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| 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 | cgdev |
| Website | http://www.cgdev.org/ |
| Twitter username | cgdev |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Global_Development |
| Org Watch page | https://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=Center+for+Global+Development |
Full donee page for donee Center for Global Development
| 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 | 29 | 914,025 | 1,383,984 | -134,315 | 25,000 | 125,000 | 221,692 | 499,831 | 914,025 | 1,348,994 | 1,646,648 | 2,000,000 | 3,139,038 | 10,000,000 |
| Global health | 13 | 221,692 | 1,217,825 | -134,315 | 87,975 | 87,975 | 125,000 | 221,692 | 221,692 | 499,831 | 914,025 | 1,250,154 | 1,832,683 | 10,000,000 |
| Scientific research | 6 | 1,897,497 | 1,930,778 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 887,205 | 887,205 | 1,897,497 | 1,897,497 | 2,000,000 | 3,139,038 | 3,139,038 | 3,650,927 | 3,650,927 |
| Sectors not specified | 2 | 25,000 | 1,014,435 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 2,003,870 | 2,003,870 | 2,003,870 | 2,003,870 | 2,003,870 |
| Family planning | 2 | 257,152 | 753,576 | 257,152 | 257,152 | 257,152 | 257,152 | 257,152 | 257,152 | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 |
| Financial policy and administrative management | 4 | 1,358,618 | 1,546,874 | 349,859 | 349,859 | 349,859 | 1,358,618 | 1,358,618 | 1,358,618 | 1,494,132 | 1,494,132 | 2,984,885 | 2,984,885 | 2,984,885 |
| Agriculture | 1 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 | 1,348,994 |
| Multisector aid | 1 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 | 1,646,648 |
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 29) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 499,831.00 | 18 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support a procurement study that will result in an agency-specific action plan for implementation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 3,650,927.00 | 2 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to use research, evidence, and thoughtful engagement to improve the quality of development finance; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 257,152.00 | 20 | Family planning | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to generate actionable recommendations to enhance the impact of donor support to family planning and health, consistent with FP2020 goals and commitments, in a sample of focus countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,832,683.00 | 8 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support a procurement study that will result in an agency-specific action plan for implementation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,984,885.00 | 4 | Financial policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to examine how governments can leverage digital payment and identity infrastructure to improve public service delivery and reduce poverty; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,358,618.00 | 11 | Financial policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to address crucial gaps in the understanding of the connection between anti-money laundering policy, derisking, cross-border payment flows, and the impact on recipients in order to make recommendations for beneficial policy actions; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 349,859.00 | 19 | Financial policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop evidence-based, actionable policy recommendations to support health financing improvement processes in India; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India. | |
| 125,000.00 | 23 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate a collection of case studies to improving the understanding of global health progress and catalyzing action among a broad array of audiences; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 125,000.00 | 23 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate a collection of case studies to improving the understanding of global health progress and catalyzing action among a broad array of audiences; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,646,648.00 | 9 | Multisector aid | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve the international development agenda and institutions for efficient and inclusive development by helping to accelerate the pace at which private sector investments incorporate the poor, multilateral development bank reform includes inclusive an; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,250,000.00 | 14 | Family planning | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to generate actionable recommendations to enhance the impact of donor support to family planning and health, consistent with FP2020 goals and commitments, in a sample of focus countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 914,025.00 | 15 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to implement and evaluate a performance-based financing scheme for antiretroviral service delivery at the facility and provider level in select countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 87,975.00 | 25 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate a collection of case studies to improving the understanding of global health progress and catalyzing action among a broad array of audiences; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 87,975.00 | 25 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate a collection of case studies to improving the understanding of global health progress and catalyzing action among a broad array of audiences; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,897,497.00 | 7 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to explore policy options and propose specific mechanisms and tools to enable donors, governments and the private sector to effectively respond to the main challenges posed by middle income countries and rising domestic revenues from extractive resources; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Tanzania, united republic of. | |
| 1,494,132.00 | 10 | Financial policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to address regulatory standards for financial inclusion through a multi-stakeholder Task Force and strategic policy outreach to identify and enable financial regulatory frameworks that drive innovation; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 221,691.50 | 21 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate a collection of case studies to improving the understanding of global health progress and catalyzing action among a broad array of audiences; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 221,691.50 | 21 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to produce and disseminate a collection of case studies to improving the understanding of global health progress and catalyzing action among a broad array of audiences; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 887,205.00 | 16 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to establish a working group to understand potential for greater use of fiscal federalism in country financing in developing countries to foster progress towards the health MDGs; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,348,994.00 | 12 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to contribute to the reform of UN Food Agencies and increase their development effectiveness, helping improve food security and enhance agricultural productivity; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,250,154.00 | 13 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | To define what a holistic value for money (V4M) agenda should and should not include and provide an agenda of practical policies and practices for global health funders to implement a value for money approach to programming.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 3,139,038.00 | 3 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve the efficiency of U.S. foreign assistance in order to better reduce global poverty; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 10,000.00 | 28 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support a conference on development themes for the G20 Summit. Conference grant for a day of discussions about development themes for the G20. Investment start date: 3/1/2011 to end date: 4/30/2011. Grantee name: Center for Global Development; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -134,315.00 | 29 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to extend support for the Policy Research Network and to inform donor decision-making in global health; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 25,000.00 | 27 | Sectors not specified | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | for general operating support. Center for Global Development's Embassy Progressive Dinner. Investment start date: 4/14/2009 to end date: 5/13/2009. Grantee name: Center for Global Development; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: United states of america (the). | |
| 2,003,870.00 | 5 | Sectors not specified | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve the base of evidence about development program effectiveness by establishing the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, an entity that would coordinate, fund and disseminate the results from rigorous impact evaluations; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 2,000,000.00 | 6 | Scientific research/scientific institutions | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve the base of evidence about development program effectiveness by establishing the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, an entity that would coordinate, fund and disseminate the results from rigorous impact evaluations; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South America|Africa|Asia. | |
| 600,010.00 | 17 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to contribute to improved donor practices by disseminating analyses of major international funding for HIV/AIDS prevention; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 10,000,000.00 | 1 | Global health/Health policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to amplify the impact of policy research and outreach on key public policy debates affecting health, education, governance and economic outcomes in the developing world; Aid type: Core support to NGOs, other private bodies, PPPs and research institutes. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. |