The Gates Foundation is a nonprofit organization working to fight poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Its mission is to help create a world where every person can live a healthy, productive life, and every child can reach their full potential, regardless of where they are born. For more than 25 years, the foundation has worked with partners in over 130 countries to address global challenges and improve lives.

Its work includes efforts to save the lives of mothers and babies, expand economic opportunity, and end infectious diseases. Featured areas include agricultural development, digital public infrastructure, malaria, and maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition. The foundation supports this work through committed grants and strategic investments, collaborating with organizations and communities to advance solutions. It also shares research, reports, interviews, and stories about global health, education, climate adaptation, and women’s opportunity. Through its website, visitors can explore the foundation’s approach, funding, programs, regions, and impact, as well as access resources such as its annual letter and Goalkeepers report.