Gates Foundation
One of the world's largest grantmakers, directing billions from a strong strategic center toward global health, economic opportunity, and the reduction of inequity.
Financial profile
Gates Foundation · EIN 56-2618866 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $7,810,137,842 | $8,837,147,189 | $70,420,596,215 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $6,988,022,771 | $7,268,313,012 | $63,630,721,152 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $6,739,008,078 | $5,404,355,222 | $49,920,037,664 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $6,827,303,678 | $5,016,321,070 | $45,396,621,499 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $5,860,099,037 | $5,292,071,460 | $43,159,558,225 | Dec 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $4,767,997,029 | $6,368,195,336 | $32,834,291,867 | Dec 2015 |
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Peer societies
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FF
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WKKF
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WF
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MF
Moody Foundation
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DF
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Who backs GF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
The outside view
One of the world's largest grantmakers, directing billions from a strong strategic center toward global health, economic opportunity, and the reduction of inequity.
- Authority
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Citadel
Led from the center, built to endure.
The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Frontier.
Strengths
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