Last week, Bill Gates announced that his foundation would be doubling its philanthropic spending to $200 billion for the next two decades until it closes its doors in 2045.
But how has Gates spent his money so far? Can the foundation’s past spending tell us anything about its likely future plans?
$5.4 billion was committed by the Gates Foundation in 2024, of which around a third — $1.8 billion — went to global health programs, which include different subtopics ranging from technological innovation to HIV.