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.
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| 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
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Full donee page for donee Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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| 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 | 27 | 745,473 | 2,550,932 | -167,644 | 0 | 0 | 114,977 | 251,154 | 745,473 | 997,295 | 1,498,154 | 5,607,000 | 10,543,640 | 15,114,881 |
| Agriculture | 23 | 745,473 | 2,880,852 | -167,644 | 0 | 0 | 26,239 | 350,285 | 745,473 | 910,121 | 5,053,663 | 5,637,513 | 10,543,640 | 15,114,881 |
| Nutrition | 2 | -341 | 57,318 | -341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114,977 | 114,977 | 114,977 | 114,977 | 114,977 |
| Animal agriculture | 2 | 1,002,787 | 1,250,471 | 1,002,787 | 1,002,787 | 1,002,787 | 1,002,787 | 1,002,787 | 1,002,787 | 1,498,154 | 1,498,154 | 1,498,154 | 1,498,154 | 1,498,154 |
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 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture (filter this donor) | 23 | 66,259,595.62 | -341.29 | 10,627,150.40 | 354,961.00 | 12,745,473.00 | 1,574,324.52 | 20,609,622.99 | 8,476,720.00 | 1,211,022.00 | 5,053,663.00 | 5,607,000.00 |
| Animal agriculture (filter this donor) | 2 | 2,500,941.00 | 0.00 | 1,002,787.00 | 0.00 | 1,498,154.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nutrition (filter this donor) | 2 | 114,635.84 | -341.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 114,977.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 27 | 68,875,172.46 | -682.45 | 11,629,937.40 | 354,961.00 | 14,243,627.00 | 1,689,301.52 | 20,609,622.99 | 8,476,720.00 | 1,211,022.00 | 5,053,663.00 | 5,607,000.00 |
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 27) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -341.16 | 21 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | for policy-oriented technical studies in order to define more effective policy and institutional actions for improving diets and raising levels of nutrition; Aid type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -341.29 | 22 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | for policy-oriented technical studies in order to define more effective policy and institutional actions for improving diets and raising levels of nutrition; Aid type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 10,543,640.00 | 3 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve private and policy decisions on agriculture and food security by local, national and global actors, as a result of more timely, relevant and available information on development finance, agriculture inputs, processes and outputs; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -167,643.60 | 27 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve agricultural statistics in sub-Saharan Africa by supporting piloting opportunities that leverage satellite imagery and GIS tools; Aid type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners. Affected countries: Ethiopia. | |
| 1,002,787.00 | 10 | Animal agriculture/Livestock | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to landscape constraints and opportunities in small ruminant livestock value chains in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Burkina faso|Ethiopia. | |
| 26,239.00 | 20 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to strengthen national policy enabling environments for agricultural development by identifying, assessing and supporting the approval and implementation of at least fifteen reforms to inputs, trade, markets and investment policies, across at least twelve; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| -26,239.00 | 24 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to monitor African food and agricultural policies. Assessing Market Policies and Investment Flows, Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP). Investment start date: 11/3/2009 to end date: 5/30/2014. Grantee name: Food and Agriculture Organ; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa|Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Burkina faso|Kenya|Mali|Tanzania, united republic of|Uganda. | |
| 251,154.00 | 17 | Agriculture/agricultural development | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to fund the work of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) as it explores the modalities of its engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring that the inclusive, multi-stakeholder and integrated approach prevailing during the desi; Aid type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -5,039.00 | 23 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the improvement of national agricultural statistics in nine countries in Africa and Asia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South & Central Asia|South of Sahara. | |
| 360,000.00 | 15 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to construct a statistical framework and apply an info technology solution for countries and regions; and to consolidate food and agriculture statistics into an integrated solution to support policy decisions and their monitoring; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 745,473.00 | 14 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to enhance the governance of food security and nutrition by supporting the activities of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to enable it to realize its vision and roles; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 1,498,154.00 | 9 | Animal agriculture/Livestock/veterinary services | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve our understanding of the role of livestock in the smallholder farming sector and experiment with and identify effective approaches to provide policy assistance in the livestock sector; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara|Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Tanzania, united republic of|Uganda|Nigeria. | |
| 12,000,000.00 | 2 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to strengthen national policy enabling environments for agricultural development by identifying, assessing and supporting the approval and implementation of at least fifteen reforms to inputs, trade, markets and investment policies, across at least twelve; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 114,977.00 | 19 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | for policy-oriented technical studies in order to define more effective policy and institutional actions for improving diets and raising levels of nutrition; Aid type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| 115,023.00 | 18 | Agriculture/agricultural research | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | for policy-oriented technical studies in order to define more effective policy and institutional actions for improving diets and raising levels of nutrition; Aid type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| -40,698.48 | 25 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the 5th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics. Conference and Round Table: Global strategies to support the implementation plan for improving African agricultural statistics. Investment start date: 6/7/2010 to end date: 12/31/2012; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 1,500,000.00 | 8 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to monitor African food and agricultural policies. Assessing Market Policies and Investment Flows, Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP). Investment start date: 11/3/2009 to end date: 5/30/2014. Grantee name: Food and Agriculture Organ; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa|Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Burkina faso|Kenya|Mali|Tanzania, united republic of|Uganda. | |
| 15,114,881.00 | 1 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve the capacity of African countries to make evidence-based agricultural policies & decisions that improve livelihoods of the rural poor & increase national food security, through relevant, cost-effective & timely agricultural statistics; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified|Africa. | |
| 5,637,513.00 | 5 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the globally accessible and transparent MIS platform, and build the capacity of Bangladesh, India, Nigeria and other countries to produce, disseminate and analyze quality agriculture market statistics using digital technologies; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Bangladesh|India|Nigeria. | |
| -142,771.01 | 26 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to construct a statistical framework and apply an information technology solution for countries and regions, to consolidate food and agricultural statistics into an integrated solution to support policy decisions and their monitoring; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Cameroon|Côte d'ivoire|Benin|Burkina faso|Angola|Ethiopia|Senegal|Ghana|Kenya|Mali|Malawi|Mozambique|Rwanda|Tanzania, united republic of|Uganda|Zambia|Nigeria. | |
| 910,121.00 | 12 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the improvement of national agricultural statistics in nine countries in Africa and Asia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South & Central Asia|South of Sahara. | |
| 997,295.00 | 11 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to improve agricultural statistics in sub-Saharan Africa by supporting piloting opportunities that leverage satellite imagery and GIS tools; Aid type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners. Affected countries: Ethiopia. | |
| 6,569,304.00 | 4 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to construct a statistical framework and apply an info technology solution for countries and regions; and to consolidate food and agriculture statistics into an integrated solution to support policy decisions and their monitoring; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 860,737.00 | 13 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to construct a statistical framework and apply an information technology solution for countries and regions, to consolidate food and agricultural statistics into an integrated solution to support policy decisions and their monitoring; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Cameroon|Côte d'ivoire|Benin|Burkina faso|Angola|Ethiopia|Senegal|Ghana|Kenya|Mali|Malawi|Mozambique|Rwanda|Tanzania, united republic of|Uganda|Zambia|Nigeria. | |
| 350,285.00 | 16 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support the 5th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics. Conference and Round Table: Global strategies to support the implementation plan for improving African agricultural statistics. Investment start date: 6/7/2010 to end date: 12/31/2012; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| 5,053,663.00 | 7 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to monitor African food and agricultural policies. Assessing Market Policies and Investment Flows, Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP). Investment start date: 11/3/2009 to end date: 5/30/2014. Grantee name: Food and Agriculture Organ; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa|Developing countries, unspecified; affected countries: Burkina faso|Kenya|Mali|Tanzania, united republic of|Uganda. | |
| 5,607,000.00 | 6 | Agriculture/agricultural policy and administrative management | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to construct a statistical framework and apply an information technology solution for countries and regions, to consolidate food and agricultural statistics into an integrated solution to support policy decisions and their monitoring; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Cameroon|Côte d'ivoire|Benin|Burkina faso|Angola|Ethiopia|Senegal|Ghana|Kenya|Mali|Malawi|Mozambique|Rwanda|Tanzania, united republic of|Uganda|Zambia|Nigeria. |