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Gates Foundation — Doubling Giving, Winding Down by 2045

Gates Foundation — Doubling Giving, Winding Down by 2045
Location
Seattle, USA + Global
Dates
May 1, 2025December 31, 2045

In May 2025 Bill Gates announced the Gates Foundation would spend down its endowment by 2045, doubling annual giving in the interim — one of philanthropy's largest-ever commitments and a global news event covered by health-policy journalists, development-sector creators, and NGO leaders worldwide, including India where the foundation is a major public-health funder.

Nagita Slavina
Nagita Slavina

Global Health Creator

R7
R7

Development Writer

Bill Gates
Bill Gates

Philanthropist