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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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Our funding commitments to fight COVID-19 surpassed US $2 billion in January 2022.
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Ideas
Read the latest stories, research, and news from across the foundation.
Your questions for CEO Mark Suzman, answered.
Following the release of his 2023 annual letter, Mark Suzman participated in a live conversation with subscribers to the foundation’s email newsletter, The Optimist.
Foundation facts
For the year ended December 31, 2021. Amount in U.S. dollars.