This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2024. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation |
| Best overview URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation |
| Facebook username | gatesfoundation |
| LinkedIn username | bill-&-melinda-gates-foundation |
| Website | https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ |
| Donations URL | https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database |
| Twitter username | gatesfoundation |
| Page on philosophy informing donations | https://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do |
| Grant application process page | https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Grantseeker-FAQ |
| Regularity with which donor updates donations data | continuous updates |
| Regularity with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | irregular |
| Lag with which donor updates donations data | months |
| Lag with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | years |
| Data entry method on Donations List Website | SQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/gates-foundation-iati-processing |
Brief history: The Gates Foundation launched in 2000, with precursors starting in the 1990s, financed by the personal wealth of co-founder Bill Gates from Microsoft. Starting 2005, it scaled up its giving significantly after a large funding commitment from Warren Buffett
Brief notes on broad donor philosophy and major focus areas: See https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Who-We-Are/General-Information/Foundation-Factsheet for the grantmaking areas. The four grantmaking areas are the Global Development Program, Global Health Program, Global Policy and Advocacy, and United States Program. Within the United States Program the focus is on K-12 education, the Internet, and emergency relief
Notes on grant publication logistics: Although the Gates Foundation has a grants database on its website, as well as individual grant pages for every grant, we use the IATI data instead, because it can be processed programmatically (the data on the site does not allow for full data download or easy programmatic processing). This leads to a few problems: first, IATI data does not include grants made in the United States, since it focuses on development assistance (DA) spending. Second, IATI data is updated more infrequently. Third, it may sometimes omit some information that is present in the grants database
Full donor page for donor Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Facebook page | brookings |
| Website | http://www.brookings.edu/ |
| Twitter username | BrookingsInst |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_Institution |
Full donee page for donee Brookings Institution
| Item | Value |
|---|
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 20 | 280,438 | 1,468,401 | -1,329,608 | 0 | 0 | 49,922 | 175,000 | 280,438 | 960,515 | 2,000,000 | 3,344,923 | 3,750,000 | 6,270,792 |
| Scientific research | 7 | 250,000 | 2,012,858 | -1,329,608 | 0 | 0 | 149,150 | 149,150 | 250,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 5,774,324 | 6,270,792 | 6,270,792 |
| Agriculture | 4 | 49,922 | 767,461 | -500,000 | 0 | 0 | 49,922 | 49,922 | 49,922 | 175,000 | 175,000 | 3,344,923 | 3,344,923 | 3,344,923 |
| Global health | 3 | 2,000,000 | 1,817,853 | -68,665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 3,522,225 | 3,522,225 | 3,522,225 | 3,522,225 |
| Multisector aid | 2 | -61,338 | 109,550 | -61,338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 280,438 | 280,438 | 280,438 | 280,438 | 280,438 |
| Global development | 3 | 960,515 | 1,678,505 | 325,000 | 325,000 | 325,000 | 325,000 | 960,515 | 960,515 | 960,515 | 3,750,000 | 3,750,000 | 3,750,000 | 3,750,000 |
| Financial policy and administrative management | 1 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.
| Cause area | Number of donations | Total | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2008 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific research (filter this donor) | 7 | 14,090,004.04 | 250,000.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1,329,607.89 | 0.00 | -24,654.07 | 6,419,942.00 | 5,774,324.00 | 0.00 |
| Global health (filter this donor) | 3 | 5,453,560.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -68,665.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,522,225.00 |
| Global development (filter this donor) | 3 | 5,035,515.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,750,000.00 | 325,000.00 | 0.00 | 960,515.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Agriculture (filter this donor) | 4 | 3,069,845.00 | 49,922.00 | 0.00 | -500,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,519,923.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Financial policy and administrative management (filter this donor) | 1 | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Multisector aid (filter this donor) | 2 | 219,099.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -61,338.26 | 0.00 | 280,438.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 20 | 29,368,023.78 | 299,922.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 5,250,000.00 | 2,515,315.11 | -61,338.26 | 867,195.93 | 6,700,380.00 | 5,774,324.00 | 3,522,225.00 |
Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)
There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.
Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations
| Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 20) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250,000.00 | 12 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support research and policy dialogue of the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings on achieving Agenda 2030, development finance, and Africa’s development challenges and opportunities; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 49,922.00 | 15 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create credible donor score-cards on agriculture through detailed information and analyses of agricultural foreign aid, to help provide more and better aid resources to long-term small-holder led, sustainable agricultural development; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 3,000,000.00 | 6 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support research and policy dialogue of the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings on achieving Agenda 2030, development finance, and Africa’s development challenges and opportunities; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,000,000.00 | 7 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to generate the evidence needed around governance, funding efficiencies and economic impact to strengthen the business case for investments in global health research and development of new vaccines, treatments and diagnostics; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -500,000.00 | 19 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create credible donor score-cards on agriculture through detailed information and analyses of agricultural foreign aid, to help provide more and better aid resources to long-term small-holder led, sustainable agricultural development; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 3,750,000.00 | 3 | Global development/Promotion of development awareness (non-sector allocable) | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution to advance economic opportunity and positive development outcomes for the world’s most vulnerable populations through better policy. Specific focus areas will include infor; Aid type: Development awareness. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| 1,500,000.00 | 8 | Financial policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create an accountability mechanism for country commitments and national strategies for financial inclusion; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 3,344,923.00 | 5 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create credible donor score-cards on agriculture through detailed information and analyses of agricultural foreign aid, to help provide more and better aid resources to long-term small-holder led, sustainable agricultural development; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 175,000.00 | 13 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to examine how conflict and instability in West Africa affect agricultural development activities; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Nigeria|Mali. | |
| 325,000.00 | 10 | Global development/Promotion of development awareness (non-sector allocable) | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the Brookings Blum Roundtable on Global Poverty to address aid and development effectiveness issues; Aid type: Development awareness. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -1,329,607.89 | 20 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to bring the best African-led research and perspectives on development challenges to US policy makers by supporting the African Growth Initiative and to explore the potential of partnerships with African think tanks; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| -61,338.26 | 17 | Multisector aid | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to design an innovative fund which will provide growth capital to successful, scalable development projects focused on agriculture, financial access, and health; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Egypt. | |
| 960,515.00 | 9 | Global development/Promotion of development awareness (non-sector allocable) | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the Brookings Blum Roundtable on Global Poverty to address aid and development effectiveness issues; Aid type: Development awareness. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -24,654.07 | 16 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the Africa Growth Initiative Conference to identify coordinated or joint initiatives in three areas: research on growth, partnering with African research organizations, and new ideas to create an African voice.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| -68,665.00 | 18 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support policy research on innovative financing for global health. Policy Research on Innovative Financing for Global Health. Investment start date: 10/4/2006 to end date: 6/30/2010. Grantee name: Brookings Institution; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 6,270,792.00 | 1 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to conduct high-quality policy research focused on sustainable economic development in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policymaking in the United States and Africa; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa; affected countries: Ghana|Kenya|Nigeria|Senegal|South africa|Uganda. | |
| 280,438.00 | 11 | Multisector aid | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to design an innovative fund which will provide growth capital to successful, scalable development projects focused on agriculture, financial access, and health; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Egypt. | |
| 149,150.00 | 14 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the Africa Growth Initiative Conference to identify coordinated or joint initiatives in three areas: research on growth, partnering with African research organizations, and new ideas to create an African voice.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| 5,774,324.00 | 2 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to bring the best African-led research and perspectives on development challenges to US policy makers by supporting the African Growth Initiative and to explore the potential of partnerships with African think tanks; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 3,522,225.00 | 4 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support policy research on innovative financing for global health. Policy Research on Innovative Financing for Global Health. Investment start date: 10/4/2006 to end date: 6/30/2010. Grantee name: Brookings Institution; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. |