Our Work

We work with partners around the world to tackle big challenges and improve people’s lives
Professor Hadiza Shehu Galadanci, director of the African Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy demonstrates the use of the E-MOTIVE care bundle to nurses Fatimah Sarikin and Nafisa Abbas at Bayero University. The E-MOTIVE care bundle is used to detect and prevent postpartum hemorrhaging.

Health Health

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Morzina Begum and her daughter, Morium, at their home in Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Gender equality Gender equality

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Odile Bie Kouetti Kagato prepares to administer the HPV vaccine at a health clinic in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Global development Global development

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A Gates Foundation employee meets with students in Houston, Texas.

Education Education

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Our impact so far

Places

Places

Our work depends on grantees and partners across the United States and in more than 130 countries who have on-the-ground expertise, a deep understanding of the issues we care about, and strong ties with the communities in which we aim to make a difference. At the same time, we have learned the value of having foundation representatives based in key regions—to help us build relationships with partner organizations and governments, better understand the policy environment, and remain culturally sensitive.
Program strategies

Program strategies

We support new ideas to address obstacles that stop people from living their best lives. Some projects we support will not succeed. We not only understand that, we anticipate it. Philanthropy means taking chances on solutions that governments and businesses cannot afford to take. As we discover which risks pay off, we adapt our strategies and share the outcomes for everyone's advantage.

Our Gender Equality Division works to ensure women and girls in Africa and South Asia can enjoy good health, make their own choices, earn their own money, and be leaders in their societies.

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Adolescents & Social Norms

Digital Connectivity

Family Planning

Gender Data & Insights

Gender Integration

Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition & Health

Women in Leadership

Women’s Economic Empowerment

Women’s Health Innovations

Our Global Development Division focuses on improving the delivery of high-impact health products and services to the world’s poorest communities and helps countries expand access to health coverage.

Emergency Response

Global Health Agencies and Funds

Immunization

Polio

Primary Health Care

Our Global Growth & Opportunity Division focuses on creating and scaling market-based innovations to stimulate inclusive and sustainable economic growth. 

Agricultural Development

Digital Public Infrastructure

Global Education Program

Inclusive Financial Systems

Nutrition

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Our Global Health Division aims to reduce inequities in health by developing new tools and strategies to reduce the burden of infectious disease and the leading causes of child mortality in developing countries. 

Accelerator

Discovery & Translational Sciences

Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases

HIV

Institute for Disease Modeling

Integrated Development

Malaria

Neglected Tropical Diseases

Pneumonia

Tuberculosis

Vaccine Development and Surveillance

Our Global Policy & Advocacy Division seeks to build strategic relationships and promote policies that will help advance our work.

Development Policy and Finance

Global Media Partnerships

Philanthropic Partnerships

Tobacco Control

Our United States Program Division works to ensure everyone in the United States can learn, grow, and get ahead, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or family income

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Data

Early Learning Solutions

Economic Mobility and Opportunity

K-12 Education

Pathways

Postsecondary Success

Washington State

More about our work

More about our work

How we work

We are focused on results. Those that can be measured. And those measured in ways beyond numbers.

Committed grants
We’ve funded thousands of projects, large and small. Our database includes payments made and committed from 1994 onward.
Strategic Investments

We partner with entrepreneurs, companies, and other organizations to create incentives that harness the power of private enterprise to create change for those who need it most.