Seattle, Washington · EIN 562618866. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $6.2B across 4,891 grants in 2024, a median of $500K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349103667. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 4,891 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavi Alliance | n/a | $350,500,000 | VACCINE DELIVERY |
| 2 | Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria the | n/a | $283,358,799 | GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS |
| 3 | Gates Medical Research Institute | MA | $276,581,817 | ENTERICS, DIAGNOSTICS, GENOMICS & EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; MATERNAL, NEWBORN, CHILD NUTRITION AND HEALTH; PNEUMONIA & PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS; RESEARCH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINE DEVELOPMENT |
| 4 | Rotary Foundation of Rotary International the | IL | $120,500,000 | POLIO |
| 5 | World Health Organization | n/a | $64,987,518 | POLIO |
| 6 | World Health Organization | n/a | $52,000,000 | POLIO |
| 7 | Path | WA | $41,020,752 | DISCOVERY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES; ENTERICS, DIAGNOSTICS, GENOMICS & EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA & PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS; POLIO; RESEARCH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES; VACCINE DELIVERY; VACCINE DEVELOPMENT |
| 8 | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | DC | $37,900,000 | ENTERICS, DIAGNOSTICS, GENOMICS & EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS; MATERNAL, NEONATAL AND CHILD HEALTH; MATERNAL, NEWBORN, CHILD NUTRITION AND HEALTH; NUTRITION; PNEUMONIA & PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS; RESEARCH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES |
| 9 | United States Fund for Unicef | NY | $35,000,000 | POLIO |
| 10 | University of Washington Foundation | WA | $34,964,595 | DELIVERY OF SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH; ENTERICS, DIAGNOSTICS, GENOMICS & EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES; PUBLIC AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING; RESEARCH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES; VACCINE DELIVERY |
| 11 | Agra | n/a | $32,500,000 | AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT |
| 12 | Hispanic Scholarship Fund | CA | $31,500,000 | POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION |
| 13 | Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations | n/a | $30,000,000 | VACCINE DEVELOPMENT |
| 14 | World Health Organization | n/a | $28,173,997 | POLIO |
| 15 | Agence Francaise De Developpement | n/a | $20,495,533 | POLIO |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,917 | $5.3B |
| 2021 | 4,063 | $5.5B |
| 2022 | 3,939 | $5.7B |
| 2023 | 4,459 | $6.2B |
| 2024 | 4,891 | $6.2B |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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