Gates Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 56-2618866 · Headquarters: Seattle, WA 98109-4636 · Website
NTEE code: T22 · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $59,707,734,921.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 14723 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($32,108,923,009.00); $27,598,811,912.00 across 21405 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $3,218,816,208.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavi Alliance | Washington, DC | $350,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202523189349103667 |
| Gavi Alliance | Washington, DC | $340,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349101020 |
| Gavi Alliance | Washington, DC | $340,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433189349102233 |
| Gavi Alliance | Washington, DC | $315,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033179349101943 |
| Gavi Alliance | Washington, DC | $295,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143159349100004 |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | $276,581,817.00 | FY2024 | 202523189349103667 |
| Gavi Alliance | Washington, DC | $240,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202243159349100839 |
| Gavi Alliance | Washington, DC | $200,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202243159349100839 |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | $129,230,069.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349101020 |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | $93,739,988.00 | FY2023 | 202433189349102233 |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | $87,149,126.00 | FY2021 | 202243159349100839 |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | $82,650,486.00 | FY2023 | 202433189349102233 |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | $79,476,150.00 | FY2020 | 202143159349100004 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $75,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033179349101943 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $64,311,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349101020 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $58,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433189349102233 |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | $52,665,622.00 | FY2019 | 202033179349101943 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $50,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143159349100004 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $47,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303179349101020 |
| Path | Seattle, WA | $42,511,950.00 | FY2021 | 202243159349100839 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $3,218,816,208.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $8,277,152,302.00 | qualifying_distributions | 4974 | 1903 | 3071 | $3,600,797,425.00 |
| FY2023 | $7,939,383,477.00 | qualifying_distributions | 4539 | 1812 | 2727 | $3,559,040,574.00 |
| FY2022 | $7,230,173,952.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3994 | 1671 | 2323 | $3,238,434,400.00 |
| FY2021 | $6,861,455,258.00 | qualifying_distributions | 4113 | 1794 | 2319 | $3,056,941,288.00 |
| FY2020 | $6,940,233,637.00 | qualifying_distributions | 4000 | 1883 | 2117 | $3,009,958,999.00 |
| FY2019 | $5,942,464,012.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3712 | 1605 | 2107 | $2,659,124,843.00 |
| FY2018 | $5,702,137,385.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3460 | 1429 | 2031 | $2,536,467,400.00 |
| FY2017 | $5,456,962,565.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3125 | 896 | 2229 | $2,973,625,726.00 |
| FY2016 | $5,357,772,333.00 | qualifying_distributions | 4211 | 1730 | 2481 | $2,964,421,257.00 |
| All years on file | $59,707,734,921.00 | 36128 | 14723 | 21405 | $27,598,811,912.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/f1b69121-462b-41c5-bd29-93f5e88d0a24
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 56-2618866.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).