Program areas at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Global development - in-country polio eradication programs; convene grantees to promote collaboration, improve programs & strengthen the grantee network; supply chain improvement studies in multiple countries; assist organizations in developing innovative financing mechanisms & pricing strategies to improve global access to vaccines, essential medicines and diagnositcs and family health products; support grantees in creating plans for introducing health care & vaccination programs & for responding to widespread health crises & pandemics; assist in strenthening primary healthcare systems; improve nutrutional foods and interventions; polio gps tracking and analysis; strategic project management; strategy support; evaluation, communication and advocacy support.
Global health - discovery, development, and delivery of high impact global health interventions. Engage with non-profit, public, and commercial partners to identify novel platforms, processes, and techniques that accelerate the timeline, reduce cost, and reduce risk for introduction of new and affordable vaccines, medicines, diagnostics, and devices for diseases of high burden in the developing world. Advise global health grantees in developing impactful advocacy and communications strategies. Convene global health grantees to share research findings, innovations, and best practices in numerous areas of global health and medicine.
Global growth & opportunity - develop and implement new technologies that will increase the efficiency, efficacy, & affordability of emptying pit latrines & septic tanks; convene grantees to promote collaboration, improve programs & strengthen the grantee network; support discovery studies and development plans on agricultural value chains for livestock & crops; understanding and improving financial markets and digital services in multiple countries; understanding and development of pathways to accelerate progress for women and girls; strategic project management; strategy support; evaluation, communication and advocacy support.
Grants made by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Personnel at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Mark Suzman | Chief Executive Officer | $908,009 | 2021-04-29 |
Connie Collingsworth | Chief Operating Officer | $736,788 | 2021-04-29 |
Carolyn Ainslie | Chief Financial Officer and Interim Director , Strategic Investments Fund | $735,526 | 2021-06-14 |
Susan Byrnes | Chief Communications Officer / Former Interim Chief Comm Officer | $326,071 | 2021-04-29 |
Lisa Alvarez-Calderon | Chief Human Resources Officer | | 2021-04-29 |
...and 19 more key personnel |
Financials for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Revenues | FYE 12/2019 | FYE 12/2018 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $5,861,673,446 | $5,589,332,331 | 4.9% |
Investment income and dividends | $379,571 | $240,670 | 57.7% |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $-7,500,060 | $11,292,810 | -166.4% |
Gross sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $5,546,080 | $6,256,718 | -11.4% |
Total revenues | $5,860,099,037 | $5,607,122,529 | 4.5% |
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Kaiser Permanente of Georgia | 501(c)(3) | Oakland, CA | $2,016,737,420 |
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care | 501(c)(3) | Wellesley, MA | $1,808,629,311 |
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) | 501(c)(3) | Boston, MA | $1,544,782,061 |
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Fallon Health | 501(c)(3) | Worcester, MA | $1,580,533,789 |
Data update history
October 6, 2021
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2019
September 27, 2021
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
September 25, 2021
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
June 20, 2021
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
November 27, 2020
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate non-operating foundationInternational-focused organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationHungerForeign affairsInternational development
Characteristics
Provides grantsNational levelTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- PO Box 23350
- Seattle, WA 98102
- Metro area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- County
- King County, WA
- Website URL
- gatesfoundation.org/Â
- Phone
- (206) 709-3100
- Facebook page
- gatesfoundationÂ
- Twitter profile
- @gatesfoundationÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 56-2618866
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990-PF
- Year formed
- 2007
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- Q30: International Development, Relief Services
- NAICS code, primary
- 813211: Grantmaking Foundations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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