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.

200 grants matching “preparedness · $962.4M

  • $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

  • $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

  • $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
  • $30.0M

    Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations · 2024

    Vaccine development

  • $20.0M

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

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $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

  • $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

  • $8.5M

    Pfizer · New York, NY · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $8.5M

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $8.4M

    Results Educational Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global education; global health and development public awareness and analysis; hiv; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; nutrition; pneumonia & pandemic prepared read all
  • $8.3M

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $8.0M

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

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; polio; vaccine delivery

  • $7.7M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandem read all
  • $5.2M

    One Campaign the · Washington, DC · 2024

    Empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global health and development public awareness and analysis; hiv; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; public awareness and analysis; vaccine delive read all
  • $4.2M

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Delivery of solutions to improve global health; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, newborn, child nutrition an read all
  • $3.2M

    Resolve To Save Lives · New York, NY · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; research and learning opportunities

  • $3.2M

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

    Community engagement grantmaking; development of solutions to improve global health; discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; read all
  • $3.1M

    Save the Children Fund · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; nutrition; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $2.9M

    Immorna Biotherapeutics · Morrisville, NC · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $2.5M

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $2.0M

    Zambia National Public Health Institute · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $2.0M

    Resolve To Save Lives · New York, NY · 2024

    Emergency response; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $2.0M

    Resolve To Save Lives · New York, NY · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $2.0M

    Focus 2030 · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $2.0M

    Institut De Formulation Des Vaccins (Ch) Sa · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandem read all
  • $2.0M

    Vital Strategies · New York, NY · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $2.0M

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.9M

    Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; hiv; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; public awareness and analysis; vaccine delivery

  • $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
  • $1.8M

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Emergency response; global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.8M

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.7M

    Sapient Bioanalytics Llc · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; tuberculosis read all
  • $1.7M

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandemic pr read all
  • $1.7M

    Jsi Research & Training Institute · Boston, MA · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; polio; vaccine delivery; vaccine development

  • $1.6M

    Africa Public Health Foundation · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.6M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; hiv; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; tuberculosis; vaccine developme read all
  • $1.6M

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences · 2024

    Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.5M

    Africa Public Health Foundation · 2024

    Emergency response; global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.5M

    Kymab Limited · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandem read all
  • $1.5M

    Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.5M

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.4M

    National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.3M

    Gardp Foundation · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.3M

    Middle East Council On Global Affairs · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $1.3M

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; tuberculosis

  • $1.3M

    Genome Research Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.2M

    Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association Npc · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; hiv; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.2M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $1.2M

    Asian Disaster Preparedness Center · 2024

    Emergency response; global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $1.0M

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; research and learning opportunities

  • $1.0M

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

    Delivery of solutions to improve global health; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; polio; vaccine delivery

  • $953,231

    Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; hiv; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; public awareness and analysis; vaccine delivery

  • $949,949

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

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $947,242

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $898,036

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $863,000

    Phaser Biomedical Ltd · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; tuberculosis

  • $850,000

    Asian Disaster Preparedness Center · 2024

    Emergency response

  • $839,041

    Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $800,000

    Immport Therapeutics · Irvine, CA · 2024

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

  • $787,542

    Davycas International · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $765,098

    Clinton Health Access Initiative · Boston, MA · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $756,000

    International Association of National Public Health Institutes · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $750,000

    Villagereach · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery; vaccine development

  • $750,000

    Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $721,908

    International Treatment Preparedness Coalition Global Npc · 2024

    Hiv

  • $700,000

    Seromyx Systems · Cambridge, MA · 2024

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

  • $690,000

    National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $675,873

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $675,165

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

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

  • $673,850

    Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $650,000

    Sapient Bioanalytics Llc · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; tuberculosis

  • $583,562

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $574,888

    National Public Health Agency Sierra Leone · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $573,376

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $560,550

    Statens Serum Institut · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $560,000

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $540,000

    Aga Khan University · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $538,266

    Health Research Operations Kenya Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $507,486

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $505,531

    National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $500,159

    African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative Foun · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $500,000

    Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention · 2024

    Malaria; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $500,000

    National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Malaria; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $497,961

    Health Research Operations Kenya Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $497,000

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $483,088

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $474,998

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $474,149

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $473,989

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $472,147

    Zambia National Public Health Institute · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $460,000

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $457,099

    International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $450,000

    Stichting Cordaid · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $413,182

    Bayero University Kano · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $408,303

    Genome Research Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $400,000

    Center for Disease Dynamics Economics & Policy Inc the · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $400,000

    Murdoch Childrens Research Institute · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $399,272

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $391,406

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $389,907

    National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $379,927

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $369,500

    Regents of the University of California Los Angeles the · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $363,454

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $361,600

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Kenya) Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $361,179

    University of Sheffield the · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $350,000

    Institut De Recherche En Sciences De La Sante Clinical Research Unit of N · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $350,000

    Kenya National Public Health Institute · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $350,000

    Ministry of Health Ghana the · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $350,000

    Universite Gaston Berger · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $350,000

    Registered Trustees of Ifakara Health Institute the · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $350,000

    Center for Vaccine Development Mali (Cvd-Mali) · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $344,563

    Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid En Milieu · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $343,109

    Trustees of Boston University Bumc · Boston, MA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $335,500

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $333,187

    Health Research Operations Kenya Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $324,892

    Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $324,533

    Glaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $318,760

    Child Health Research Foundation · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $316,012

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Kenya) Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $312,960

    College of Medicine of the University of Lagos · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $309,824

    Bayero University Kano · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $304,654

    Path · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; neglected tropical diseases; pneumonia & pandem read all
  • $303,789

    Just-Evotec Biologics · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; tuberculosis

  • $302,094

    Osivax · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $301,796

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $300,000

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $300,000

    Global Health Strategies Llc · New York, NY · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $291,985

    Ecole De Sante Publique · 2024

    Malaria; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $276,174

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $258,236

    Gardp Foundation · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $255,612

    University College London · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $250,576

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $249,960

    National Institute of Health Islamabad Pakistan · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $249,500

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

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $240,033

    Fudan University Education Development Foundation Shanghai · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $240,000

    International Treatment Preparedness Coalition Global Npc · 2024

    Hiv

  • $235,000

    Instituto Nacional De Saude · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $228,189

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $210,618

    Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $200,000

    Makerere University · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $198,000

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $190,274

    Asian Disaster Preparedness Center · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $188,012

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $185,000

    International Society for Infectious Diseases · Brookline, MA · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $182,058

    Aga Khan University · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $175,020

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Kenya) Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $174,802

    Dodowa Health Research Centre · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $174,788

    Health Research Operations Kenya Limited · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $174,744

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $174,400

    Food and Drugs Authority · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $174,119

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $173,631

    International Pediatric Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $171,145

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $166,788

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $166,391

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $163,992

    Pharmacy and Poisons Board · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $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

  • $150,650

    Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research University of Ghana · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $150,040

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $150,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $150,000

    International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $149,925

    Kamuzu University of Health Sciences · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $142,000

    World Health Organization · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $139,848

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $138,000

    Monash University · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $124,053

    Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $120,767

    Institute of Tropical Medicine · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $119,077

    International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; research and learning opportunities

  • $118,299

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; hiv; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; tuberculosis

  • $102,184

    Sclavo Vaccines Association Ets · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $100,000

    College of Medicine University of Ibadan · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $99,785

    International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh · 2024

    Global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $90,000

    University of Cape Town · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $90,000

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $84,000

    Institut Pasteur · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $83,273

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $82,701

    Monash University · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $80,434

    Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $74,833

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $70,124

    Center for Disease Dynamics Economics & Policy Inc the · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $67,500

    Berry Consultants Llc · Austin, TX · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $56,711

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $50,000

    Universidade Nova De Lisboa · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $49,999

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $46,575

    American Society for Virology · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine development

  • $41,987

    University of Texas System · Austin, TX · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $40,000

    Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute Inc the · Washington, DC · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; vaccine delivery

  • $35,000

    American Society for Microbiology · Washington, DC · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $23,700

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $20,000

    King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Centre · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $19,614

    International Society of Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Diseases · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $18,080

    Monash University · 2024

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $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

  • $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

  • $50.0M

    Pfizer · New York, NY · 2023

    Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $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
  • $30.0M

    Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations · 2023

    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

  • $29.4M

    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

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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