# Gates Foundation
> Private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates.

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- Canonical entity: https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/gates-foundation-q655286
- Website listed in the source snapshot: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/
- Category: [Nonprofit organizations](https://directory.readyscan.ai/directory/nonprofit-organizations)
- Machine record: https://directory.readyscan.ai/discovery/entities/gates-foundation-q655286.json
- Material fingerprint: fnv1a64:52ed9187affecb00
- Entity revision: fnv1a64:a0a5c145ea7a220f
- Published: 2026-09-28
- Modified: 2026-10-01

## Company details
- [Founded](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/gates-foundation-q655286#company-fact-wikidata-p571-c320c76ea2cae914): 2000 Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q655286.json?revision=2549386928

## Historical figures
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- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/gates-foundation-q655286#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-bd4685131e81fc45): 1,603 employees (as of 2021) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q655286.json?revision=2549386928

## Company sources
- [Gates Foundation — Wikidata Q655286](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q655286.json?revision=2549386928) — Wikidata

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- [CC0 1.0 Universal](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) — Wikidata

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