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- Now worth $75.2 billion, the Gates Foundation has over the course of its three-decade lifespan made $77.6 billion worth of grant payments, making it one of the largest donor organizations in the world, with a focus on health and developmental goals.
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Foundation facts (1) Current number of foundation employees: 2,026 Total grant payments since inception (through Q4 2023): $77.6 billion (2) Total 2023 Charitable Support: $7.7 billion (3) Total 2022 Charitable Support: $7.0 billion (3) Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates total giving to the foundation from inception through 2023: $59.5 billion
We post our audited financial statements and 990-PFs to the site as they become available. Typically, the financial statement for each year is posted the summer of the following year, while the 990-PF is available in the fall of the following year.
May 4, 2021 · The Briefing. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust has a total portfolio value of over $25 billion. Almost half of the money is invested in Berkshire Hathaway, a holding company run by chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. The trust favors industrial stocks, with a 34% weighting in the sector.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the second largest charitable foundation in the world, [7] [8] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]
Feb 11, 2020 · Over the first 20 years of its existence, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spent $53.8 billion on its various programs, the Gateses announced in their annual letter for 2020. The large...
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At $8.3 billion, it is the largest budget in the foundation’s history. Transparency is an important part of the foundation’s work, so we are pleased not only to share this overview of our financials but to make complete audited financial statements available on our website.
Our annual reports outline the foundation’s annual spending, broken down by division and individual program strategies within each division. Annual reports from 1998 to 2022 are available via the links below.