Gates Philanthropy Partners
Gates Philanthropy Partners is a non-profit organization that accepts public donations for initiatives endorsed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.1)
COVID-19
COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator
The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator was launched on March 2020 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust and Mastercard, with the United Kingdom government, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Madonna joining the following month.3)
| Name | Year | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bringham and Women's Hospital | 2020 | $1,500,000 | - |
| Calibr | 2020 | $1,989,999 | Scripps Research |
| Certara | 2020 | $4,172,000 | - |
| Cornell University | 2020 | $490,000 | - |
| DCN Dx | 2020 | $900,000 | Manufactures COVID-19 tests |
| Gates Medical Research Institute | 2020 | $18,000,000 | - |
| Health Data Research UK | 2020 | $2,410,492 | - |
| Hovione | 2020 | $1,500,000 | - |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 2020 | $100,000 | - |
| Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale | 2020 | $249,000 | - |
| Johns Hopkins University | 2020 | $1,780,639 | - |
| LumiraDx | 2020 | $26,000,000 | Manufactures COVID-19 tests |
| Nexelis | 2020 | $1,989,053 | Vaccine testing company |
| SomaLogic | 2020 | $990,037 | - |
| University of Oxford | 2020 | $467,805 | - |
| University of Saskatchewan | 2020 | $617,924 | - |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 2020 | $4,425,000 | - |
Combating COVID-19: Diagnostics
| Name | Year | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin | 2020 | $1,199,910 | - |
| Mologic | 2020 | $1,600,000 | - |
| Wits Health Consortium | 2020 | $600,000 | - |
Combating COVID-19: Protecting the Most Vulnerable
| Name | Year | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Field Epidemiology Network | 2020 | $1,300,000 | - |
| ALIMA USA | 2020 | $1,000,000 | - |
| Amref Health Africa | 2020 | $1,350,000 | - |
| BRAC | 2020 | $350,000 | - |
| Temple University | 2020 | $600,000 | - |
| VillageReach | 2020 | $1,500,000 | - |
Empowerment & Opportunity
| Name | Year | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population Services International | 2020 | $1,000,000 | - |
| United Nations Foundation | 2020 | $40,000 | - |
Global Health Innovation
| Name | Year | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distributed Bio | 2020 | $619,969 | Now a Charles River Laboratories company |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) | 2020 | $337,472 | - |
| Harvard University | 2020 | $50,000 | - |
| Oregon Health & Science University | 2020 | $420,329 | - |
| Resolve to Save Lives | 2020 | $15,000,000 | - |
| Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research | 2020 | $165,076 | - |
| University of Chicago | 2020 | $325,644 | - |
| University of Cambridge | 2020 | $796,423 | - |
1)
Gates Philanthropy Partners. Bright Funds. Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://archive.ph/4MSKV
2)
2020 Grants Distributed. Gates Philanthropy Partners. Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220401072033/https://www.gatesphilanthropypartners.org/downloads/grants_report_2020
3)
Au-Yeung, A. (2020, April 3). A Bill Gates-Backed Accelerator For COVID-19 Therapeutics Treatment Partners With Madonna And Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Forbes. https://archive.ph/WGnvO