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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Annual Report 2024

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the world's largest private philanthropic foundations, committed to global equity and opportunity. In its 25th anniversary year, the Foundation provided $8.015 billion in total charitable support across global health, global development, gender equality and education. Key 2024 highlights include 4 million girls vaccinated against HPV, major investments in polio eradication ($889m), malaria ($318m) and tuberculosis ($283m), and a commitment to spend $200 billion over the next 20 years.

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Global Health; Global Development; Gender Equality; Global Growth & Opportunity; United States Program; Global Policy & Advocacy; philanthropic partnerships; volume guarantees for vaccines and medicines

📊Key Metrics

$8.015 billion in total charitable support in 2024, including grants, direct charitable contracts and operational expenditure Key Metric 1
$889 million for polio eradication; $482 million for immunisation; $318 million for malaria; $283 million for tuberculosis Key Metric 2
4 million girls vaccinated against HPV/cervical cancer through volume guarantee financing mechanism in 2024 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 25th anniversary year: $100 billion spent since foundation; commitment to spend $200 billion in next 20 years
  • $934 million invested in Gender Equality including maternal and newborn health, women's health innovation and family planning
  • $47 billion received from Warren Buffett since 2006 — described by Bill Gates as 'probably the most generous gift ever given to someone else's foundation'

📍Geography

International

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