Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Low Global Public Record

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Global private charitable foundation

Data Confidence: 75% · Sources: 2 · Last Updated: Sep 18, 2026

Assets Under Control ▲: $89.0B
Reach ▲: 1.0B people
Power ▲: The foundation manages a global charitable trust endowment exceeding $89 billion and allocates an annual operating budget of over $8.5 billion across global health, agriculture, and educational programs.
Influence ▲: Its grantmaking shapes international public health policy and vaccine distribution across 143 countries through major funding commitments to bodies like the World Health Organization and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Network ▲: Maintains high-level philanthropic and operational partnerships with international organizations, sovereign governments, multinational pharmaceutical companies, and global research institutions.
Legacy ▲: Since its inception in 2000, the foundation has distributed over $110 billion in charitable payouts, playing a central role in driving wild polio near-eradication and lowering childhood mortality globally.
Trajectory ▲: Stable — first assessment on record.

Power Trajectory

Tracked on ApexHierarchy since first profiled — not the entity's full real-world history.

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About

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an American private charitable institution headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Established in 2000 by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, it focuses on reducing global health disparities, alleviating extreme poverty, and improving U.S. public education. Overseeing trust endowment assets of approximately $89 billion to $92 billion, the organization disburses billions of dollars annually to global public health programs and international development projects.