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 2025. 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 | rti.international |
| Website | http://www.rti.org/ |
| Twitter username | RTI_Intl |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTI_International |
| Instagram username | the_rti_difference_ |
Full donee page for donee RTI International
| 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 | 47 | 383,099 | 998,114 | -669,587 | 0 | 95,469 | 137,150 | 257,895 | 383,099 | 561,574 | 730,000 | 1,523,402 | 2,990,338 | 6,088,169 |
| Global health | 22 | 657,216 | 1,530,666 | -669,587 | 29,242 | 287,033 | 468,069 | 605,579 | 657,216 | 1,495,056 | 2,931,307 | 2,989,799 | 2,999,994 | 6,088,169 |
| Sanitation | 22 | 154,358 | 568,921 | -62,183 | 0 | 79,005 | 100,000 | 137,150 | 154,358 | 320,683 | 383,099 | 543,692 | 1,300,564 | 5,084,104 |
| Family planning | 2 | 58,884 | 310,229 | 58,884 | 58,884 | 58,884 | 58,884 | 58,884 | 58,884 | 561,574 | 561,574 | 561,574 | 561,574 | 561,574 |
| Nutrition | 1 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
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 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global health (filter this donor) | 22 | 33,674,649.22 | 657,216.00 | 10,588,169.00 | 4,535,719.65 | 2,470,821.00 | 841,405.57 | 0.00 | 5,013,121.00 | 2,967,060.00 | 2,990,338.00 | 621,000.00 | 2,989,799.00 |
| Sanitation (filter this donor) | 22 | 12,516,254.25 | -74,660.75 | 140,000.00 | 1,605,416.00 | 778,144.00 | 7,329,306.00 | 1,087,423.00 | 1,550,626.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Family planning (filter this donor) | 2 | 620,458.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58,884.35 | 0.00 | 561,574.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nutrition (filter this donor) | 1 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 47 | 46,911,362.12 | 582,555.25 | 10,728,169.00 | 6,200,020.00 | 3,248,965.00 | 8,832,285.87 | 1,087,423.00 | 6,563,747.00 | 3,067,060.00 | 2,990,338.00 | 621,000.00 | 2,989,799.00 |
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 47) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 657,216.00 | 16 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the cause of death among preterm infants in Asia. Study of Cause of Death among Preterm Births: Asia. Investment start date: 11/3/2017 to end date: 10/31/2020. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -12,054.84 | 44 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | To design and test a thermal-to-electrical energy conversion subsystem that can be implemented in Reinvented Toilets for use in developing countries so that Reinvented Toilet systems can operate without grid-based electrical power; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -62,182.95 | 46 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide for general operating support. General Operating Support. Investment start date: 11/17/2015 to end date: 2/28/2017. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Core support to NGOs, other private bodies, PPPs and research institutes. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -422.96 | 43 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | To develop and test process modules for lowering the energy usage of meeting liquid discharge standards in electrochemical-based human waste treatment systems that can be deployed in developing countries to serve vulnerable populations; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 6,088,169.00 | 1 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the cause of death among preterm infants in Asia. Study of Cause of Death among Preterm Births: Asia. Investment start date: 11/3/2017 to end date: 10/31/2020. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 4,500,000.00 | 3 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide definitive primary data on causes of child mortality. MITS Surveillance Alliance. Investment start date: 10/20/2017 to end date: 10/31/2020. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 140,000.00 | 32 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | To develop and test process modules for lowering the energy usage of meeting liquid discharge standards in electrochemical-based human waste treatment systems that can be deployed in developing countries to serve vulnerable populations; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 730,000.00 | 15 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | To develop and test process modules for lowering the energy usage of meeting liquid discharge standards in electrochemical-based human waste treatment systems that can be deployed in developing countries to serve vulnerable populations; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 500,000.00 | 21 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | To design and test a thermal-to-electrical energy conversion subsystem that can be implemented in Reinvented Toilets for use in developing countries so that Reinvented Toilet systems can operate without grid-based electrical power; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,495,056.00 | 11 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop a method for six months or longer delivery of Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF) for HIV prevention; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 375,416.00 | 25 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to deliver a better sanitation solution to people who lack sufficient access to safe and effective sanitation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 2,931,307.00 | 8 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to establish an external data management and routine monitoring system to ensure high quality and adherence to protocol across all 7 sites of the Antibiotics for Children with Severe Diarrhea (ABCD) trial; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 109,356.65 | 35 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to assess different potential delivery forms for prevention of HIV and unintended pregnancy by eliciting the attitudes, preferences, and experiences of female end-users, their male partners, and healthcare providers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 58,884.35 | 40 | Family planning | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to assess different potential delivery forms for prevention of HIV and unintended pregnancy by eliciting the attitudes, preferences, and experiences of female end-users, their male partners, and healthcare providers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 1,234,619.00 | 13 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to optimize the Enhanced Children’s MicroPEMs (ECMs) within existing field trials and to perform a scaled build of the ECMs; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 287,033.00 | 28 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide general operating support to RTI's work to optimize the Enhanced Children’s MicroPEMs (ECMs) within existing field trials and to perform a scaled build of the ECMs; Aid type: Core support to NGOs, other private bodies, PPPs and research institutes. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 137,150.00 | 33 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide for general operating support. General Operating Support. Investment start date: 11/17/2015 to end date: 2/28/2017. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Core support to NGOs, other private bodies, PPPs and research institutes. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 257,895.00 | 29 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to demonstrate the ability to convert fecal sludge to biofuel in order to enhance the sanitation value chain and help to lower the quantity of fecal sludge that ends up in the drinking water supply; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 343,590.00 | 26 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to evaluate the impact of ultrasound introduced in low-resource settings to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality and fetal and neonatal mortality through a multi-country cluster randomized trial in high burden countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Guatemala|India|Kenya|Pakistan|Zambia. | |
| -29,242.00 | 45 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop an optimized RTI MicroPEM for young children in IAP settings. #AG Pilot# An Optimized RTI MicroPEM for Young Children in IAP Settings. Investment start date: 10/4/2012 to end date: 10/31/2015. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 29,242.00 | 41 | Global health/Medical education/training | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support a planning grant for optimizing the Enhanced Children's Monitors (ECMs) within existing field trials and performing a scaled build of the ECMs; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 383,099.00 | 24 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to deliver a better sanitation solution to people who lack sufficient access to safe and effective sanitation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 605,579.00 | 18 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop a novel, highly automated method of gestational age estimation at delivery appropriate for use in low income countries, by developing a predictive algorithm based on images of neonatal lens vascularity and simple biophysical measures; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 561,574.30 | 19 | Family planning | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to assess different potential delivery forms for prevention of HIV and unintended pregnancy by eliciting the attitudes, preferences, and experiences of female end-users, their male partners, and healthcare providers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 1,042,923.70 | 14 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to assess different potential delivery forms for prevention of HIV and unintended pregnancy by eliciting the attitudes, preferences, and experiences of female end-users, their male partners, and healthcare providers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 100,000.00 | 36 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to monitor the neural development of preterm newborns particularly in low-middle income settings by producing an algorithm and image analysis software to predict gestational age from an image of the retina taken by mobile phone; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 154,358.00 | 31 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to demonstrate the feasibility of critical technologies that could accelerate development of high value products complimenting the sanitation value chain, and other "Reinvented Toilet" systems, resulting in a more efficient and affordable sanitation appro; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 95,469.00 | 38 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide for general operating support. General Operating Support. Investment start date: 8/9/2012 to end date: 3/31/2017. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -669,587.13 | 47 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create a framework and assess potential new techologies for maternal and neonatal health; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 5,084,104.00 | 2 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to deliver a better sanitation solution to people who lack sufficient access to safe and effective sanitation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 1,995,375.00 | 9 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide for general operating support. General Operating Support. Investment start date: 8/9/2012 to end date: 3/31/2017. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 468,069.00 | 23 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to evaluate the impact of ultrasound introduced in low-resource settings to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality and fetal and neonatal mortality through a multi-country cluster randomized trial in high burden countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Guatemala|India|Kenya|Pakistan|Zambia. | |
| 543,692.00 | 20 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop a toilet technology prototype that deals effectively and cost-efficiently with human waste for those who currently lack access to safe and affordable sanitation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 28,559.00 | 42 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide for general operating support. General Operating Support. Investment start date: 8/9/2012 to end date: 3/31/2017. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 115,484.00 | 34 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide for general operating support. General Operating Support. Investment start date: 8/9/2012 to end date: 3/31/2017. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 320,683.00 | 27 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to prototype a means of dealing effectively and cost-efficiently with human waste for those who currently lack access to safe and affordable sanitation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 79,005.00 | 39 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to prototype a means of dealing effectively and cost-efficiently with human waste for those who currently lack access to safe and affordable sanitation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,523,402.00 | 10 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop an optimized RTI MicroPEM for young children in IAP settings. #AG Pilot# An Optimized RTI MicroPEM for Young Children in IAP Settings. Investment start date: 10/4/2012 to end date: 10/31/2015. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 489,725.00 | 22 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide general operating support to RTI, an independent, nonprofit institution that provides research, development, and technical services to government and commercial clients worldwide.; Aid type: Core support to NGOs, other private bodies, PPPs and research institutes. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,999,994.00 | 4 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to evaluate the impact of ultrasound introduced in low-resource settings to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality and fetal and neonatal mortality through a multi-country cluster randomized trial in high burden countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Guatemala|India|Kenya|Pakistan|Zambia. | |
| 250,062.00 | 30 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide for general operating support. General Operating Support. Investment start date: 8/9/2012 to end date: 3/31/2017. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,300,564.00 | 12 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to prototype a means of dealing effectively and cost-efficiently with human waste for those who currently lack access to safe and affordable sanitation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,967,060.00 | 7 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create a framework and assess potential new techologies for maternal and neonatal health; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 36 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to test a septic tank biofilter made from cocopeat for its ability to decompose human waste and produce effluent that can be used for crop fertilization and irrigation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,990,338.00 | 5 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create a framework and assess potential new techologies for maternal and neonatal health; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 621,000.00 | 17 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to research protection of the cervix as a method of HIV prevention. Preventing HIV by protecting the cervix. Investment start date: 2/28/2008 to end date: 6/30/2009. Grantee name: Research Triangle Institute; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zimbabwe|South africa. | |
| 2,989,799.00 | 6 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create a new venture model providing business and technical expertise to stimulate innovation and private investment in global health; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. |