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 | UCDavis |
| Website | http://www.ucdavis.edu/ |
| Twitter username | ucdavis |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Davis |
| Instagram username | ucdavis |
Full donee page for donee University of California, Davis
| 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 | 36 | 102,056 | 482,528 | -12,439 | 0 | 79,195 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 102,056 | 164,045 | 695,977 | 928,023 | 1,333,116 | 2,999,944 |
| Nutrition | 12 | 695,977 | 783,127 | -12,439 | 0 | 57,865 | 102,056 | 310,085 | 695,977 | 992,318 | 1,134,712 | 1,333,116 | 1,642,738 | 2,362,062 |
| Global health | 17 | 100,000 | 314,848 | -12,439 | 0 | 0 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 102,056 | 164,045 | 999,866 | 2,999,944 |
| Financing | 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 |
| Agriculture | 4 | 161,949 | 384,059 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 161,949 | 161,949 | 161,949 | 346,263 | 346,263 | 928,023 | 928,023 | 928,023 |
| Family planning | 1 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 | 118,234 |
| Food crop production | 1 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 | 866,587 |
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 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition (filter this donor) | 12 | 9,397,522.87 | 6,116,986.00 | 695,939.84 | 2,172,455.69 | 0.00 | 412,141.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Global health (filter this donor) | 17 | 5,352,413.39 | 275,655.00 | 164,045.00 | 66,755.69 | 144,764.84 | 101,382.86 | 200,000.00 | 1,199,866.00 | 100,000.00 | 2,999,944.00 | 100,000.00 |
| Agriculture (filter this donor) | 4 | 1,536,235.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 161,949.00 | 1,028,023.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 346,263.00 | 0.00 |
| Food crop production (filter this donor) | 1 | 866,587.00 | 866,587.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Family planning (filter this donor) | 1 | 118,234.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 118,234.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Financing (filter this donor) | 1 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 36 | 17,370,992.26 | 7,259,228.00 | 959,984.84 | 2,239,211.38 | 262,998.84 | 675,473.20 | 1,228,023.00 | 1,199,866.00 | 100,000.00 | 3,346,207.00 | 100,000.00 |
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 36) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,333,116.00 | 4 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop a case definition of thiamine responsive disorder (TRD) based on clinical signs and illness recovery in response to an intramuscular thiamine injection and to evaluate biochemical indicators associated with increased risk of TRD.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Lao people's democratic republic (the). | |
| 275,655.00 | 14 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to identify and test SIgA and probiotic combinations that act synergistically to prevent environmental enteropathy in at risk infants.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 779,070.00 | 10 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to investigate whole eggs as a nutritional supplement for children 6 months of age in Malawi; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 866,587.00 | 9 | Food crop production | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to collect and analyze data on household income, consumption, and welfare following activities by Agha Kahn Foundation to increase pulse production in rural Bihar; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 2,362,062.00 | 2 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to investigate whole eggs as a nutritional supplement for children 6 months of age in Malawi; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,642,738.00 | 3 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to reduce micronutrient deficiencies by providing a rigorous, evidence-based analysis to optimize the combination and geographic scope of micronutrient interventions that will cost-effectively move vulnerable populations to a state of micronutrient adequa; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Ethiopia. | |
| 695,977.00 | 11 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop an objective biomarker of adherence to prescribed nutrient supplements, so as to facilitate the interpretation of results of nutrition intervention trials and nutrition programs; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 164,045.00 | 15 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create and develop functional data analysis techniques for novel analytics methodology and big data visualizations which allow us to understand the role of phenotypical characteristics in early childhood development; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -37.16 | 31 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to synthesize available information on the adequacy of protein intakes by pregnant women and young children in low-income countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 21 | Financing/Formal sector financial intermediaries | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve mobile money services for the poor in Haiti by developing algorithms that track changes in living standards simply by using mobile phone records and use it to evaluate new mobile money saving products; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 992,318.00 | 7 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide scientific evidence to national and subnational programs on how best to prevent zinc deficiency and to safely administer micronutrient powders; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South & Central Asia. | |
| 79,195.00 | 29 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop novel targeted interventions to achieve better return on investment in child nutrition programs; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -12,439.31 | 35 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to demonstrate that existing Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) data can be used to create detailed spatial information about patterns in childhood growth, nutrition, disease and related service delivery; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -12,439.31 | 35 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to demonstrate that existing Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) data can be used to create detailed spatial information about patterns in childhood growth, nutrition, disease and related service delivery; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 57,865.00 | 30 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to synthesize available information on the adequacy of protein intakes by pregnant women and young children in low-income countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,134,712.00 | 5 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to further develop a suite of tools to identify more cost-effective strategies for reducing micronutrient deficiencies, and pilot approaches to integrate these tools and analytics into policy and program decision-making processes; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 147,638.00 | 17 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create and develop functional data analysis techniques for novel analytics methodology and big data visualizations which allow us to understand the role of phenotypical characteristics in early childhood development; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -2,333.77 | 34 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to search for artificial transcription factors (ATF) that are candidates to treat P. falciparum infections.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -539.39 | 32 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support oral drug treatment for enhanced immune control over HIV replication. GCE Phase II: Oral drug treatment for enhanced immune control over HIV replication. Investment start date: 3/30/2011 to end date: 3/31/2014. Grantee name: University of Calif; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 118,234.00 | 18 | Family planning | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support modeling efforts to understand within- and between-child variability in growth outcomes and to quantify and rank potential risk factors; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 102,056.34 | 19 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to demonstrate that existing Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) data can be used to create detailed spatial information about patterns in childhood growth, nutrition, disease and related service delivery; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 102,056.34 | 19 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to demonstrate that existing Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) data can be used to create detailed spatial information about patterns in childhood growth, nutrition, disease and related service delivery; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 310,085.00 | 13 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to optimize nutrition systems in Cameroon. Systems Optimization Model to Improve Coverage and Cost-Effectiveness of Micronutrient Intervention Programs in Cameroon. Investment start date: 10/20/2013 to end date: 12/31/2014. Grantee name: University of Cal; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Cameroon. | |
| 161,949.00 | 16 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide public researchers working to improve the wheat crop with access to the most efficient and effective technologies for modifying the crop; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -673.48 | 33 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to test whether oligosaccharides found in cow’s milk can be used to enrich nutritional strategies of children who have been weaned; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 21 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop targeted nucleases that can be used to engineer cassava-infecting geminivirus resistance into staple African cassava varieties.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 21 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to test the theory that lysozyme, an antimicrobial component of human milk, can mitigate the detrimental effects of malnutrition by inducing resistance to diarrheal disease.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 928,023.00 | 8 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide long-term strategies for protecting wheat against rust fungi which threaten the food supply in multiple developing countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South & Central Asia|South of Sahara. | |
| 100,000.00 | 21 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to search for artificial transcription factors (ATF) that are candidates to treat P. falciparum infections.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 21 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop and test a simple, safe, and cost-effective immune-enhancing nutritional supplement that could reverse and prevent intestinal damage thought to be cause by malarial infection.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 100,000.00 | 21 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to track the biodistribution of sialic acid as a first step in understanding the long-term cognitive advantages of breastfeeding and potentially developing a sialic acid supplement for infants to promote cognitive development.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 999,866.00 | 6 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support oral drug treatment for enhanced immune control over HIV replication. GCE Phase II: Oral drug treatment for enhanced immune control over HIV replication. Investment start date: 3/30/2011 to end date: 3/31/2014. Grantee name: University of Calif; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 21 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to test whether oligosaccharides found in cow’s milk can be used to enrich nutritional strategies of children who have been weaned; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 346,263.00 | 12 | Agriculture/Plant and post-harvest protection and pest control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to enhance wheat resistance to multiple rust diseases. RNAi Wheat Rust Resistance. Investment start date: 11/20/2009 to end date: 3/31/2012. Grantee name: University of California, Davis; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,999,944.00 | 1 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to establish a conceptual framework for an evidenced-based, adaptive dengue surveillance, and disease management system that is effective across a range of transmission intensities; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 100,000.00 | 21 | Global health/Tuberculosis control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to prevent active tuberculosis by infection with Helicobacter pylori. A Grand Challenges Explorations grant to prevent active tuberculosis by infection with Helicobacter pylori.. Investment start date: 10/1/2008 to end date: 9/30/2009. Grantee name: Unive; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. |