Foundation Fact Sheet (At A Glance) | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2024)

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Mark Suzman, under the direction of co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates and the board of trustees.

Grantmaking areas

We also have a small Charitable Sector Support initiative.

Locations

Headquarters – Seattle, Washington
Washington, DC Office – Washington, DC
India Office – Delhi, India
China Office – Beijing, China
Europe and Middle East Offices – London, United Kingdomand Berlin, Germany
Africa Offices - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Abuja, Nigeria; and Johannesburg, South Africa

Leadership

Co-chairs and Board of Trustees

Bill Gates, Co-chair
Melinda French Gates, Co-chair
Mark Suzman, Board Member
Ashish Dhawan, Board Member
Dr. Helene D. Gayle, Board Member
Strive Masiyiwa, Board Member
Minouche Shafik, Board Member
Tom Tierney, Board Member

Executive Leadership

Mark Suzman, Chief Executive Officer
Carolyn Ainslie, Chief Financial Officer
Lauren W. Bright, Chief Legal Officer
Susan Byrnes, Chief Communications Officer
Chris Elias, President, Global Development
Gargee Ghosh, President, Global Policy & Advocacy
Allan C. Golston, President, United States Program
Leslie Mays, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Trevor Mundel, President, Global Health
Shana Tarbell, Chief Operating Officer
Rodger Voorhies, President, Global Growth & Opportunity
Ankur Vora, Chief Strategy Officer
Sonia Vora, Chief Human Resources Officer
Anita Zaidi, President, Gender Equality

Division Leadership

Foundation facts ⁽¹⁾

Current number of foundation employees: 1,818
Total grant payments since inception (through Q4 2022): $71.4 billion ⁽²⁾
Total 2022 Charitable Support: $7.0 billion ⁽³⁾
Total 2021 Charitable Support: $6.7 billion ⁽³⁾
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates total giving to the foundation from inception through 2022: $59.1 billion
Warren Buffett total giving to the foundation from 2006 through 2022: $35.7 billion
Foundation Trust Endowment as of December 31, 2022: $67.3 billion

⁽¹⁾ As of December 31, 2022. Financial figures are rounded to the nearest hundred million.
⁽²⁾ Includes grant payments made by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and previous foundations of the Gates family (William H. Gates Foundation, Gates Library Foundation, and Gates Learning Foundation) from 1994 onward.
⁽³⁾ Includes operational expenditures, grant payments and direct charitable contracts, but not program related investments.

Geographic Reach

In 2022 the foundation funded grantees in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Internationally, we funded work in 141 countries.