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 | United States |
| Facebook page | UCBerkeley |
| Website | https://www.berkeley.edu/ |
| Donate page | https://give.berkeley.edu/?sc=111443 |
| Twitter username | UCBerkeley |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley |
| Instagram username | ucberkeleyofficial |
| Medium username | UCBerkeley |
| Org Watch page | https://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=University+of+California%2C+Berkeley |
Full donee page for donee University of California, Berkeley
| 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 | 51 | 174,657 | 963,769 | -145,581 | 21,418 | 48,946 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 174,657 | 459,757 | 1,094,700 | 1,504,864 | 2,624,405 | 6,510,712 |
| Global health | 23 | 100,000 | 414,350 | -145,581 | 0 | 14,689 | 44,662 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 459,757 | 1,094,700 | 1,465,210 | 1,799,905 |
| Nutrition | 9 | 870,188 | 1,089,316 | 21,418 | 21,418 | 48,946 | 65,120 | 510,501 | 870,188 | 1,464,033 | 2,005,021 | 2,194,212 | 2,624,405 | 2,624,405 |
| Multisector aid | 1 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Sanitation | 2 | 30,000 | 65,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Water | 9 | 1,266,467 | 2,307,169 | 53,134 | 53,134 | 121,426 | 161,553 | 199,824 | 1,266,467 | 2,033,807 | 4,974,123 | 5,443,474 | 6,510,712 | 6,510,712 |
| Financing | 3 | 200,000 | 1,453,006 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 4,059,017 | 4,059,017 | 4,059,017 | 4,059,017 |
| Financial policy and administrative management | 1 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| Information and communication technology (ICT) | 1 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 | 223,230 |
| Agriculture | 1 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 | 767,800 |
| Family planning | 1 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 | 3,398,780 |
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 51) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,464,033.00 | 13 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | To develop analytics infrastructure to support precision public health and HBGDki (Healthy Birth, Growth and Development knowledge integration) efforts; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 25,000.00 | 45 | Multisector aid | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to further disseminate and amplify the Othering & Belonging framework. Conference Support for Othering & Belonging. Investment start date: 4/26/2017 to end date: 10/31/2017. Grantee name: University of California - Berkeley; Aid type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners. Affected countries: United states of america (the). | |
| 870,188.00 | 17 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | To develop analytics infrastructure to support precision public health and HBGDki (Healthy Birth, Growth and Development knowledge integration) efforts; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 649,898.00 | 19 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to validate a novel, non-invasive, and accurate measurement of skeletal muscle mass in infants and children and to measure change with growth; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 3,398,780.00 | 5 | Family planning | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to expand the body of knowledge about the sexual and reproductive health needs of early adolescents in Tanzania; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Tanzania, united republic of. | |
| 4,059,017.00 | 4 | Financing/Formal sector financial intermediaries | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create an applied research network that will develop the evidence base on the delivery, impact and regulation of digital credit products in emerging markets; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South & Central Asia|South of Sahara. | |
| 200,000.00 | 24 | Financing/Formal sector financial intermediaries | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to build the evidence base on impact of connection to an e-commerce terminal on economic, digital and financial lives of households in rural China; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: China. | |
| 150,000.00 | 28 | Financial policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to rigorously evaluate the social and economic impacts of the introduction of mobile phone technology in previously isolated villages, and to create a test bed for the development and deployment of new digital financial services; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Philippines (the). | |
| 459,757.00 | 21 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop data-driven strategies for delivering the right intervention(s) to the right child, at the right time, and at the right price; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,266,467.00 | 15 | Water/basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 350,118.36 | 22 | Global health/Health education | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 510,500.64 | 20 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Financing/Formal sector financial intermediaries | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to map access to and use of digital financial services in Ghana by combining data on mobile phone calls and mobile money use with photographs taken of local infrastructures and applying machine learning methods; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| 48,945.60 | 41 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 33,568.52 | 43 | Global health/Health education | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 121,425.88 | 29 | Water/basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to simultaneously treat pneumonia and boost nutrition in children from developing countries by combining peanut butter with the antibiotic amoxicillin to produce an inexpensive, stable, and ready-to-use medicine; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to promote adherence to HIV treatment in Tanzania by using behavioral priming methods such as associational cues and social influence that indirectly or subconsciously influence behavior; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 11,440.00 | 48 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support a public meeting to discuss regulatory pathways for HIV cure research. Forum HIV Cure Project: Focus on Regulatory Issues. Investment start date: 6/16/2014 to end date: 6/30/2014. Grantee name: University of California - Berkeley; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 65,120.40 | 39 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 161,552.86 | 27 | Water/basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 44,661.74 | 42 | Global health/Health education | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 30,000.00 | 44 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to disinfect excreta in latrines by converting the ammonia naturally found in urine and feces into a powerful disinfectant by adding an alkalinizing agent to raise the pH level; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 5,443,474.27 | 2 | Water/basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 1,504,863.73 | 11 | Global health/Health education | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 2,194,212.00 | 7 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to harness the inherent properties of a recently discovered class of bacterial enzymes that bind and cleave specific short RNA sequences for detection of non-invasive detection of infectious pathogens; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -2,907.59 | 50 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to identify chemical compounds in the female reproductive system that guide sperm cells to the egg to then produce synthetic versions to disrupt this navigation system and inhibit fertilization; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -40.99 | 49 | Global health/Medical research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to test the ability of newly discovered RNA restriction enzymes to bind to specific RNA sequences inherent in a wide range of pathogens; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,005,020.96 | 9 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 1,375,110.21 | 14 | Global health/Health education | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 4,974,122.83 | 3 | Water/basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| -145,580.56 | 51 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve the outcome of antiretroviral use for treatment and prevention of HIV in developing countries by promoting the availability of biomedical prevention interventions; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,465,210.00 | 12 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop a Universal Sample Preparation and Pre-concentration module that is relevant for parallel diagnostics of infectious diseases; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Sanitation/basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to disinfect excreta in latrines by converting the ammonia naturally found in urine and feces into a powerful disinfectant by adding an alkalinizing agent to raise the pH level; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 21,417.60 | 46 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 14,688.90 | 47 | Global health/Health education | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 53,133.50 | 40 | Water/basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to identify chemical compounds in the female reproductive system that guide sperm cells to the egg to then produce synthetic versions to disrupt this navigation system and inhibit fertilization; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Global health/Medical research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to test the ability of newly discovered RNA restriction enzymes to bind to specific RNA sequences inherent in a wide range of pathogens; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to transform a cell phone camera into a high-quality diagnostic microscope for remote diagnosis and surveillance; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 1,094,700.00 | 16 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve the outcome of antiretroviral use for treatment and prevention of HIV in developing countries by promoting the availability of biomedical prevention interventions; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,624,405.28 | 6 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 1,799,904.62 | 10 | Global health/Health education | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 6,510,712.10 | 1 | Water/basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to determine the effectiveness of individual or combined water, sanitation and hygiene on realizing health, social and/or economic impacts, and to provide data that will influence water, sanitation and hygiene policy and practice; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Bangladesh|Kenya. | |
| 199,824.00 | 25 | Water/basic drinking water supply | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to generate and disseminate rigorous evidence from randomized evaluations on what works in rural water in developing countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya. | |
| 223,230.00 | 23 | Information and communication technology (ICT) | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to identify ICT-based applications and systems that can increase African smallholder productivity, profitability, and sustainability; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| 767,800.00 | 18 | Agriculture/agricultural development | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to foster in-depth and high quality media coverage of agricultural development issues in Africa through an intensive journalism training program; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Europe|South of Sahara|Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: India. | |
| 100,000.00 | 30 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to attempt to decipher the molecular mechanisms that maintain broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of the healthy eye, which could lead to innovative strategies to combat infectious disease in general.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,033,807.00 | 8 | Water/basic drinking water supply | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to generate and disseminate rigorous evidence from randomized evaluations on what works in rural water in developing countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya. | |
| 174,657.00 | 26 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to increase the quality of health care leadership. Advanced Health Leadership Forum. Investment start date: 1/9/2006 to end date: 1/9/2007. Grantee name: University of California - Berkeley; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. |