Wealthiest charitable foundation
- Who
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- What
- 42.3bn US dollar(s)
- Where
- United States
- When
- 01 January 2014
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – based in Seattle, Washington, USA, and partly funded by legendary investor Warren Buffett as well as by Bill and Melinda Gates themselves – has an endowment of $42.3 bn, which it uses to help educational and public health causes around the world. The next most powerful foundation, Stichting INGKA Foundation, has an estimated worth of $36 bn.