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.
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| 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
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Full donee page for donee International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE)
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| 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 | 18 | 2,450,397 | 4,621,830 | -107,525 | 178,200 | 594,000 | 1,401,673 | 1,686,740 | 2,450,397 | 2,604,992 | 4,478,589 | 6,040,230 | 21,000,000 | 21,742,602 |
| Global health | 9 | 2,604,992 | 4,627,530 | -107,525 | 0 | 178,200 | 1,401,673 | 2,597,672 | 2,604,992 | 2,711,341 | 4,478,589 | 6,040,230 | 21,742,602 | 21,742,602 |
| Scientific research | 2 | 449,091 | 10,724,546 | 449,091 | 449,091 | 449,091 | 449,091 | 449,091 | 449,091 | 21,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 21,000,000 |
| Sanitation | 2 | 594,000 | 1,522,199 | 594,000 | 594,000 | 594,000 | 594,000 | 594,000 | 594,000 | 2,450,397 | 2,450,397 | 2,450,397 | 2,450,397 | 2,450,397 |
| Rural development | 2 | 1,386,791 | 1,432,297 | 1,386,791 | 1,386,791 | 1,386,791 | 1,386,791 | 1,386,791 | 1,386,791 | 1,477,803 | 1,477,803 | 1,477,803 | 1,477,803 | 1,477,803 |
| Nutrition | 1 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 | 1,686,740 |
| Agriculture | 1 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 | 4,500,002 |
| Population | 1 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 | 8,000,347 |
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.
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 18) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
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| -107,524.67 | 18 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate relevant and actionable cost effective innovations aiming at improving HIV treatment program outcomes; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 1,686,740.00 | 11 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve implementation of anemia control programs for women and children in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia through strengthened implementation science and a galvanized coalition of policy makers, program actors, and researchers in each country; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Uganda|Kenya. | |
| 1,477,803.00 | 12 | Rural development | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to consolidate learning on the National Rural Livelihood Mission and its effectiveness and implementation based on review of existing evidence and stakeholder consultations; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 594,000.00 | 15 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to generate a body of evidence that can help inform decision-making about what works, why, for whom and when, in order to increase latrine use in rural India; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 178,200.00 | 17 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate relevant and actionable cost effective innovations aiming at improving HIV treatment program outcomes; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 2,450,397.00 | 10 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to generate a body of evidence that can help inform decision-making about what works, why, for whom and when, in order to increase latrine use in rural India; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 449,091.00 | 16 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to promote independent validation of peer-reviewed publications around financial services for the poor; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,386,791.00 | 14 | Rural development | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to consolidate learning on the National Rural Livelihood Mission and its effectiveness and implementation based on review of existing evidence and stakeholder consultations; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 1,401,673.00 | 13 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to increase evidence and understanding of effective interventions for engaging communities to tackle low, declining or stagnating vaccination coverage in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 6,040,230.00 | 4 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to increase evidence and understanding of effective interventions for engaging communities to tackle low, declining or stagnating vaccination coverage in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 8,000,347.00 | 3 | Population/Population policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide general operating support and promote the production and use of evidence from rigorous impact evaluations for policy decisions that improve social and economic development programs in low- and middle-income countries; Aid type: Core support to NGOs, other private bodies, PPPs and research institutes. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,604,992.00 | 8 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate relevant and actionable cost effective innovations aiming at improving HIV treatment program outcomes; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 2,597,672.00 | 9 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the production and use of evidence to help improve the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS around the world; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,711,341.00 | 7 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of various innovative models for increasing the demand for medical male circumcision and promoting the beneficial use of HIV self-tests in order to enhance HIV prevention; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 4,500,002.00 | 5 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support rigorous impact evaluation for AGRA and IFAD investments in the areas of markets, post-harvest losses, and seeds; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara|Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: India. | |
| 4,478,589.00 | 6 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of various innovative models for increasing the demand for medical male circumcision and promoting the beneficial use of HIV self-tests in order to enhance HIV prevention; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 21,742,602.00 | 1 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the production and use of evidence to help improve the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS around the world; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 21,000,000.00 | 2 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to foster the production and use of evidence from independent, peer-reviewed impact evaluations to inform more effective health and development policy decisions in low- and middle-income countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa|South America|Developing countries, unspecified|Asia. |