Gates Foundation
Gates Foundation is a foundation that is based in Seattle and led by chief executive Mark Suzman. It plans to spend about $200 billion over two decades and close on December 31, 2045.
Leadership
Mark Suzman, CEO. Mark Suzman is the CEO of the Gates Foundation.
Grants and gifts by Gates Foundation
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Uzima: A Stillbirth Prevention ProgramRead the story | $50 million |
Key facts
- Charitable disbursements, 2024
- $8,101,803,172source
- Planned spending
- about $200 billion over two decades, per a May 2025 statementsource
- Planned closing date
- December 31, 2045source
- Stock gifts from Warren Buffett
- received every year since 2006, none of the July 2026 giftssource
- Buffett gifts to date, per the Gates Foundation
- more than $47 billionsource
- Buffett gifts through June 2023, per the Chronicle tally cited by AOL
- nearly $39.3 billionsource
- Total revenue, fiscal year ending December 2024 (Form 990-PF)
- $8,084,056,958source
WYDE coverage of Gates Foundation
WYDE Newsroom has published 12 articles about Gates Foundation, from Mar 23, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026. Gates Foundation is a donor in 7 stories, a recipient in 4 stories and the subject of 1 story. The most recent is Warren Buffett Left Gates Foundation Out in 2026 and Gives Family Foundations 12 Million Shares.
Warren Buffett Left Gates Foundation Out in 2026 and Gives Family Foundations 12 Million Shares
Warren Buffett announced nearly $6 billion in Berkshire stock for the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the NoVo Foundation in July 2026. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is not a recipient.
Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read · Recipient
PhilanthropyWarren Buffett Plans to Give About $140 Billion in Berkshire Stock to Four Family Foundations by 2034
In July 2026, Warren Buffett, then 95, announced nearly $6 billion in Berkshire stock for four family foundations and plans to give his remaining stock, worth about $140 billion, by December 31, 2034. None of the July gifts went to the Gates Foundation.
Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read · Recipient
WYDE WeeklyMore Time to Apply: The $1 Million Clipping Fund Is Open to October 31
WYDE Weekly: creators who applied or joined bring more than 45 million followers, and the $1 million clipping fund now takes applications through October 31. Plus $100 million for stillbirth prevention, $18.5 million for food banks and the week in giving, AI and health, by the numbers.
Oct 17, 2026 · 5 min read · Donor
HealthcareGates Foundation and Wellcome Leap Commit $100 Million to Uzima Stillbirth Program
The Gates Foundation and Wellcome Leap each commit $50 million to Uzima, a three-year program that aims to halve stillbirth rates in select countries.
Oct 12, 2026 · 3 min read · Donor
WYDE WeeklyThe Creator Economy Crossed $1 Billion, the CLARITY Act Died in the Senate, and Everyday Money Kept Ending Hunger. Over 70,600 Meals.
MrBeast's next video cost $10 million and the top creators crossed $1 billion, the CLARITY Act failed 49 to 50, tokenized Treasuries opened to 35 million accounts, and creators and restaurants can now get paid to end hunger with the EAT Card.
Sep 19, 2026 · 7 min read · Donor
AIGates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Widen Access to AI
Bill Gates warns AI could deepen inequality as the Gates Foundation commits $1 billion over two years for local-language models, health, education, and small-farmer tools across the developing world.
Sep 16, 2026 · 3 min read · Donor
WYDE WeeklyVisa built stablecoin rails, Wyoming set a giving record, and the EAT Card hit the App Store. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Visa's stablecoin platform, DTCC's first live tokenized trades, the Senate's unanimous no-pardon vote on SBF, WyoGives' record $6.46 million, Lilly's $100 billion endowment, and the EAT Card iOS launch.
Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min read · Recipient
PhilanthropyWarren Buffett Drops the Gates Foundation From Nearly $6 Billion in Giving
For the first time since 2006, Warren Buffett left the Gates Foundation out of his midyear donations, sending nearly $6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock to four foundations run by his children while a review of the foundation's ties to Jeffrey Epstein plays out.
Jul 15, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiAI Agents Are Starting to Make Their Own Charitable Donations
Platforms like zooidfund now let autonomous AI agents evaluate campaigns and send USDC directly to people in crisis, with every decision published and auditable on-chain.
Jul 4, 2026 · 2 min read · Donor
WYDE WeeklyBig Tech moved $1.5B into giving. A judge saved SNAP. Roubini went onchain. 58,300 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Intercept's $500M fund, Evan Spiegel's $550M medical-debt erase, the US $800M WFP pledge, Project Pangea, and the EAT Card beta.
Jun 27, 2026 · 6 min read · Donor
Food PolicyA $500 Million Coalition Forms to Treat Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones
Save the Children, CIFF, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation, and others pledged $500 million to reach 5 million children with nutrition treatment as a new global food crisis looms.
Jun 27, 2026 · 2 min read · Donor
PhilanthropyBloomberg Gave $4.3 Billion Direct to Causes as New Tax Law Threatens $5.7 Billion in Charitable Giving
Michael Bloomberg gave $4.3 billion direct to causes in 2025, topping the Philanthropy 50 as new tax law adds AGI floor projected to cost charities $5.7 billion.
Mar 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Recipient
Reported alongside Gates Foundation
- Warren Buffett · in 4 stories with Gates Foundation
- Howard G. Buffett Foundation · in 3 stories with Gates Foundation
- OpenAI · in 3 stories with Gates Foundation
- Stripe · in 3 stories with Gates Foundation
- Anthropic · in 2 stories with Gates Foundation
- Berkshire Hathaway · in 2 stories with Gates Foundation
- Coinbase · in 2 stories with Gates Foundation
- Meta · in 2 stories with Gates Foundation
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