Gates Foundation is a nonprofit philanthropic organization that works to reduce disease and poverty and build a more equal world. Gates Foundation's Twitter Score is 53 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #16,697 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Gates Foundation was co-founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Originally known as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the organization was born in 2000 per Bill Gates's own account. The foundation makes grants to organizations and investments in projects carried out by private companies, with its committed grants database covering commitments from the foundation and predecessor Gates-family foundations from 1994 onward. Bill Gates wrote in 2025 that the foundation will cease to exist on December 31, 2045.
Gates Foundation has crypto-adjacent relevance through its work on open financial infrastructure. The foundation's Level One Project principles for inclusive payment systems are attributed as the basis for Mojaloop, open-source software that enables interoperable payments platforms connecting digital financial providers and customers, with a particular focus on financially excluded users. Gates Foundation is also affiliated with the Interledger Foundation, which develops free, open-source technology for connecting financial systems and facilitating payments across different ledgers and payment networks. Gates Foundation has accumulated 1,970,228 followers as of August 2026 and published 17,721 posts on the platform, and has been mentioned by 523 accounts a total of 2,083 times.
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