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Foundation Fact Sheet

The Gates Foundation is guided by a simple mission: creating a world where everyone has the chance to live a healthy and productive life, no matter who they are or where they were born. Our three greatest goals are ensuring no mother or child dies a preventable death, controlling or eradicating deadly diseases, and helping more people lift themselves from poverty to prosperity. To achieve these goals, we work primarily in low- and middle-income countries, supporting our partners in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in their efforts to ensure lifesaving tools and innovations reach the people who need them most. Based in Seattle, Washington, with regional offices across four continents, the foundation is led by CEO Mark Suzman, under the direction of Bill Gates and our governing board.

Grantmaking areas

We also have a small Charitable Sector Support initiative.

Locations

Headquarters – Seattle, Washington
Washington, DC Office – Washington, DC
India Office – Delhi, India
China Office – Beijing, China
Singapore Office – Singapore
Europe and Middle East Offices – London, United Kingdom and Berlin, Germany
Africa Offices - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Abuja, Nigeria; Dakar, Senegal; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Nairobi, Kenya

Leadership

Governing Board

Bill Gates, Chair
Mark Suzman, Board Member
Ashish Dhawan, Board Member
Dr. Helene D. Gayle, Board Member
Dr. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Board Member
Strive Masiyiwa, Board Member
Minouche Shafik, Board Member*
Tom Tierney, Board Member

* Minouche is currently on leave of absence from her foundation role.

Executive Leadership

Mark Suzman, Chief Executive Officer
Carolyn Ainslie, Chief Financial Officer
Lauren W. Bright, Chief Legal Officer
June Yoshinari Davis, Chief People Officer
Chris Elias, President, Global Development
Allan C. Golston, President, United States Program
Kalpana Kochhar, Interim President, Global Policy & Advocacy
M. Hari Menon, President, Global Growth & Opportunity
Trevor Mundel, President, Global Health
Alex Reid, Chief Communications Officer
Shana Tarbell, Chief Operating Officer
Ankur Vora, Chief Strategy Officer; President, Africa & India Offices
Anita Zaidi, President, Gender Equality

Division Leadership

Foundation facts ⁽¹⁾

Current number of foundation employees: 2,215
Total grant payments since inception (through Q4 2025): $90.0 billion ⁽²⁾
Total charitable distributions since inception (through Q4 2025): $110.9 billion ^{(2) (4)}
Total 2025 Charitable Support: $8.5 billion ⁽³⁾
Total 2024 Charitable Support: $8.0 billion ⁽³⁾
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates total giving to the foundation from inception through 2025: $63.9 billion
Warren Buffett total giving to the foundation from 2006 through 2025: $47.9 billion
Foundation Trust Endowment as of December 31, 2025: $89 billion

⁽¹⁾ As of December 31, 2025. Financial figures are rounded to the nearest hundred million. 2025 figures are unaudited.
⁽²⁾ Includes grant payments 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.
⁽³⁾ Includes operational expenditures, grant payments and direct charitable contracts, but not program related investments.
⁽⁴⁾ Includes operational expenditures, grant payments, direct charitable contracts, program related investments, and asset acquisitions on a cash basis net of returns.

Geographic Reach

In 2025 the foundation funded grantees in 45 US states and the District of Columbia. Internationally, our grant funding supported work in 143 countries.