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 | TechnoServe |
| Website | http://www.technoserve.org/ |
| Twitter username | technoserve |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechnoServe |
| Instagram username | technoserve |
Full donee page for donee TechnoServe
| 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 | 26 | 749,858 | 4,164,702 | -22,310 | 12,308 | 120,737 | 173,228 | 488,657 | 749,858 | 1,857,576 | 2,800,000 | 4,848,735 | 9,995,090 | 46,955,200 |
| Agriculture | 16 | 488,657 | 1,233,960 | -22,310 | 12,308 | 57,743 | 120,737 | 249,862 | 488,657 | 749,858 | 1,857,576 | 2,000,000 | 4,848,735 | 5,000,000 |
| Food crop production | 2 | 24,615 | 2,012,308 | 24,615 | 24,615 | 24,615 | 24,615 | 24,615 | 24,615 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Global health | 7 | 2,800,000 | 10,645,599 | 132,139 | 132,139 | 173,228 | 885,901 | 885,901 | 2,800,000 | 5,572,727 | 5,572,727 | 18,000,000 | 46,955,200 | 46,955,200 |
| Nutrition | 1 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 | 9,995,090 |
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 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global health (filter this donor) | 7 | 74,519,194.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 173,227.50 | 0.00 | 18,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 5,704,865.50 | 2,800,000.00 | 47,841,101.00 |
| Agriculture (filter this donor) | 16 | 19,743,361.60 | 4,977,689.54 | 5,048,735.00 | 3,137,919.00 | 696,827.50 | 24,615.06 | 0.00 | 4,000,000.00 | 1,857,575.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nutrition (filter this donor) | 1 | 9,995,090.00 | 0.00 | 9,995,090.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Food crop production (filter this donor) | 2 | 4,024,615.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24,615.06 | 0.00 | 4,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 26 | 108,282,260.66 | 4,977,689.54 | 15,043,825.00 | 3,137,919.00 | 870,055.00 | 49,230.12 | 18,000,000.00 | 8,000,000.00 | 7,562,441.00 | 2,800,000.00 | 47,841,101.00 |
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 26) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000,000.00 | 5 | Agriculture/agricultural development | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve the effectiveness of the Chinese funded Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers (ATDC’s) in Mozambique, and Zambia as technology and innovation hubs, making them key contributors to country led, inclusive agricultural transformation. As o; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Mozambique|Zambia. | |
| -22,310.46 | 26 | Agriculture/agricultural inputs | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve smallholder farmers' fertilizer access as well as the economics underlying the lack of distribution; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 4,848,735.00 | 6 | Agriculture/agricultural co-operatives | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop farmer producer organization approaches to poverty alleviation for women smallholder farmers in Bihar; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 9,995,090.00 | 3 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to strengthen the capacity of local food processing industries to produce high quality foods fortified with essential vitamins and minerals in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Nigeria|Tanzania, united republic of|Kenya. | |
| 200,000.00 | 18 | Agriculture/agricultural development | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop strategies for two Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers in Mozambique and Zambia to scale up their reach and become more financially sustainable over time; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Mozambique. | |
| 249,862.00 | 17 | Agriculture/agricultural inputs | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve smallholder farmers' fertilizer access as well as the economics underlying the lack of distribution; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 488,657.00 | 16 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide technical assistance to pilot and demonstrate the promotion of farmers producer organizations to strengthen their efforts of building agriculture based livelihoods; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 1,649,542.00 | 12 | Agriculture/agricultural development | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to test new methods for collecting outcome data associated with improving smallholder agricultural productivity; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 749,858.00 | 14 | Agriculture/agricultural inputs | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve smallholder farmers' fertilizer access as well as the economics underlying the lack of distribution; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 120,737.00 | 21 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide technical assistance to pilot and demonstrate the promotion of farmers producer organizations to strengthen their efforts of building agriculture based livelihoods; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 57,742.50 | 22 | Agriculture/agricultural co-operatives | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to work with small farmers in Kenya and Uganda to increase the quality and quantity of mangoes and passion fruits and link them to fruit juice processing markets; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya|Uganda. | |
| 173,227.50 | 19 | Global health/Industrial crops/export crops | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to work with small farmers in Kenya and Uganda to increase the quality and quantity of mangoes and passion fruits and link them to fruit juice processing markets; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya|Uganda. | |
| 518,348.00 | 15 | Agriculture/agricultural development | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide TechnoServe with General Operating funds to help support regional offices; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| 24,615.06 | 23 | Food crop production | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to link small-scale soy producers to industrial feed processors in Zambia and Mozambique; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Mozambique. | |
| 12,307.53 | 24 | Agriculture/agricultural extension | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to link small-scale soy producers to industrial feed processors in Zambia and Mozambique; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Mozambique. | |
| 12,307.53 | 24 | Agriculture/agricultural co-operatives | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to link small-scale soy producers to industrial feed processors in Zambia and Mozambique; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Mozambique. | |
| 18,000,000.00 | 2 | Global health/Industrial crops/export crops | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to increase the incomes of smallholder coffee farmers in East Africa through improved yields and value addition; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara; affected countries: Uganda|Ethiopia|India|Kenya|Tanzania, united republic of|Malawi. | |
| 4,000,000.00 | 7 | Food crop production | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to link small-scale soy producers to industrial feed processors in Zambia and Mozambique; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Mozambique. | |
| 2,000,000.00 | 9 | Agriculture/agricultural extension | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to link small-scale soy producers to industrial feed processors in Zambia and Mozambique; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Mozambique. | |
| 2,000,000.00 | 9 | Agriculture/agricultural co-operatives | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to link small-scale soy producers to industrial feed processors in Zambia and Mozambique; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Mozambique. | |
| 1,857,575.50 | 11 | Agriculture/agricultural co-operatives | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to work with small farmers in Kenya and Uganda to increase the quality and quantity of mangoes and passion fruits and link them to fruit juice processing markets; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya|Uganda. | |
| 5,572,726.50 | 4 | Global health/Industrial crops/export crops | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to work with small farmers in Kenya and Uganda to increase the quality and quantity of mangoes and passion fruits and link them to fruit juice processing markets; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya|Uganda. | |
| 132,139.00 | 20 | Global health/Industrial crops/export crops | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop a sustainable model to scale-up productivity and access for India soy farmers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 2,800,000.00 | 8 | Global health/Industrial crops/export crops | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support capacity building. to support capacity building. Investment start date: 11/1/2008 to end date: 11/1/2010. Grantee name: TechnoServe, Inc.; Aid type: Core support to NGOs, other private bodies, PPPs and research institutes. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 46,955,200.00 | 1 | Global health/Industrial crops/export crops | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to help entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing world build business that create income, opportunity, and economic growth for their families, their communities and their nations; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya|Ethiopia|Rwanda|Tanzania, united republic of. | |
| 885,901.00 | 13 | Global health/Industrial crops/export crops | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to conduct several key studies to better understand the coffee industries in East African countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Tanzania, united republic of|Burundi|Ethiopia|Kenya|Rwanda. |