Funding search · EIN 562618866 · Seattle, WA

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

13,441
grants reported
$18.24B
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$505,347
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

developmenthealthpublicawarenessanalysisglobaleducationdiscovery

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Polio eradication through WHO, UNICEF, Rotary country programs
  • Vaccine development and delivery, including Gavi and CEPI
  • Malaria, TB, HIV, and neglected tropical disease drug pipelines
  • Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; family planning
  • Agricultural development for smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia
  • U.S. postsecondary, K-12 education, and economic mobility

Typical grant

Median grant is about $505,000, with the middle half between $225,000 and $1.1 million. The nine-figure checks go to multilateral pooled funds and eradication partners like Gavi, the Global Fund, Rotary, and WHO country offices; university and research institute awards typically land in the $1 million to $16 million band. Giving repeats heavily, with the same anchor grantees (PATH, UNICEF, WHO, University of Washington, CIMMYT, MMV) receiving multiple awards in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • DISCOVERY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
  • ENTERICS, DIAGNOSTICS, GENOMICS & EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • MATERNAL, NEWBORN, CHILD NUTRITION AND HEALTH
  • PNEUMONIA & PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
  • GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS
  • DELIVERY OF SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH

Positioning adjacent work

  • Frame research under one named strategy label, such as Discovery and Translational Sciences or Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics & Epidemiology.
  • Ask in the $1 million to $8 million range for a university-based project; anything larger goes to multilaterals.
  • Emphasize delivery and translation into low-income country settings, not discovery alone; they fund the path to deployment.
  • Show partnership with an existing grantee such as PATH, WHO, or a CGIAR center to shorten the trust gap.

Worth knowing: A handful of repeat partners absorb most of the money: Gavi, the Global Fund, Gates MRI, Rotary, WHO country offices, and UNICEF together account for over $1.2 billion in a single year. U.S. recipients cluster in DC, New York, Seattle, California, and Massachusetts, and the U.S. domestic portfolio is a narrow slice covering education and economic mobility, with everything else pointed at low- and middle-income countries.

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $400,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $320,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $300,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $300,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $300,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Seattle Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Alliance for Education · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    United Way of Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $175,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $150,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $150,000

    Washington Global Health Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $150,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $150,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $150,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $133,333

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $106,363

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Operation Sack Lunch · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Leadership Tomorrow · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Byrd Barr Place · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Refugee Women'S Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Nonprofit Association of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking; public awareness and analysis; research and learning opportunities

  • $75,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $70,000

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    Postsecondary education; research and learning opportunities

  • $50,000

    Raising Girls · Tacoma, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

    Low Income Housing Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $35,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $30,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $25,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $25,000

    Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University the · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $25,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $25,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $10,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $10,000

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $40.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $15.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $10.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $5.6M

    Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University the · Redwood City, CA · 2023

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $5.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $5.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $3.5M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $3.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $3.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $2.5M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $2.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.9M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.7M

    District of Columbia College Access Program · Washington, DC · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.5M

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    Community engagement grantmaking; empower women and girls

  • $1.3M

    Clooney Foundation for Justice · New York, NY · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.0M

    Malala Fund the · Washington Dc, DC · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.0M

    Building Changes · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.0M

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    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.0M

    Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center · Tacoma, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $1.0M

    United Way of King County · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $800,000

    White Center Emergency Food Association · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $800,000

    Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Pleasanton, CA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $750,000

    Seattle Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $600,000

    Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County · Lakewood, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County · Lakewood, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Food Lifeline · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Seattle Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League · Kent, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Nourish Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Northwest Harvest Emm · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Congregations for the Homeless · Bellevue, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $500,000

    Community Roots Housing Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $450,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $350,000

    Potlatch Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $350,000

    Girls Not Brides the Global Partnership To End Child Marriage · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $320,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $300,000

    Washington Global Health Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

    Wing Luke Memorial Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

    Family First Community Center Foundation · Renton, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

    African Community Housing & Development · Seatac, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

    Nari Gunjan · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

    Philanthropy Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

    Renton Regional Community Foundation · Renton, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $250,000

    Rvc Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $223,480

    Careerworks · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Byrd Barr Place · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Vashon Maury Community Food Bank · Vashon, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Community Foundation of Snohomish County · Everett, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    City Club · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    United Way of Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Somali Health Board · Tukwila, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $200,000

    Seattle Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $175,000

    Blackpast Org · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $150,000

    Puget Sound Sage · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $144,064

    Seattle Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $133,334

    Tacoma Community House · Tacoma, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Alliance for Education · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    El Centro De La Raza · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Neighborhood House Incorporated · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Nonprofit Association of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    La Salle International Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Jewish Family Service · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Hopelink · Redmond, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Global Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Byrd Barr Place · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Chief Seattle Club · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Refugee Women'S Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    City of Everett · Everett, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Communities Rise · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Community Foundation of Snohomish County · Everett, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Seattle Works · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Seattle-King County Workforce Development Council · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Economic Opportunity Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Vow for Girls · New York, NY · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Asian Counseling and Referral Service · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Latino Community Fund of Washington State · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Leadership Tomorrow · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $100,000

    Modest Family Solutions · Everett, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

    Millennia Ministries · Everett, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

    Next Chapter Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

    Muslim Association of Puget Sound · Redmond, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

    Alimentando Al Pueblo · Burien, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

    Seattle Center Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

    Sabala International Center · Tacoma, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

    Refugee Artisan Initiative · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $75,000

    Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $70,000

    Grantmakers for Education · Portland, OR · 2023

    Postsecondary education; research and learning opportunities

  • $55,000

    Grantmakers for Education · Portland, OR · 2023

    K-12 education

  • $50,000

    Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

    Low Income Housing Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

    King County Library System Foundation · Issaquah, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

    Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation · Marysville, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $50,000

    Duwamish Tribal Services · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • World Health Organization290 grants · $1.12B
  • Gavi Alliance6 grants · $1.03B
  • Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria the22 grants · $857.3M
  • United States Fund for Unicef127 grants · $647.0M
  • Path218 grants · $443.1M
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development133 grants · $345.9M
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute5 grants · $328.6M
  • Rotary Foundation of Rotary International the5 grants · $326.4M
  • Gates Medical Research Institute2 grants · $292.2M
  • University of Washington Foundation134 grants · $282.2M

Giving over time

$5.74B
2022
$6.21B
2023
$6.29B
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 13,441 grants.

  • $350.5M

    Gavi Alliance · 2024

    Vaccine delivery

  • $340.0M

    Gavi Alliance · 2023

    Vaccine delivery

  • $340.0M

    Gavi Alliance · 2022

    Vaccine delivery

  • $287.5M

    Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria the · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $283.4M

    Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria the · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $276.6M

    Gates Medical Research Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; research and learning opportunities; tuberculosis; vaccine development

  • $247.3M

    Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria the · 2022

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $129.2M

    Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Discovery and translational sciences; enteric and diarrheal diseases; malaria; mnch discovery and tools; pneumonia; research and learning opportunities; tuberculosis

  • $120.5M

    Rotary Foundation of Rotary International the · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Polio

  • $105.0M

    World Health Organization · 2022

    Polio

  • $100.0M

    Rotary Foundation of Rotary International the · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Polio

  • $100.0M

    Rotary Foundation of Rotary International the · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Polio

  • $93.7M

    Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; mnch discovery and tools; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; research and learning opportunities; tuberculosis

  • $87.0M

    World Health Organization · 2023

    Polio

  • $82.7M

    Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; mnch discovery and tools; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; research and learning opportunities; tuberculosis

  • $65.0M

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Polio

  • $64.3M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    Polio

  • $58.0M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023

    Polio

  • $55.2M

    World Health Organization · 2022

    Polio

  • $52.0M

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Polio

  • $50.0M

    Pfizer · New York, NY · 2023

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $50.0M

    World Health Organization · 2023

    Polio

  • $50.0M

    Pfizer · New York, NY · 2022

    Pneumonia

  • $47.0M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    Polio

  • $45.8M

    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Washington, DC · 2022

    Enteric and diarrheal diseases; family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, neonatal and child health; nutrition; pneumonia; research and learning opportunities

  • $41.0M

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; polio; research and learning opportunities; vaccine delivery; vaccine development

  • $41.0M

    Mmv Medicines for Malaria Venture · 2023

    Malaria

  • $40.0M

    Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa · 2022

    Agricultural development

  • $40.0M

    Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $40.0M

    World Health Organization · 2023

    Polio

  • $37.9M

    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Washington, DC · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, neonatal and child health; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; nutrition read all
  • $37.2M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    Polio

  • $36.0M

    Mmv Medicines for Malaria Venture · 2022

    Malaria

  • $35.3M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Delivery of solutions to improve global health; global health and development public awareness and analysis; neglected tropical diseases; public awareness and knowledge sharing; research and learning opportunities; vacc read all
  • $35.0M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024

    Polio

  • $35.0M

    United Nations Children'S Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Child nutrition

  • $35.0M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Delivery of solutions to improve global health; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global health and development public awareness and analysis; neglected tropical diseases; public awareness and knowledge sh read all
  • $34.6M

    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Washington, DC · 2023

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, neonatal and child health; mnch discovery and tools; nutrition; pneumonia & pandemi read all
  • $34.1M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Delivery of solutions to improve global health; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global health and development public awareness and analysis; neglected tropical diseases; public awareness and knowledge sh read all
  • $32.5M

    Agra · 2024

    Agricultural development

  • $31.5M

    Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Gardena, CA · 2024

    Postsecondary education

  • $30.0M

    Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations · 2024

    Vaccine development

  • $30.0M

    Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations · 2023

    Vaccine development

  • $30.0M

    World Health Organization · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $30.0M

    Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations · 2022

    Vaccine development

  • $30.0M

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; maternal, neonatal and child health; mnch discovery and tools; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $29.8M

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Discovery and translational sciences; enteric and diarrheal diseases; malaria; maternal, neonatal and child health; mnch discovery and tools; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia; vaccine development

  • $29.4M

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; polio; research and learning opportunities; vaccine delivery; vaccine development

  • $28.2M

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Polio

  • $27.3M

    Biological E Limited · 2023

    Polio; vaccine development

  • $26.0M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    Polio

  • $23.4M

    World Health Organization · 2022

    Polio

  • $22.5M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023

    Polio

  • $21.6M

    Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Gardena, CA · 2023

    Postsecondary education

  • $21.4M

    World Health Organization · 2022

    Polio

  • $21.0M

    Islamic Development Bank · 2023

    Polio

  • $20.5M

    Agence Francaise De Developpement · 2024

    Polio

  • $20.4M

    Mmv Medicines for Malaria Venture · 2024

    Malaria

  • $20.3M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023

    Polio

  • $20.2M

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Discovery and translational sciences; enteric and diarrheal diseases; malaria; pneumonia; polio; research and learning opportunities; vaccine delivery; vaccine development

  • $20.0M

    Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc the · New York, NY · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $20.0M

    Agra · 2023

    Agricultural development

  • $20.0M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023

    Polio

  • $19.7M

    University of Manitoba · 2023

    Family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, neonatal and child health; mnch discovery and tools; vaccine delivery

  • $19.3M

    Task Force for Global Health Inc the · Decatur, GA · 2024

    Empower women and girls; hiv; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $19.1M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Hiv

  • $19.0M

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Polio

  • $18.9M

    World Health Organization · 2022

    Polio

  • $18.8M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    Polio

  • $18.6M

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Discovery and translational sciences; enteric and diarrheal diseases; malaria; pneumonia; polio; research and learning opportunities; vaccine delivery; vaccine development

  • $18.2M

    Urban Institute the · Washington, DC · 2022

    U.s. Economic mobility & opportunity

  • $18.0M

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Polio

  • $17.6M

    World Health Organization · 2022

    Polio

  • $17.3M

    Piramal Swasthya Management and Research Institute · 2023

    Family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, neonatal and child health; mnch discovery and tools

  • $17.1M

    International Potato Center · 2024

    Agricultural development

  • $17.0M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023

    Polio

  • $16.8M

    Biological E Limited · 2023

    Vaccine development

  • $16.3M

    American Online Giving Foundation · Clearwater, FL · 2024

    Employee matching gift - for general operating support

  • $16.2M

    University of Manitoba · 2022

    Family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, neonatal and child health; vaccine delivery

  • $16.0M

    American Online Giving Foundation · Clearwater, FL · 2023

    Employee matching gift - for general operating support

  • $16.0M

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $16.0M

    Clinton Health Access Initiative · Boston, MA · 2023

    Malaria

  • $16.0M

    Clinton Health Access Initiative · Boston, MA · 2022

    Malaria

  • $16.0M

    Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Gardena, CA · 2022

    Postsecondary education

  • $15.6M

    Gates Medical Research Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General operating support - in kind

  • $15.6M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Agricultural development; empower women and girls; enteric and diarrheal diseases; family planning; financial services for the poor; global health and development public awareness and analysis; hiv; malaria; maternal, n read all
  • $15.5M

    American Online Giving Foundation · Clearwater, FL · 2022

    Employee matching gift - for general operating support

  • $15.3M

    World Health Organization · 2023

    Vaccine delivery

  • $15.0M

    Agra · 2024

    Agricultural development

  • $15.0M

    Carter Center Inc the · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Neglected tropical diseases

  • $15.0M

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024

    Polio

  • $15.0M

    Agra · 2023

    Agricultural development

  • $15.0M

    Carter Center Inc the · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Neglected tropical diseases

  • $15.0M

    Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds · New York, NY · 2023

    Empower women and girls

  • $15.0M

    Lakeside School · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Community engagement grantmaking

  • $15.0M

    Carter Center Inc the · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Neglected tropical diseases

  • $15.0M

    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Washington, DC · 2022

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $15.0M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Empower women and girls

  • $14.9M

    Global Alliance for Tb Drug Development · New York, NY · 2024

    Tuberculosis

  • $14.9M

    Global Alliance for Tb Drug Development · New York, NY · 2023

    Tuberculosis

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