American Development Bank$43,386,7976n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$43,218,2887n/a
Advanced Education Research & Development Fund$43,030,000436%
New Profit Inc$43,024,952828%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$42,003,03680%
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund$41,983,90187%
New Schools Fund$41,950,867721%
The Population Council Inc$41,596,743811%
Population Action International$40,474,068690%
Helen Keller International$39,550,707810%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation$38,750,95774%
The Rand Corporation$38,052,41782%
Jobs for the Future Inc$38,023,960816%
Tanager$37,476,550762%
Children's Hospital Corporation$37,348,84580%
Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief US$37,270,169846%
Center for US Global Leadership$36,662,847761%
The Broad Institute Inc$36,142,15582%
Complete College America Inc$35,897,397878%
Summit Public Schools$35,885,161812%
Council of Chief State School Officers$35,282,627731%
Oxfam-America Inc$34,751,31489%
The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership$34,506,734767%
Access Health International Inc$34,477,999892%
Technoserve Inc$34,041,39286%
Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc$34,000,000222%
The Barack Obama Foundation$34,000,00056%
Avenir Health Inc$33,841,060781%
The Fund for Public Schools Inc$33,723,755833%
Mdrc$33,723,559814%
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education$33,556,008840%
Aeras$33,365,000393%
Intrahealth International Inc$33,231,56788%
Mercy Corps$32,961,09182%
Project Concern International$32,595,242642%
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Inc$32,334,482884%
Fidec Corporation$32,103,798797%
Khan Academy Inc$32,102,730818%
Dimagi Inc$31,696,1028n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$31,498,58781%
Audere$31,196,0676100%
Wested$30,968,6858n/a
High Tech High Graduate School of Education$30,878,912790%
Core Districts$30,815,202899%
University of Chicago$30,566,97580%
Global Poverty Project Inc$30,560,974814%
United Nations Development Corporation$29,915,707628%
African Leaders Malaria Alliance Inc Souleymane Balde$29,869,830759%
Education Commission of the States$29,853,583836%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$29,775,3218n/a
Northwestern University$29,687,72680%
The George Washington University$29,662,50280%
Resolve to Save Lives Inc$29,571,150333%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$29,366,90771%
Pennsylvania State University$29,109,6368n/a
Development Gateway Inc$29,037,314759%
Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute Inc$28,339,945846%
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids$28,250,000831%
Id Insight Inc$27,999,955849%
Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation$27,717,732616%
Unbounded Learning Inc$27,471,859839%
Zearn$27,461,760728%
New Visions for Public Schools Inc$27,365,582822%
California Institute of Technology$27,298,88580%
American Association of State Colleges and Universities$27,250,015745%
Results for America$27,248,643637%
Blueprint Washington Inc$27,109,024796%
Bank Street College of Education$27,018,20488%
Eastside Preparatory School$26,506,751566%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$26,453,84031%
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Inc$26,102,158738%
City Fund$26,076,849610%
New America Foundation$25,848,447812%
Digital Green Foundation$25,709,989880%
Panorama Global$25,704,081712%
Lakeside School$25,400,000819%
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc$25,350,000880%
Natl Student Clearinghouse Research Center$25,163,300786%
Malaria No More Fund$24,575,745877%
Opportunitywork Inc$24,378,734558%
Edreports Org Inc$24,068,486767%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$23,999,5863n/a
Management Sciences for Health Inc$23,805,82887%
Institute for Healthcare Improvement$23,745,69787%
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$23,713,633733%
United Negro College Fund Inc$23,278,39483%
Regents of the University of Michigan$22,959,2368n/a
University of Pittsburgh$22,925,27680%
Data Quality Campaign Inc$22,741,667891%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$22,403,4917n/a
Commit2dallas$22,088,551731%
The California Education Partners$21,922,871842%
Engenderhealth Inc$21,373,334718%
Center for Advancing Public Health$20,429,847624%
Teachers College Columbia University$20,412,16282%
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$20,311,929713%
Fund for the Global Fund$20,299,887547%
Women's World Banking Inc$20,179,914827%
Center for Strategic and International Studies$19,930,454813%
Candid$19,800,131813%
World Poultry Foundation Inc$19,603,764792%
University of Washington$19,259,2928n/a
Seattle Children's Hospital$19,101,96760%
Gsma Mobile for Development Foundation Inc$18,897,454727%
Cambiar Education$18,796,447622%
Kipp Foundation$18,473,42476%
Great Public Schools Now$18,431,213429%
Tntp Inc$18,200,056714%
Catalyst Education Inc$18,126,730786%
Digital Promise Global$17,980,474710%
California Institute for BioMedical Research$17,930,314151%
Meb Alliance for Educator Diversity Inc$17,854,884771%
City Year Inc$17,807,97773%
International Center for Research on Women$17,662,478836%
Start Early$17,551,833710%
Student Achievement Partners Inc$17,449,466838%
The Achievement Network Ltd$17,098,119817%
International Medical Corps$17,093,77683%
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities$16,784,035725%
American International Health Alliance Inc$16,634,073776%
Carnegie Mellon University$16,449,68370%
International Budget Partnership$16,351,148834%
Blue Meridian Partners Inc$16,300,00063%
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools$16,206,404730%
University of Delaware$16,002,68271%
The Synergos Institute Inc$15,852,467545%
College Success Foundation - District of Columbia$15,673,395592%
Lumen Bioscience Inc$15,603,9197n/a
Excelencia in Education Inc$15,538,230865%
National Center for Civic Innovation In$15,461,078727%
University of California San Francisco$15,444,1721n/a
The Institute for Higher Education Policy$15,397,347885%
Teach Plus Inc$15,181,498834%
Eskolta School Research and Design Inc$15,136,109796%
Yale University$15,078,8177n/a
Grid3 Inc$15,076,575369%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$15,000,000133%
The Coleridge Initiative Inc$14,884,574547%
Board of Control for Southern Regional Education$14,794,535343%
Illustrative Mathematics$14,775,591833%
Friends of Seattle Waterfront$14,750,000324%
Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc$14,697,071816%
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation$14,592,728810%
Partners in School Innovation$14,571,299654%
Smithsonian Institution$14,570,30260%
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching$14,309,310822%
Prosperity Now$13,925,977351%
New York University$13,859,66480%
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation$13,772,63388%
Resourced Inc$13,744,865796%
Catholic Relief Services$13,509,5518n/a
Impact Florida Inc$13,391,208545%
Michigan State University$13,316,8127n/a
Barr Center$13,046,990585%
Pomona College$12,933,83832%
The Brookings Institution$12,908,28883%
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology$12,866,07284%
American Library Association$12,731,438218%
Regents of the University of Colorado$12,596,1218n/a
Maisha Meds Inc$12,553,398692%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$12,456,89952%
Brac USA Inc$12,322,110725%
National College Attainment Network$12,306,846893%
Unidosus$12,226,99086%
Frontline Solutions International Corp$12,215,1394n/a
Summit Public Schools Washington$12,159,376518%
National Urban League Inc$12,105,94475%
Friends of Recovery Cafe$12,000,000749%
New Tech Network Inc$11,957,041626%
Building Changes$11,902,039691%
Mojaloop Foundation Inc$11,717,141576%
Education First Consulting LLC$11,603,5248n/a
Digital Harbor Foundation$11,575,000217%
Giving Tuesday Inc$11,568,771549%
Naleo Educational Fund$11,503,764819%
Fraym Inc$11,484,5724n/a
Camber Collective LLC$11,394,6197n/a
United Philanthropy Forum$11,288,917779%
Philanthropy Northwest$11,237,251793%
American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc$11,189,798634%
University of California Davis$11,173,3284n/a
United Way of King County$11,125,00083%
Trustees of Purdue University$11,012,5837n/a
Ideo LP$10,971,3206n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$10,850,00035%
Third Way Institute$10,627,311820%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$10,545,81260%
Puget Sound Educational Service District$10,412,4137n/a
Alliance for Excellent Education Inc$10,408,000738%
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association$10,301,662767%
Texas Higher Education Foundation$10,277,744798%
Aptitude Medical Systems Inc$10,193,3842n/a
Yale University$10,119,2415n/a
Denver Public Schools Foundation$10,068,033538%
Bellwether Education Partners Inc$10,052,420710%
Open Philanthropy Advisors Inc$10,000,000110%
National Academy of Sciences$9,896,41071%
Education Analytics Inc$9,842,922522%
New Leaders Inc$9,840,001510%
Teaching Matters Inc$9,825,137636%
Jacaranda Health$9,802,735645%
Indiana University School of Medicine$9,679,9578n/a
The McKnight Foundation$9,659,0342n/a
Code for America Labs Inc$9,654,569610%
Community Center for Education Results$9,620,338477%
Partnership for Supply Chain Management$9,612,76042%
District of Columbia College Access Program$9,600,000725%
Donorschooseorg$9,555,00072%
John N Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education$9,423,959683%
Dasra$9,399,816724%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$9,393,02162%
Seneca Family of Agencies$9,379,57372%
Young Invincibles$9,316,672832%
Wateraid America Inc$9,231,209813%
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools$9,100,000714%
Achieving the Dream Inc$9,087,502810%
National Public Radio Inc$8,950,00061%
Center for Disease Dynamics Economics & Policy Inc$8,876,938882%
Onegoal$8,850,000612%
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation$8,830,18033%
Farm Journal Agricultural Foundation$8,790,295782%
Educators for Excellence Inc$8,775,336820%
Teaching Lab$8,747,487430%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$8,744,99535%
Carnegie Learning Inc$8,724,1755n/a
Educause$8,664,869614%
The Malala Fund$8,650,000810%
Baylor College of Medicine$8,490,47760%
Salus Discovery LLC$8,489,5306n/a
Micronutrient Forum$8,469,533594%
Linksbridge Spc$8,417,4285n/a
Saga Innovations Inc$8,406,480541%
Alima USA Inc$8,359,257656%
Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence Foundation$8,315,341536%
Equality Now Inc$8,297,469623%
Precision Development Inc$8,285,269644%
Center for American Progress$8,253,90684%
Pact Institute$8,232,529316%
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics Inc$8,200,637628%
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc$8,188,736419%
La Jolla Institute for Immunology$8,171,93664%
Partnership for Learning$8,134,792872%
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education$8,132,325622%
Education Resource Strategies Inc$8,128,254818%
Actionaid USA$8,118,871545%
Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc$8,097,000815%
Ted Foundation Inc$7,948,34643%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$7,924,75782%
Connected the National Center for College and Career$7,890,416566%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$7,844,9007n/a
Cfleads$7,834,977450%
University of South Florida$7,831,6977n/a
LEV Foundation$7,815,500885%
Guttmacher Institute Inc$7,813,48877%
Texas A&M Research Foundation$7,772,58063%
Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc$7,723,942715%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$7,601,00037%
Foundation for California Community Colleges$7,309,96283%
Land O'Lakes Venture37$7,283,225411%
The Institute for College Access & Success$7,261,249863%
White Ribbon Alliance Inc$7,241,686471%
International Partnership for Microbicides Inc$7,240,20048%
Womens Funding Network$7,193,116569%
Partnership for Education Advancement Inc$7,122,982322%
Growing Inland Achievement$7,119,259446%
Raza Development Fund Inc$7,050,000331%
Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative$7,050,000742%
Council for a Strong America$7,020,000714%
Harmony Labs Inc$7,013,130441%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$7,005,38460%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$6,999,99742%
Critical Path Institute$6,977,608531%
Robin Hood Foundation$6,958,21171%
National Skills Coalition$6,925,054818%
Equity Research Organization$6,916,280388%
Learning Policy Institute$6,896,054612%
Instruction Partners$6,859,76589%
Access to Advanced Health Institute$6,857,457316%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$6,831,511711%
Hjf Medical Research International Inc$6,785,54374%
Abt Associates Inc$6,784,4704n/a
Campaign for College Opportunity$6,750,000548%
The Colorado Education Initiative$6,749,871344%
America Achieves Inc$6,745,000415%
Tag Treatment Action Group Inc$6,610,442841%
Lf Charities Inc$6,607,5912n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$6,595,57380%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College$6,574,6116n/a
Amref Health Africa Inc Inc (Amref)$6,420,642523%
Innovateedu Inc$6,372,971575%
Ideoorg$6,369,501515%
Plan International USA Inc$6,359,94354%
Southern New Hampshire University$6,340,52760%
Grameen Foundation USA$6,339,576433%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$6,257,74150%
Dalberg Catalyst$6,148,802525%
National Association of Counties Research Foundation$6,106,751621%
Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc$6,105,000818%
Texas Education Agency$6,085,2387n/a
Interaction the American Council for Voluntary Int'L Action Inc$6,059,823714%
Achieve Inc$6,053,442329%
Chiefs for Change$6,024,684820%
Leading Educators Inc$5,974,325622%
Women Deliver Inc$5,912,487617%
Vanderbilt University$5,853,57880%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$5,848,481819%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$5,841,00384%
The Washington STEM Center$5,824,443521%
National Center for Learning Disabilities Inc$5,805,998632%
Ipas$5,758,86454%
Policylink$5,754,64154%
School's Out Washington$5,708,638725%
Sibel Health Inc$5,700,0001n/a
Living Goods$5,676,857314%
Connecticut Rise Network Inc$5,649,004626%
Heifer Project International$5,635,49342%
Hatch Technologies$5,609,374184%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$5,571,91459%
The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc$5,566,032731%
Lever for Change$5,500,000432%
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities$5,450,579553%
Alliance to End Hunger$5,375,606738%
The Evergreen School$5,373,000222%
International Citycounty Management Association$5,340,270215%
Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning$5,325,000527%
National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc$5,308,184416%
The Museum for African Art D/B/A the Africa Center$5,300,000578%
University of Utah$5,289,5947n/a
Staying Alive Foundation Inc$5,278,808532%
Vaxess Technologies Inc$5,277,6583n/a
Chapman University$5,266,32150%
Committee On Sustainability Assessment$5,257,702395%
TomorrowNoworg Inc$5,255,648299%
Postsecondary National Policy Institute$5,235,150850%
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation$5,175,74571%
New Teacher Center$5,056,56765%
The Nudge Foundation$5,054,157454%
Partners Asia$5,000,013526%
National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center$5,000,00024%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$5,000,000111%
Sdsn Association Inc$5,000,000611%
Codeorg$4,950,000510%
Women in Global Health Inc$4,944,359471%
Council of the Great City Schools$4,940,686717%
US Good Business Lab Foundation$4,938,262346%
Promise54$4,930,762561%
Partners in Expanding Health Quality and Access$4,881,144671%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$4,875,5726n/a
Association for Supply Chain Management$4,827,58937%
Georgia Institute of Technology$4,824,2785n/a
Ohio Excels$4,812,178770%
Seattle University$4,801,26561%
Russell Sage Foundation$4,759,30266%
Commonwealth of Kentucky$4,757,9822n/a
Urban Policy Development LLC$4,751,5777n/a
Search Institute$4,745,751530%
Education Design Lab$4,742,675417%
Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc$4,729,448573%
Public Health Institute$4,711,31041%
Aga Khan Foundation USA$4,692,38233%
Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance$4,661,254528%
National Opinion Research Center$4,655,15741%
Land O'Lakes International Development Fund$4,629,5452n/a
Population Reference Bureau Inc$4,600,000517%
Humanitae Advisors$4,577,254426%
The Center for Employment Security Education and Research Inc$4,571,49545%
Rvc Seattle$4,566,458765%
National College Advising Corps Inc$4,558,42266%
Alder Graduate School of Education$4,550,248820%
Transcend Inc$4,530,93959%
California State University Foundation$4,495,918515%
Women's Refugee Commission Inc$4,470,691621%
Degrees of Change$4,455,585648%
Excellent Schools Washington$4,448,735199%
Relay Graduate School of Education$4,443,31746%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$4,403,230414%
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation$4,400,000815%
Regents Univ of California$4,385,4292n/a
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$4,377,66580%
Fpf Education and Innovation Foundation$4,360,192517%
The Character Lab Inc$4,338,257522%
National Association of Charter School Authorizers$4,298,000623%
Thomas B Fordham Institute$4,288,334857%
Gates Philanthropy Partners$4,253,47685%
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning$4,250,000213%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$4,249,4017n/a
Lead Liberated$4,228,735244%
Iowa State University$4,214,6556n/a
The Expectations Project Inc$4,206,749785%
Edsource Inc$4,192,013634%
Global Fund for Women Inc$4,175,85957%
Institute for Systems Biology$4,157,74555%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$4,155,00072%
Literacy Design Collaborative Inc$4,150,753259%
International Society for Technology in Education$4,150,403410%
World Resources Institute$4,139,85151%
Capital for Good USA$4,100,000525%
Accion International$4,070,681512%
Pilgrim Africa$4,019,993458%
The Changeorg Charitable Foundation Inc$4,019,312393%
Zenysis Technologies$4,012,4104n/a
Community Roots Housing Foundation$4,000,000329%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs$3,988,28557%
Texas 2036$3,960,010611%
Imago Global Grassroots$3,958,713566%
Education Pioneers$3,953,000730%
Editorial Projects in Education Inc$3,927,79577%
Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria$3,925,0002n/a
Skillup Coalition$3,868,1794100%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$3,848,01680%
Equal Opportunity Schools$3,846,33568%
1000 Days$3,800,000366%
Education Writers Association$3,786,000837%
Global Communities$3,769,57421%
International Research & Exchanges Board Inc$3,768,40723%
Northeastern University$3,766,29260%
Race Forward$3,739,745412%
Researchamerica$3,718,148319%
Texas Biomedical Research Institute$3,710,09052%
Public Advocates Inc$3,707,927614%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$3,705,97372%
International Peace Institute Inc$3,691,082712%
University of Rochester$3,649,55830%
World Cocoa Foundation Inc$3,608,66349%
New York Academy of Sciences$3,596,85047%
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center Searac$3,592,750735%
Texas Community College Education Initiative$3,589,029723%
The 74 Media Inc$3,587,471623%
Council on Foundations Inc$3,575,00075%
Recombinetics Inc$3,529,5525n/a
Copenhagen Consensus Center USA Inc$3,519,491433%
Agricultural Research Service (Usda)$3,510,9444n/a
Japan Center for International Exchange Inc$3,479,741868%
Careerwise Colorado$3,471,374424%
Child Trends Inc$3,466,44862%
Kansas State University$3,466,2005n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$3,459,27130%
Yale University$3,441,7575n/a
Code for Science & Society Inc$3,437,225311%
WGU Advancement$3,427,602323%
Public Private Strategies Institute$3,414,955334%
The Jackson Laboratory$3,396,52430%
Islamic Relief USA$3,395,00012%
The Association for Institutional Research$3,394,322627%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$3,377,22321%
Worklife Partnership$3,355,486454%
Ithaka Harbors Inc$3,350,96451%
The Opportunity Fund$3,323,1511n/a
Project Evident Inc$3,322,901225%
Teach for America Inc$3,305,34870%
Achievement First Inc$3,300,21342%
Sage Bionetworks$3,297,150410%
The Howard University$3,290,00940%
Bankable Frontier Associates LLC$3,287,4764n/a
Acumen Fund Inc$3,286,08738%
Mozilla Foundation$3,267,70444%
Independent Sector$3,250,00079%
Aceso Global Inc$3,244,584477%
Greatschools Inc$3,240,322517%
Clooney Foundation for Justice$3,173,025324%
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic$3,161,31250%
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc$3,107,500634%
Potlatch Fund$3,104,450740%
Equal Measure$3,098,163614%
DC Public Education Fund$3,075,000343%
E3 Alliance$3,073,928426%
Knowledgeworks Foundation$3,068,944717%
Monell Chemical Senses Center$3,066,80458%
Zipline International Inc$3,065,4243n/a
Third Sector New England Inc$3,065,00052%
Charity Navigator$3,052,322715%
Public Impact LLC$3,050,2024n/a
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy$3,031,753320%
Public Policy Institute of California$3,006,09855%
Recidiviz Inc$3,000,000112%
English Learners Success Forum$3,000,0001n/a
Next Street Financial LLC$3,000,0001n/a
Hopeworks Social Enterprises$3,000,0002n/a
Community Partners$2,999,99761%
Rotary Action Group for Family Health and AIDS Prevention Inc$2,999,8521n/a
Reproductive Health Investors Alliance$2,997,325589%
Open Imagery Network Inc$2,993,655567%
Guardianorg Foundation$2,975,000462%
Migration Policy Institute$2,965,220715%
Partners in Food Solutions$2,937,232172%
Jc Flowers Foundation$2,911,379519%
The NROC Project$2,891,222458%
Chattanoogahamilton County Public Education Fund$2,868,575245%
Seattle Art Museum$2,865,00067%
The Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation Inc$2,864,117535%
Washington Global Health Alliance$2,850,000861%
Foundation for Tacoma Students$2,833,744542%
King County Department of Community & Human Services$2,821,1914n/a
College Ready Promise The$2,820,486399%
Texas Tribune Inc$2,819,62084%
Business for Social Responsibility$2,809,38535%
Acumen America LLC$2,808,5271n/a
The Common Application Inc$2,804,23253%
Alliance for Innovative Regulation Institute$2,774,858347%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$2,761,00045%
Global Health Council$2,758,048638%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$2,754,93855%
National Newspaper Publishers Association Inc$2,749,176622%
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research$2,743,98821%
Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc$2,738,574520%
Credential Engine Inc$2,720,707425%
Benefits Data Trust$2,700,00037%
Case Western Reserve University$2,696,22330%
Research for Action Inc$2,680,471638%
Ginkgo Bioworks Inc$2,680,1522n/a
El Education Inc$2,648,31135%
Malaria Partners International$2,647,887576%
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology$2,615,06849%
National Writing Project Corporation$2,607,90249%
Tennessee Board of Regents$2,606,9484n/a
Say Yes to Education Inc$2,603,056130%
The Opportunity Institute$2,600,000564%
Natural Resource Governance Institute$2,599,99639%
Oneamerica$2,598,835817%
Sarvodaya USA Corporation$2,596,312293%
James B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Fdn$2,574,126320%
California Charter Schools Association$2,550,00055%
Tuskegee University$2,535,00021%
Thomas Jefferson University$2,533,70830%
Youthforce Nola$2,531,730516%
Community College League of California$2,518,763712%
Jacksonville Public Education Fund Inc$2,515,048373%
American Public Human Services Association$2,504,05639%
Catalyst for Educational Change$2,500,000223%
Prevail Foundry Inc$2,500,000117%
Camelback Ventures$2,499,859234%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$2,478,15261%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,467,84230%
National Council on Teacher Quality Inc$2,458,447619%
Dallas College Foundation Inc$2,451,49346%
LEAP Innovations$2,450,162441%
Northwell Health Laboratories$2,446,12510%
Black Teacher Collaborative$2,445,942441%
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research$2,437,50012%
Good Reason Houston Inc$2,420,802414%
International Fertilizer Development Center$2,408,50132%
Education Service Center Region XIII$2,403,95651%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$2,400,17541%
Council of State Governments$2,400,00014%
Florida Philanthropic Network Inc$2,395,800458%
Ohio Association of Community Colleges$2,388,772628%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$2,387,50061%
Last Mile Health$2,380,70445%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$2,366,000614%
Consortium for School Networking$2,359,470715%
Common Sense Media$2,352,26654%
Wta Foundation Inc$2,350,917258%
American Association of Community Colleges$2,348,02364%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies$2,339,69831%
National Bureau of Economic Research Inc$2,322,55152%
Civic News Company$2,312,04777%
Finca International Inc$2,300,06823%
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc$2,300,00066%
Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative$2,299,754355%
National Fund for Workforce Solutions$2,272,816351%
Uaspire Inc$2,266,636410%
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc$2,265,180254%
Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc$2,250,66355%
South Kitsap School District$2,250,1892n/a
Hope Street Group$2,222,003227%
Learn to Earn Dayton$2,206,514717%
National Council of Nonprofits$2,200,000723%
Pahara Institute Inc$2,200,000332%
Healthcare Anchor Network Inc$2,200,000133%
Athena Infonomics LLC$2,199,6943n/a
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$2,199,62251%
Financing Alliance for Health$2,198,730225%
Alliance for Education$2,178,282711%
Gynuity Health Projects Inc$2,169,2751n/a
Rural Alliance$2,168,799480%
Mary's Place Seattle$2,168,08336%
Caring Cross Inc$2,163,8643100%
Aurum Institute USA$2,157,872294%
Denver Research Institute$2,140,829214%
National Career Technical Education Foundation$2,125,060328%
Women in Film$2,123,489221%
Higher Learning Advocates Inc$2,120,616667%
Rush University Medical Center$2,102,08950%
Children's Alliance$2,095,610736%
Turnaround for Children Inc$2,080,650411%
Seattle Children's Foundation$2,080,46913%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$2,079,75037%
Bread for the World Institute$2,062,399710%
National Association for the Education of Young Children$2,062,32125%
Hmh Hospitals Corporation$2,058,8353n/a
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$2,050,90021%
Children Now$2,050,00076%
Education Leaders of Color Inc$2,049,873718%
The New School$2,033,45520%
Creative Commons Corporation$2,022,527237%
Strive Preparatory Schools$2,021,88542%
Loyola University of Chicago$2,020,58960%
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation$2,018,09432%
Martha's Table Inc$2,004,80043%
Impact Online Inc$2,003,722325%
Commonlit Inc$2,002,756224%
Social Science Research Council$2,000,80124%
IDEA Public Schools$2,000,00010%
GuideStar USA Inc$2,000,00028%
Lemnis$2,000,00011%
Upsolve Inc$2,000,000195%
New Meridian Corporation$2,000,00034%
Farestart$2,000,00037%
Share Our Strength$2,000,00013%
Lafayette Square Foundation Inc$2,000,000149%
Village Health Works$2,000,000220%
Lindsay Unified School District$2,000,0002n/a
Community Initiatives$1,998,01852%
African American Mayors Assocation$1,993,750227%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$1,968,97340%
Collegiate Academies$1,964,91942%
Educational Service District 112$1,960,0002n/a
Medicines360$1,958,99828%
American Association of Colleges and Universities$1,951,75356%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$1,950,00041%
Muso Inc$1,949,998415%
Media Ecosystems Analysis Group$1,948,069455%
Results in Education Foundation Dba Brightbeam$1,942,418534%
Kipp Bay Area Schools$1,938,81641%
Flywheel Exchange Inc$1,931,0013n/a
Washington Monthly Institute$1,921,395824%
Fort Worth Education Partnership Inc$1,921,300315%
Mathematica Policy Research Inc$1,912,2621n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$1,909,82850%
Educationsuperhighway$1,905,247232%
The Young People's Project Inc$1,904,376346%
Just Capital Foundation Inc$1,902,137211%
Women Moving Millions Inc$1,900,183718%
Playing for Change Foundation$1,900,000279%
100 Black Men of America Inc$1,900,000414%
The Center for Learner Equity$1,898,826463%
The Big Picture Company$1,886,50059%
University of Maryland College Park$1,877,6022n/a
Meharry Medical College$1,875,00021%
Morehouse School of Medicine$1,875,00021%
Texas Southern University Foundatio$1,875,000239%
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc$1,875,000214%
Hampton University$1,875,00021%
Xavier University of Louisiana$1,875,00021%
Uncommon Schools Inc$1,871,59541%
Rural Development Institute$1,863,861512%
Edcamp Foundation$1,850,000290%
The Campbell Institute$1,850,000328%
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$1,850,00046%
Skew The Script$1,846,771231%
BELONG Partners$1,834,520528%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 1,260 recipients with no EIN on record ($21.5B), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gates Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 256 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $1,249,754,307 over 8y, 31% of budgetPath: $1,168,716,344 over 8y, 54% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $977,936,776 over 8y, 90% of budgetGates Medical Research Institute: $905,806,439 over 8y, 45% of budgetClinton Health Access Initiative Inc: $481,772,655 over 8y, 36% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $447,707,234 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetEmory University: $242,016,210 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetInternational AIDS Vaccine Initiative Inc: $208,396,537 over 8y, 49% of budgetGlobal Alliance for Tb Drug Development Inc: $174,501,239 over 8y, 51% of budgetJsi Research & Training Institute Inc: $170,626,137 over 8y, 12% of budgetThe Scripps Research Institute: $168,081,390 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $162,021,538 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetJhpiego Corporation: $160,874,876 over 8y, 11% of budgetPopulation Services International: $157,993,985 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetCornell University: $149,734,395 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $149,562,809 over 8y, 25% of budgetEhealth Africa: $122,940,924 over 7y, 95% of budgetHispanic Scholarship Fund: $121,657,260 over 8y, 69% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $121,232,425 over 8y, 14% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $120,008,815 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetDuke University: $118,460,733 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc: $118,228,959 over 8y, 31% of budgetThe ONE Campaign: $110,535,000 over 8y, 86% of budgetThe Task Force for Global Health Inc: $105,727,181 over 8y, 32% of budgetFamily Health International Inc: $105,488,685 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $96,248,745 over 7y, 30% of budgetInternational Food Policy Research Institute: $92,091,374 over 8y, 16% of budgetThe Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc: $86,200,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetThe End Fund Inc: $85,870,207 over 8y, 47% of budgetGeorgetown University: $84,506,953 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetPathfinder International: $78,681,339 over 8y, 12% of budgetThe Rockefeller University: $78,629,751 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetWashington University: $76,827,467 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $71,005,444 over 8y, 14% of budgetDkt International Inc: $70,915,538 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetResults for Development Institute Inc: $70,430,328 over 8y, 63% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $68,900,283 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetResults Educational Fund Inc: $64,068,878 over 8y, 30% of budgetAIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Inc: $63,807,563 over 8y, 87% of budgetVillagereach: $59,342,012 over 8y, 56% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $55,931,366 over 8y, 10% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $55,538,221 over 6y, 15% of budgetAmerican Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences: $53,694,574 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetCenter for Global Development: $53,631,522 over 8y, 48% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $53,426,444 over 8y, 35% of budgetPath Vaccine Solutions: $52,330,282 over 3y, 81% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $52,157,860 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetHealth Systems Insight: $49,833,787 over 8y, 86% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNY133.3× affinity158 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carnegie Corporation of New York · Raikes Foundation · Medina Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Overdeck Family Foundation Inc · Stolte Family Foundation · Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation · New Profit Inc · Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare Gates Foundation with peer funders

About Gates Foundation

How much does Gates Foundation give?
Gates Foundation reported 4,974 grants totaling $6,311,161,824 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 768 and 1,256 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gates Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (39%), Health (26%), Education (16%).
Who are Gates Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United States Fund for Unicef ($1.2B), Path ($1.2B), University of Washington Foundation ($978M).
Does Gates Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gates Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gates Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carnegie Corporation of New York, Raikes Foundation, Medina Foundation.
Where is Gates Foundation based?
Gates Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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