Gates Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Seattle, WA · EIN 56-2618866 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
Gates Foundation is a private foundation based in Seattle, WA (EIN 56-2618866). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $6.3B paid in 4,974 grants, with a median grant of $500K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $78.7B. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · gatesfoundation.org
Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/gates-foundation-562618866
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Gates Foundation
- Phone
- (206) 709-3140
- Application materials
- See www.gatesfoundation.org/about/how-we-work/grant-opportunities
- Restrictions
- The foundation does not make grants outside its funding priorities. See www.gatesfoundation.org/our-work.
The filing does not state deadlines; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- GATES FOUNDATION
- Address
- PO BOX 23350 SEATTLE, WA, 98102
- Phone
- 2067093140
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- SEE WWW.GATESFOUNDATION.ORG/ABOUT/HOW-WE-WORK/GRANT-OPPORTUNITIES
- Restrictions
- THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT MAKE GRANTS OUTSIDE ITS FUNDING PRIORITIES. SEE WWW.GATESFOUNDATION.ORG/OUR-WORK.
Reported organization name: GATES FOUNDATION
Where Gates Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/gates-foundation-562618866
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavi Alliance | Geneva | Vaccine delivery | Tax year 20242024 | $350.5M |
| Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria the | Grandsaconnex, GE | Global health and development public awareness and analysis | Tax year 20242024 | $283.4M |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; pneumonia & pandemic preparedness; research and learning opportunities; tuberculosis; vaccine development | Tax year 20242024 | $276.6M |
| Rotary Foundation of Rotary International the | Evanston, IL | Polio | Tax year 20242024 | $120.5M |
| World Health Organization | Islamabad | Polio | Tax year 20242024 | $65M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (4,974 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Gates Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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