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DENVER, CO · 2025 filing

GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION

Accepts applications

GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION accepts grant applications.

Its most recent filing reports $36M given across 374 grants.

A typical grant is around $25K.

It funds education, arts, culture & humanities, environment.

That filing also reported program-related investments, which are loans or equity rather than grants, and which is how foundation money occasionally reaches a company.

What they give

$36M
Total giving
374
Grants made
$25K
Typical grant
$20M
Largest grant

From their 2025 Form 990-PF. Foundations file annually, so these figures describe a year that has already closed.

What their grants run

The 374 grants itemized on their 2025 filing, by size. Half of them landed between $15K and $50K, which is the range to judge your own ask against.

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22
137
190
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Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Itemized grants on the 2025 filing, bucketed by grant size.

Where the money went

Grants on the 2025 filing reached 24 states. The largest destinations, with each state’s wider funding picture linked:

Colorado$31M
New Hampshire$2M
California$808K
Arizona$456K
District of Columbia$380K
Itemized grant dollars by recipient state, 2025 filing.

What they fund

Derived from where the money actually went rather than from a stated mission, which is the more useful of the two and frequently the different one.

  • Education
  • Arts, Culture & Humanities
  • Environment

Recent giving reached Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Montana.

Their most recent 990-PF reported program-related investments: money moved as loans, guarantees or equity rather than grants. That is one filing year rather than a standing program, and it is rare, roughly one foundation in eighty on this site. It is also one of the few routes foundation money reaches a company.

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