Gates Foundation

25 years of progress

The challenges ahead are the most daunting we’ve seen in our lifetime. But so are the opportunities. With the innovations we have today and in the pipeline, we can save and improve even more lives.
President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gender Equality Division, Dr. Anita Zaidi, has a focus group with Oraan, Pakistan’s first women-led women-first fintech startup, at the Oraan office in Karachi, Pakistan on September 8, 2022.
Our mission is to create a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life.
Our work
We work with partners around the world to tackle big challenges and improve people’s lives.
Our story
For over 25 years, the Gates Foundation has been committed to tackling the greatest inequities in our world.

Foundation facts

For the year ended December 31, 2024. Amount in U.S. dollars.
Partners of Human Potential

How does the work of our partners come to life? How does that work create potential around the world? Watch, read, and experience the stories of good people doing great things that can lead to even greater things.

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Our role

For over 25 years, the Gates Foundation has been committed to fighting the greatest inequities in the world.

How we work

We are focused on results. Those that can be measured. And those measured in ways beyond numbers.

Our story

Learn about the origins of the foundation and the values that drive our work.

Ideas

Read the latest stories, research, and news from across the foundation.
Bill Gates sits and visits with a farmer in a Basa shelter in the Khagaria District in the state of Bihar in India.

My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth

During the first 25 years of the Gates Foundation, we gave away more than $100 billion. Over the next two decades, we will double our giving.
By Bill Gates Chair, Board Member, Gates Foundation
Maryam Mustafa, assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences and co-founder of Awaaz-e-Sehat, pictured in Lahore, Pakistan.

How a computer scientist is using AI to save mothers’ lives in Pakistan