We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world.

We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world.

For over 20 years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been committed to tackling the greatest inequities in our world.
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We can’t achieve our goals on our own. We work together with businesses, government, and nonprofits, and each partner plays a specific role in accelerating progress.
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Since January 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than US$2 billion to the global COVID-19 response.
Our funding commitments to fight COVID-19 surpassed US $2 billion in January 2022.
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Since January 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than US$2 billion to the global COVID-19 response.

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A farmer sifts through corn harvested from hybrid drought-resistant maize seed on her smallholder farm in Kenya.

Smallholder farming is a proven path out of poverty, but climate change is changing the rules

Urgent action is needed to help smallholder farmers in places like sub-Saharan Africa adapt to climate change, which is already creating crisis conditions that threaten the livelihoods of millions of people.
By Enock Chikava Interim Director, Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
LaTina Denson stands outside her home in Michigan.

A 1,000-question form stood between people and their safety net benefits. These advocates designed a better approach.

By Melinda French Gates Co-chair, Board Member, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Isabella Oyier

To support innovators in Africa, create an environment where African R&D thrives

By Abdoulaye Djimdé and Isabella Oyier

Foundation facts

For the year ended December 31, 2021. Amount in U.S. dollars.