Bill and Melinda gates Foundation donations made to Mercy Corps

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation
Best overview URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation
Facebook username gatesfoundation
LinkedIn username bill-&-melinda-gates-foundation
Websitehttps://www.gatesfoundation.org/
Donations URLhttps://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database
Twitter usernamegatesfoundation
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do
Grant application process pagehttps://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Grantseeker-FAQ
Regularity with which donor updates donations datacontinuous updates
Regularity with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update)irregular
Lag with which donor updates donations datamonths
Lag with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update)years
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL 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

Basic donee information

ItemValue
Country
Facebook page mercycorps
Websitehttp://www.mercycorps.org
Twitter usernamemercycorps
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Corps
Instagram usernamemercycorps

Full donee page for donee Mercy Corps

Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 49 320,000 783,825 -58,703 0 60,000 166,650 198,000 320,000 450,000 495,458 700,000 833,500 19,417,437
Material relief assistance and services 19 400,000 376,868 -58,703 0 90,000 187,500 300,000 400,000 451,117 500,000 649,995 833,500 1,000,000
Relief co-ordination and support services 8 350,000 333,711 -53,756 0 3,825 204,000 350,000 350,000 450,000 465,793 500,000 749,829 749,829
Emergency food assistance 12 187,500 417,295 -52,175 3,825 60,000 80,000 166,650 187,500 200,000 210,000 495,458 749,829 2,708,456
Animal agriculture 5 833,250 607,123 -15,442 0 0 0 0 833,250 833,250 833,250 833,250 1,400,000 1,400,000
Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitation 3 166,650 212,217 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 166,650 166,650 166,650 320,000 320,000 320,000 320,000
Disaster prevention and preparedness 1 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 480,000
Financing 1 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437 19,417,437

Donation amounts by cause area and year

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 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Financing (filter this donor) 1 19,417,437.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19,417,437.00 0.00
Material relief assistance and services (filter this donor) 19 7,160,486.95 0.00 332,378.13 1,051,117.00 639,297.15 0.00 2,153,499.67 1,749,995.00 0.00 580,000.00 466,700.00 187,500.00
Emergency food assistance (filter this donor) 12 5,007,542.82 0.00 -52,175.18 0.00 201,825.00 749,829.00 80,000.00 495,458.00 0.00 2,978,456.00 366,650.00 187,500.00
Animal agriculture (filter this donor) 5 3,035,615.24 1,400,000.00 -30,884.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,666,499.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Relief co-ordination and support services (filter this donor) 8 2,669,690.76 0.00 396,243.76 0.00 673,618.00 1,599,829.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitation (filter this donor) 3 636,650.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 320,000.00 150,000.00 166,650.00 0.00
Disaster prevention and preparedness (filter this donor) 1 480,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 480,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 49 38,407,422.77 1,400,000.00 645,562.61 1,051,117.00 1,514,740.15 2,349,658.00 3,899,999.01 2,245,453.00 800,000.00 3,708,456.00 20,417,437.00 375,000.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (49 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 49)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
1,400,000.0032017-11-09Animal agriculture/Livestockhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to revitalize the poultry livelihoods and markets in Nigeria’s Borno State through the establishment of mother units and the provision of chickens to vulnerable households; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Nigeria.
400,000.00212016-12-20Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support populations highly affected by complex crisis in Yemen. Emergency Response to complex crisis in Yemen. Investment start date: 12/20/2016 to end date: 12/19/2017. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Yemen.
450,000.00202016-11-04Relief co-ordination and support serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to identify and address the major challenges that require innovative solutions in the humanitarian Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WSH) sector in the context of the complex emergency unfolding in Syria and the surrounding region; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Syrian arab republic|Lebanon|Jordan.
-15,442.05432016-05-19Animal agriculture/Livestock/veterinary serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate food access to drought-affected pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities and their animals in northern Kenya while rebuilding assets and livelihoods to increase resilience to future shocks; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya.
-15,446.69452016-05-19Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate food access to drought-affected pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities and their animals in northern Kenya while rebuilding assets and livelihoods to increase resilience to future shocks; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya.
-15,442.05432016-05-19Animal agriculture/Livestockhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate food access to drought-affected pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities and their animals in northern Kenya while rebuilding assets and livelihoods to increase resilience to future shocks; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya.
-52,175.18462016-03-30Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to rapidly meet the basic needs of this highly vulnerable IDP population. Emergency Response to Violence and Displacement in Central African Republic. Investment start date: 10/23/2013 to end date: 10/22/2014. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Central african republic (the).
-53,756.24482016-03-30Relief co-ordination and support serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to rapidly meet the basic needs of this highly vulnerable IDP population. Emergency Response to Violence and Displacement in Central African Republic. Investment start date: 10/23/2013 to end date: 10/22/2014. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Central african republic (the).
-52,175.18462016-03-30Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to rapidly meet the basic needs of this highly vulnerable IDP population. Emergency Response to Violence and Displacement in Central African Republic. Investment start date: 10/23/2013 to end date: 10/22/2014. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Central african republic (the).
451,117.00192015-12-17Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support critical needs as a result of complex crisis in Yemen. Humanitarian Relief for Complex Crisis in Yemen. Investment start date: 12/17/2015 to end date: 12/31/2016. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Yemen.
600,000.00122015-05-22Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support an emergency response to conflict and displacement in Iraq. Emergency Response to Conflict and Displacement in Iraq. Investment start date: 5/22/2015 to end date: 5/21/2016. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Iraq.
500,000.00132013-12-26Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to meet immediate needs, accelerate economic recovery and build financial resilience in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Philippines (the).
465,793.00182013-10-24Relief co-ordination and support serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to identify and address the major challenges that require innovative solutions in the humanitarian Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WSH) sector in the context of the complex emergency unfolding in Syria and the surrounding region; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Syrian arab republic|Lebanon|Jordan.
204,000.00282013-10-23Relief co-ordination and support serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to rapidly meet the basic needs of this highly vulnerable IDP population. Emergency Response to Violence and Displacement in Central African Republic. Investment start date: 10/23/2013 to end date: 10/22/2014. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Central african republic (the).
198,000.00302013-10-23Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to rapidly meet the basic needs of this highly vulnerable IDP population. Emergency Response to Violence and Displacement in Central African Republic. Investment start date: 10/23/2013 to end date: 10/22/2014. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Central african republic (the).
198,000.00302013-10-23Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to rapidly meet the basic needs of this highly vulnerable IDP population. Emergency Response to Violence and Displacement in Central African Republic. Investment start date: 10/23/2013 to end date: 10/22/2014. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Central african republic (the).
3,825.00412013-06-03Relief co-ordination and support serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to protect the lives, rebuild the livelihoods and enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities in western Niger and northern Mali through a community led, livestock market-driven approach; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Niger (the)|Mali.
3,825.00412013-06-03Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to protect the lives, rebuild the livelihoods and enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities in western Niger and northern Mali through a community led, livestock market-driven approach; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Niger (the)|Mali.
-58,702.85492013-05-15Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide emergency response to the humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan. Emergency response to refugee crisis in Kyrgyzstan. Investment start date: 6/29/2010 to end date: 6/25/2011. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kyrgyzstan.
350,000.00232012-10-18Relief co-ordination and support serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support an emergency response to flooding in Assam, North-East India. Emergency Response to flooding in Assam, North-East India. Investment start date: 10/18/2012 to end date: 10/18/2013. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India.
749,829.0082012-09-20Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to protect the lives, rebuild the livelihoods and enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities in western Niger and northern Mali through a community led, livestock market-driven approach; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Niger (the)|Mali.
749,829.0082012-09-20Relief co-ordination and support serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to protect the lives, rebuild the livelihoods and enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities in western Niger and northern Mali through a community led, livestock market-driven approach; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Niger (the)|Mali.
500,000.00132012-08-27Relief co-ordination and support serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support an emergency response for internally displaced people in Assam, India. Assam, North-East India, Inter-Communal Violence Humanitarian Response. Investment start date: 8/27/2012 to end date: 8/26/2013. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: India.
80,000.00392011-12-22Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support emergency relief for mudslides and flooding in Colombia. Response to Flooding and Mudslides in Colombia. Investment start date: 12/22/2011 to end date: 12/21/2012. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Colombia.
320,000.00242011-12-22Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support emergency relief for mudslides and flooding in Colombia. Response to Flooding and Mudslides in Colombia. Investment start date: 12/22/2011 to end date: 12/21/2012. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Colombia.
833,249.6762011-09-23Animal agriculture/Livestock/veterinary serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate food access to drought-affected pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities and their animals in northern Kenya while rebuilding assets and livelihoods to increase resilience to future shocks; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya.
833,499.6752011-09-23Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate food access to drought-affected pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities and their animals in northern Kenya while rebuilding assets and livelihoods to increase resilience to future shocks; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya.
833,249.6762011-09-23Animal agriculture/Livestockhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate food access to drought-affected pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities and their animals in northern Kenya while rebuilding assets and livelihoods to increase resilience to future shocks; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kenya.
1,000,000.0042011-03-24Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide emergency response to the earthquake- and tsunami-affected communities in Japan; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Japan.
400,000.00212010-11-08Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide emergency response to the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. Earthquake and Tsunami Response in Indonesia. Investment start date: 11/8/2010 to end date: 11/30/2011. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Indonesia.
700,000.00102010-06-30Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide emergency response to the humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan. Emergency response to refugee crisis in Kyrgyzstan. Investment start date: 6/29/2010 to end date: 6/25/2011. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Kyrgyzstan.
495,458.00152010-04-20Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to meet immediate humanitarian needs within targeted food insecure communities while increasing resiliency to weather future emergencies; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Nepal|Central african republic (the)|Niger (the)|Somalia|Sri lanka.
649,995.00112010-03-24Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide emotional and psychological support to children affected by the earthquake in Haiti; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Haiti.
480,000.00172009-10-12Disaster prevention and preparednesshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- To support emergency relief in response to the earthquake in Indonesia.. Emergency response to earthquake in Indonesia. Investment start date: 10/6/2009 to end date: 10/5/2010. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Indonesia.
320,000.00242009-10-12Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitationhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- To support emergency relief in response to the earthquake in Indonesia.. Emergency response to earthquake in Indonesia. Investment start date: 10/6/2009 to end date: 10/5/2010. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Indonesia.
150,000.00372008-11-06Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitationhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide emergency relief to those affected by flooding in Honduras. Honduras Flood Response. Investment start date: 11/5/2008 to end date: 11/4/2009. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Honduras.
60,000.00402008-11-06Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide emergency relief to those affected by flooding in Honduras. Honduras Flood Response. Investment start date: 11/5/2008 to end date: 11/4/2009. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Honduras.
90,000.00382008-11-06Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide emergency relief to those affected by flooding in Honduras. Honduras Flood Response. Investment start date: 11/5/2008 to end date: 11/4/2009. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Honduras.
2,708,456.0022008-08-12Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to meet immediate humanitarian needs within targeted food insecure communities while increasing resiliency to weather future emergencies; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Nepal|Central african republic (the)|Niger (the)|Somalia|Sri lanka.
210,000.00272008-03-07Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support emergency relief activities in Tajikistan for the winter freeze. Emergency Relief for Tajikistan winter freeze. Investment start date: 3/7/2008 to end date: 3/7/2009. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Tajikistan.
490,000.00162008-03-07Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support emergency relief activities in Tajikistan for the winter freeze. Emergency Relief for Tajikistan winter freeze. Investment start date: 3/7/2008 to end date: 3/7/2009. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Tajikistan.
19,417,437.0012007-11-21Financing/Informal/semi-formal financial intermediarieshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support the Maximizing Financial Access Through Innovation and Services at Scale (MAXIS) program; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Indonesia|Philippines (the).
166,700.00342007-07-05Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate relief to flood affected victims in southern Pakistan. Flood Relief in Southern Pakistan. Investment start date: 7/5/2007 to end date: 7/5/2008. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Pakistan.
166,650.00352007-07-05Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate relief to flood affected victims in southern Pakistan. Flood Relief in Southern Pakistan. Investment start date: 7/5/2007 to end date: 7/5/2008. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Pakistan.
166,650.00352007-07-05Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitationhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate relief to flood affected victims in southern Pakistan. Flood Relief in Southern Pakistan. Investment start date: 7/5/2007 to end date: 7/5/2008. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Pakistan.
300,000.00262007-02-12Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate relief to flood victims in Jakarta, Indonesia. to provide immediate relief to flood victims in Jakarta, Indonesia. Investment start date: 2/12/2007 to end date: 8/12/2007. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Indonesia.
200,000.00292007-02-12Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide immediate relief to flood victims in Jakarta, Indonesia. to provide immediate relief to flood victims in Jakarta, Indonesia. Investment start date: 2/12/2007 to end date: 8/12/2007. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Indonesia.
187,500.00322006-08-03Material relief assistance and serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to address critical humanitarian needs in Lebanon. to address critical humanitarian needs in Lebanon. Investment start date: 8/3/2006 to end date: 11/3/2006. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Lebanon.
187,500.00322006-08-03Emergency food assistancehttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to address critical humanitarian needs in Lebanon. to address critical humanitarian needs in Lebanon. Investment start date: 8/3/2006 to end date: 11/3/2006. Grantee name: Mercy Corps; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Lebanon.