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 “translator · $272.2M

  • $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

  • $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

  • $10.8M

    Scripps Research Institute the · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $9.0M

    Beijing Huayi Health and Drug Research Institute the · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $8.0M

    Global Health Innovative Technology Fund · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; global health and development public awareness and analysis; malaria; neglected tropical diseases; research and learning opportunities; tuberculosis

  • $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
  • $6.1M

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

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $3.8M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $3.3M

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

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $3.3M

    Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $3.2M

    Scripps Research Institute the · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $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
  • $2.8M

    International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology

  • $2.6M

    University of Dundee · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $2.5M

    University of Dundee · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $2.4M

    Hospital for Sick Children the · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; hiv; malaria

  • $2.3M

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $2.2M

    Scripps Research Institute the · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; hiv

  • $2.0M

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $2.0M

    Prolific Machines · Emeryville, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; research and learning opportunities; vaccine development

  • $2.0M

    Africa Health Research Institute Npc · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $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

    Translational Health Science and Technology Institute · 2024

    Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology

  • $1.9M

    Sunflower Therapeutics Pbc · Hingham, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; vaccine development

  • $1.9M

    Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.9M

    International AIDS Vaccine Initiative · New York, NY · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.9M

    Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.9M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.9M

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $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
  • $1.7M

    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

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $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

    University of Dundee · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.6M

    International AIDS Vaccine Initiative · New York, NY · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; vaccine development

  • $1.5M

    Tissuse Gmbh · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $1.5M

    Beijing Huayi Health and Drug Research Institute the · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.5M

    Mmv Medicines for Malaria Venture · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $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

    University of Cape Town · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.5M

    African Capacity Building Foundation · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.5M

    Cornell University · New York, NY · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $1.5M

    University of Cape Town · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.4M

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

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.4M

    Trudeau Institute · Saranac Lake, NY · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.3M

    Chemify Ltd · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.3M

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.3M

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.3M

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

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.3M

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $1.3M

    Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research the · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $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

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.3M

    University of New South Wales · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $1.2M

    African Academy of Sciences the · 2024

    Development of solutions to improve global health; discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.2M

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

    Discovery and translational sciences; hiv

  • $1.2M

    Leiden University Medical Center · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $1.2M

    Institut De Formulation Des Vaccins (Ch) Sa · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $1.1M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; hiv; malaria

  • $1.1M

    University of Dundee · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.1M

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls

  • $1.1M

    An2 Therapeutics · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.1M

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.1M

    Amplitude Therapeutics · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.1M

    Katholieke Universiteit Te Leuven · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.1M

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $1.0M

    Sail Biomedicines · Somerville, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.0M

    Trustees of Boston University Bumc · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.0M

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

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $1.0M

    Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $990,372

    Vib · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $983,158

    Scripps Research Institute the · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $975,716

    Texas a&M Research Foundation · College Station, TX · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $974,443

    Institute for STEM Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (Instem) · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $968,514

    Lgenia · Fortville, IN · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $937,477

    Sekkei Bio Private Limited · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $933,213

    Hospital for Sick Children the · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $898,352

    Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $890,044

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $871,842

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $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

  • $852,559

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $850,000

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

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $838,024

    Keltic Pharma Therapeutics Ltd · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $831,897

    Dyadic International · Jupiter, FL · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; vaccine development

  • $813,664

    Radiant Biotherapeutics · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $800,051

    Curia Bio · Belmont, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $800,000

    Keystone Symposia On Molecular and Cellular Biology · Silverthorne, CO · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $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

  • $800,000

    Amplitude Therapeutics · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $784,678

    Children'S Hospital Corporation · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $769,123

    Neomorph · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $764,949

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $762,338

    An2 Therapeutics · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $758,957

    Evotec International Gmbh · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $750,000

    Corner Therapeutics · Watertown, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $748,216

    Central Drug Research Institute · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $747,439

    Trustees of Boston University Bumc · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $721,470

    Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Ltd · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $720,445

    African Leadership Institute in South Africa - (Rf) Npc · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $710,432

    Hospital for Sick Children the · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $700,000

    Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $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

  • $699,612

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $696,613

    Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $695,511

    Karolinska Institutet · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $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

  • $674,885

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $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

  • $673,341

    Texas Biomedical Research Institute · San Antonio, TX · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $666,679

    Science for Africa Foundation (Sfa) · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $663,149

    University of Dundee · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $650,000

    Sapient Bioanalytics Llc · San Diego, CA · 2024

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

  • $640,727

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

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $636,219

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $627,534

    Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $601,872

    Africa Health Research Institute Npc · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $600,419

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $600,000

    Brigham and Women'S Hospital Inc the · Boston, MA · 2024

    Development of solutions to improve global health; discovery and translational sciences

  • $599,530

    Variant Bio · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $589,798

    University of Maryland Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $587,093

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $570,816

    Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $566,432

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls

  • $561,210

    Enveda Therapeutics · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $528,401

    Africa Research Excellence Fund (Aref Africa) (Limited By Guarantee) · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $502,297

    Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $500,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $500,000

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

    Discovery and translational sciences; hiv

  • $499,886

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

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $489,733

    La Jolla Institute for Immunology · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; hiv

  • $483,169

    International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $481,238

    University Hospital of Bonn · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; neglected tropical diseases

  • $468,624

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $460,000

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness

  • $459,580

    Collaborative Community Against Coronavirus (Cic) · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $434,913

    University of Maryland Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $429,735

    Science for Africa Foundation (Sfa) · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls

  • $421,400

    African Group of Negotiators Experts Support · 2024

    Agricultural development; discovery and translational sciences

  • $421,331

    Akagera Medicines · Waltham, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $410,105

    University of Dundee · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $406,326

    Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $403,590

    Trustees of Tufts College · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $402,220

    Linnaeus Bioscience · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $400,000

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $398,254

    South African Medical Research Council · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $394,129

    Results for Development Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Delivery of solutions to improve global health; discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; global health and development public awareness and analysis

  • $367,693

    Africa Research Excellence Fund · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $367,220

    African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africas Development · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $359,360

    Seattle Children'S Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $357,878

    Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; tuberculosis

  • $356,486

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

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $352,168

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $352,000

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

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $351,000

    University of Cape Town · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $316,646

    Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research University of Ghana · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $312,500

    African Diaspora Network · Santa Clara, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $310,914

    Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $306,533

    Metabolon · Morrisville, NC · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health

  • $304,799

    Surf Bio · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $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

  • $303,453

    Tropiq Health Sciences Bv · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $301,527

    African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (Private) Limited · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $300,000

    Scripps Research Institute the · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $299,528

    Uganda Virus Research Institute · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $298,606

    Sail Biomedicines · Somerville, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $281,385

    Regents of the University of California at San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $281,178

    Gritstone Bio · Pleasanton, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls

  • $278,729

    Sekkei Bio Private Limited · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $269,230

    Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research University of Ghana · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $266,584

    Child Health Research Foundation · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $262,729

    University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls

  • $253,388

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $250,000

    Health Research Operations Kenya Limited · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $250,000

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; hiv

  • $240,316

    Statens Serum Institut · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $238,970

    Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Ltd · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $238,181

    Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $235,536

    University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $232,036

    Tel Aviv University · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $225,967

    University of Cape Town · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $220,000

    University of South Florida Board of Trustees the · Tampa, FL · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $219,222

    African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africas Development · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $202,200

    African Institute for Mathematical Sciences · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria; research and learning opportunities

  • $202,070

    Dhulikhel Hospital · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; research and learning opportunities

  • $200,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $200,000

    Collaborative Drug Discovery · Burlingame, CA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria

  • $200,000

    University of Nairobi · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $200,000

    Drc Eureka Asbl · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $200,000

    University of Cape Town · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $199,973

    Medevice Kenya Ltd · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $199,771

    Hutchinson Center Research Institute of South Africa · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $199,570

    University of Nairobi · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $197,000

    Science for Africa Foundation (Sfa) · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $195,500

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $186,248

    University of Cape Town · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria; research and learning opportunities

  • $183,102

    University of Cape Town · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences

  • $175,000

    Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases · 2024

    Discovery and translational sciences; malaria; research and learning opportunities

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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