In October 2006, the original trustees of the foundation, Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett, created a two-entity structure. One entity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ...

The foundation’s Family Planning team works to ensure that women and girls can access the contraceptives and family planning services they want and thus exercise their right to decide whether to have ...

Disease, conflict, and suffering thrive on poverty. Our global development programs create opportunities for people, communities, and countries to build wealth and invest in their futures. We work to ...

Women and girls often face obstacles that make it impossible for them to lead the lives they dream of. Our gender equality programs focus on removing those obstacles by expanding access to good health ...

In 2000, millions of children in lower-income countries were dying each year from diseases that were preventable with vaccines. To address this disparity, a multi-sectoral effort was launched—a ...

to support attendance of the International One Health Congress by the future leaders of One Health from low and middle income countries and to promote the health and productivity of livestock in ...

When a mother dies during childbirth, the future dies with her. The world doesn’t just lose everything she is and will be. We also—all too often—lose her child. The chance of a baby reaching their ...

From early childhood, we each saw how our parents helped out in our local communities, and we were taught that anything is possible. Unfortunately, factors outside of anyone’s control make it hard for ...

The Gates Foundation is committed to information sharing and transparency. We believe that research resulting from our funding should be promptly and broadly disseminated. We have adopted an Open ...

To expand access to digital financial services so people in the lowest-income communities around the globe can build security and prosperity for themselves, their families, and their communities.

When historians write about the first quarter of the 21st century, I think they may sum it up this way: Twenty years of unprecedented progress followed by five years of stagnation. This is true for ...

To support farmers and governments in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia that are seeking a sustainable, inclusive agricultural transformation—one that creates economic opportunity, respects limits on ...