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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.

200 grants matching “hygiene · $186.1M

  • $5.0M

    Agence Francaise De Developpement · 2024

    Empower women and girls; family planning; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.5M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $2.5M

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    Asian Institute of Technology · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    Asian Development Bank · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    Dasra · Houston, TX · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    African Water and Sanitation Association · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.9M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Development of solutions to improve global health; discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; family planning; inclusive financial systems; maternal, n read all
  • $1.9M

    International Foundation for Research and Education · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; inclusive financial systems; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.8M

    Speak Up Africa · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; malaria; neglected tropical diseases; vaccine delivery; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.7M

    Cranfield University · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.6M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Empower women and girls; global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $1.6M

    Global Green Growth Institute · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.6M

    Administrative Staff College of India · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.5M

    Dev-Afrique Development Advisors · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.5M

    Asian Institute of Technology · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.5M

    Development Bank of Southern Africa · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.4M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Vaccine development

  • $1.3M

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

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.3M

    International Budget Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.3M

    International Water Association · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.3M

    Academy of Agricultural Planning and Engineering Ministry of Agriculture a · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.1M

    Water Sanitation and Hygiene Institute · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.1M

    Indian Institute for Human Settlements · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.1M

    International Water Association · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.0M

    Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.0M

    African Water and Sanitation Association · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $964,512

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Empower women and girls

  • $924,206

    Association Internationale Des Maires Et Responsables Des Capitales Et Metr · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $899,694

    Athena Infonomics Llc · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $898,036

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $843,173

    African Ministers' Council On Water · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $803,216

    Niyel Suarl · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $791,101

    Office National De L'Assainissement Du Senegal · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $750,000

    Ministere De Leau Et De Lassainissement Direction De Lassainissement · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $700,000

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Research and learning opportunities

  • $700,000

    Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $697,433

    Partners in Development (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $659,576

    Lumanti (Samjhana) · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $640,616

    Water Sanitation and Hygiene Institute · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $612,000

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology

  • $608,000

    Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $600,000

    Kampala Capital City Authority · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $600,000

    Makerere University · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $596,787

    Water Sanitation and Hygiene Institute · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $571,394

    Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company Limited · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $569,870

    Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $557,823

    Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois the · Champaign, IL · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $550,000

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

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $524,327

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Agricultural development

  • $500,000

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Vaccine delivery

  • $500,000

    Speak Up Africa · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Cept Research and Development Foundation · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    African Population & Health Research Center · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Islamic Development Bank · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    African Ministers' Council On Water · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Department of Public Health Engineering · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $499,624

    American National Standards Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $498,894

    Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (Crea) · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $479,628

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology

  • $465,750

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Development of solutions to improve global health; research and learning opportunities

  • $454,507

    Centre for Science and Environment · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $450,000

    Asian Development Bank Institute · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $437,500

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Malaria

  • $419,600

    Practical Action · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $399,272

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $379,927

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $376,531

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $366,667

    World Org of United Cities and Local Gov'Ts - Asian and Pacific Section · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $358,406

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health

  • $344,341

    National Institute of Urban Affairs · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $307,294

    American National Standards Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $300,000

    Wateraid America · New York, NY · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $276,174

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $261,425

    Centre for Science and Environment · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $256,400

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Malaria

  • $250,576

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $250,000

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Malaria

  • $220,000

    Ideella Foreningen Svenska Institutet for Standarder · 2024

    Empower women and girls; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $188,012

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $163,716

    Eoos Next Gmbh · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $163,614

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Polio

  • $159,074

    Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of Guinea · 2024

    Vaccine delivery

  • $156,040

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Emergency response; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $155,948

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $150,040

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $139,848

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $100,000

    Stichting Ihe Delft Institute for Water Education · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $100,000

    Beijing Normal University · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $80,500

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Vaccine development

  • $79,868

    Biomass Controls Pbc · Woodstock, CT · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $75,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $70,000

    Cept Research and Development Foundation · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $67,813

    American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Malaria

  • $49,800

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York the · New York, NY · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $37,500

    Acclime India Private Limited · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $33,000

    L' Office National De L'Eau Et De L'Assainissement · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $29,966

    American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Malaria

  • $13,000

    Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd · 2024

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $5,111

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Development of solutions to improve global health

  • $11.5M

    Agence Francaise De Developpement · 2023

    Empower women and girls; family planning; maternal, neonatal and child health; mnch discovery and tools; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $6.0M

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

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $4.7M

    Speak Up Africa · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; malaria; neglected tropical diseases; vaccine delivery; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $3.0M

    Asian Development Bank · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.5M

    Water Research Commission · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.4M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Agricultural development; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; family planning; financial services for the poor; global health and development public awareness and analysis; hiv; mala read all
  • $2.1M

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme (Un-Habitat) · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    African Development Bank · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    Development Bank of Southern Africa · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    Crrc Environmental Science & Technology Co Ltd · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    City of Cape Town · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    Ethekwini Municipality · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $2.0M

    Asian Institute of Technology · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.9M

    Dai Development Activities International Limited · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.9M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Development of solutions to improve global health; discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; family planning; financial services for the poor; materna read all
  • $1.7M

    International Foundation for Research and Education · 2023

    Financial services for the poor; global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.6M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Vaccine development

  • $1.6M

    Dasra · Houston, TX · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.6M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Malaria

  • $1.5M

    Tuv Sud Asia Pacific Pte Ltd · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.5M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Vaccine delivery

  • $1.5M

    William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.5M

    Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.5M

    Indian Institute for Human Settlements · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.4M

    Partners in Development (Pty) Ltd · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.4M

    African Population & Health Research Center · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.4M

    Asian Tong Dai(Qingdao) Railway Equipments Co Ltd · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.3M

    Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.2M

    Administrative Staff College of India · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.1M

    International Budget Partnership · Washington, DC · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.1M

    African Ministers' Council On Water · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.1M

    Cranfield University · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.1M

    Wateraid America · New York, NY · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.1M

    Global Green Growth Institute · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.0M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.0M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Tuberculosis

  • $1.0M

    Stichting Ihe Delft Institute for Water Education · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $1.0M

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

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $964,484

    Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $955,544

    American National Standards Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $900,000

    Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company Limited · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $895,000

    Dev-Afrique Development Advisors · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $890,880

    Impact Foundation (India) · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $835,665

    Universite Felix Houphouet-Boigny · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $800,000

    Ministere De Leau Et De Lassainissement Direction De Lassainissement · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $800,000

    Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $787,858

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $743,331

    National Institute of Urban Affairs · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $700,000

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Maternal, neonatal and child health

  • $700,000

    Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $699,738

    Asian Tong Dai(Qingdao) Railway Equipments Co Ltd · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $664,423

    Egovernments Foundation · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $650,000

    Cept Research and Development Foundation · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $636,906

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Hiv

  • $600,000

    Water Sanitation and Hygiene Institute · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $600,000

    African Population & Health Research Center · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $580,000

    Stichting Ihe Delft Institute for Water Education · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $566,667

    World Org of United Cities and Local Gov'Ts - Asian and Pacific Section · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $524,531

    Administrative Staff College of India · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $510,000

    Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    African Water Association · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Stichting Faecal Sludge Management Alliance · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Department of Public Health Engineering · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Asian Development Bank Institute · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $500,000

    Centre for Science and Environment · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $499,979

    Water Sanitation and Hygiene Institute · 2023

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $452,950

    China Primary Health Care Foundation · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $428,295

    World Health Organization · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $407,076

    Cewas · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $400,000

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $400,000

    Ideella Foreningen Svenska Institutet for Standarder · 2023

    Empower women and girls; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $400,000

    Niyel Suarl · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $399,567

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $399,366

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York the · New York, NY · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $377,000

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $375,000

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

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $349,908

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $345,168

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Hiv

  • $340,506

    Speak Up Africa · 2023

    Empower women and girls; family planning; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $326,903

    Lumanti (Samjhana) · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $319,340

    World Health Organization · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $305,466

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Emergency response; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $300,000

    British Broadcasting Corporation · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $300,000

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

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $300,000

    Athena Infonomics Llc · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $300,000

    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies · 2023

    Polio; research and learning opportunities; vaccine delivery; water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $295,639

    Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (Crea) · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $275,834

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Mnch discovery and tools

  • $273,495

    Stichting Faecal Sludge Management Alliance · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $256,000

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

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $250,774

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $250,000

    University of Bristol · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $248,823

    Biomass Controls Pbc · Woodstock, CT · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $247,511

    Consortium for Dewats Dissemination · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $199,838

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2023

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $196,966

    Acclime India Private Limited · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

  • $186,583

    American National Standards Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Water, sanitation and hygiene

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
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    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
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    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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