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January 15, 2026

Gates Foundation unveils $9B budget and plans to cut staff

  • This follows last year's decision to close the foundation by 2045.
    • By STEPHANIE BEASLEY
    The Chronicle of Philanthropy

    The Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it will spend a record $9 billion in 2026, maximizing its spending in key areas such as global health. At the same time it will begin reducing the number of staff positions it has by as much as 500 over five years. This announcement comes in the wake of last year's surprise decision to shutter the foundation in 2045.

    The planned layoffs mark another major shift for one of the largest and most influential foundations in the world at a time when many of its long-term priorities, such as addressing poverty and improving global health, have been undermined by cuts in U.S. government spending by the Trump administration.


     
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