About / Committed grants

This database includes grant commitments made by the Gates Foundation and previous foundations of the Gates family (William H. Gates Foundation, Gates Library Foundation, and Gates Learning Foundation) from 1994 onward. The system includes grants only, not direct charitable contracts or Program Related Investments. Please note that this database is a dynamic system that undergoes updates, corrections, and deletions on an ongoing basis and may differ from information published on the financials page for the definitive list of all individual grants.

A spreadsheet version of the database is available to download via the link below.

Date last updated: Nov 2, 2026

1,891 – 1,900 of 42,228

  • Division

    Global Policy and Advocacy

    Date

    January 2026

    Region served

    AFRICA

    Committed amount

    $600,106

    Grant topic

    Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis

    Duration (months)

    10

    Grantee location

    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa


  • Division

    Global Health

    Date

    January 2026

    Region served

    GLOBAL

    Committed amount

    $416,771

    Grant topic

    Discovery and Translational Sciences

    Duration (months)

    24

    Grantee location

    Seattle, Washington, United States


  • Division

    Gender Equality

    Date

    January 2026

    Region served

    AFRICA, ASIA

    Committed amount

    $208,025

    Grant topic

    Empower Women and Girls

    Duration (months)

    12

    Grantee location

    Brooklyn, New York, United States


  • Division

    U.S. Program

    Date

    January 2026

    Region served

    AMERICA

    Committed amount

    $3,400,000

    Grant topic

    K-12 Education

    Duration (months)

    24

    Grantee location

    Alameda, California, United States


  • Division

    Global Policy and Advocacy

    Date

    January 2026

    Region served

    AFRICA, AMERICA, EUROPE

    Committed amount

    $1,500,000

    Grant topic

    Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis

    Duration (months)

    36

    Grantee location

    Brighton, United Kingdom


  • Division

    U.S. Program

    Date

    January 2026

    Region served

    AMERICA

    Committed amount

    $274,423

    Grant topic

    K-12 Education

    Duration (months)

    10

    Grantee location

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States


  • Division

    Africa & India Offices, Gender Equality, Global Development, Global Health, Global Policy and Advocacy

    Date

    January 2026

    Region served

    AFRICA, GLOBAL

    Committed amount

    $5,030,193

    Grant topic

    Empower Women and Girls, Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics & Epidemiology, Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis, Pneumonia & Pandemic Preparedness, Vaccine Delivery

    Duration (months)

    24

    Grantee location

    Seattle, Washington, United States


  • Division

    Global Development

    Date

    December 2025

    Region served

    ASIA

    Committed amount

    $5,900,000

    Grant topic

    Polio

    Duration (months)

    12

    Grantee location

    Geneva, Genève, Switzerland


  • Division

    Gender Equality, Global Policy and Advocacy

    Date

    December 2025

    Region served

    GLOBAL

    Committed amount

    $1,340,000

    Grant topic

    Empower Women and Girls, Family Planning, Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis

    Duration (months)

    13

    Grantee location

    Hannover, Germany


  • Division

    Global Health

    Date

    December 2025

    Region served

    AFRICA

    Committed amount

    $823,900

    Grant topic

    Pneumonia & Pandemic Preparedness

    Duration (months)

    33

    Grantee location

    Kintampo, Ahafo, Ghana


Dr. Chellapilla Bharadwaj, Principal Chickpea Breeder at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), poses for a photograph inside a chickpea testing laboratory at the IARI in New Delhi, India, on April 7, 2025.

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