2015 Social Change Big Bets

Bets are organized by size of commitment in 2015, then alphabetically by recipient. Rounded to the nearest million.

Big Bet Donor Amount Description

The Bill & Melinda Gates To bring life-saving vaccines to children in the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance $1.55B 1 Foundation world’s poorest countries Bequest; 10 percent of annual disbursements San Antonio Area Foundation, will go to Doctors Without Borders USA and 2 establishing the John L. Santikos John Santikos $605M International Orthodox Christian Charities, the Charitable Foundation rest will be distributed to local nonprofits at the community foundation’s discretion To partner with the Government of Rwanda The Howard G. Buffett Government of Rwanda $500M to support their national plan for agricultural 3 Foundation development To support outstanding minority students from low-income backgrounds, providing financial Hispanic Scholarship Fund: The Bill & Melinda Gates $417M support at the universities of their choice and 4 The Gates Scholarship Foundation ensuring access to resources and support services needed to complete their degrees To assume the obligation of repayment for a long-term loan to increase vaccine coverage French Development Agency The Bill & Melinda Gates (AFD), for Gavi, the Vaccine $164M in six French-speaking countries of the Sahel 5 Foundation Alliance region: , , Mauritania, , Senegal, and Chad * To develop and introduce novel drugs and Global Alliance for TB Drug The Bill & Melinda Gates $145M drug regimens to make treatment of all forms 6 Development Foundation of TB more effective, safe, and affordable The Bill & Melinda Gates To provide 120 million more women and girls Family Planning 2020 $120M 7 Foundation with access to effective contraception by 2020 Bloomberg To enable 20 low- and middle-income countries Data for Health $100M 8 Philanthropies to vastly improve public health data collection To address healthcare, disease, smallholder Lives and Livelihoods The Bill & Melinda Gates agriculture, and basic rural infrastructure Fund (with the Islamic $100M 9 Foundation in 56 IDB member states, with a focus on Development Bank) those least developed The Thomas L. Pearson To establish the first research institute and 10 University of Chicago and The Pearson Family $100M annual global forum devoted solely to the Members Foundation study and resolution of global conflicts To advance the development of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for maternal The Bill & Melinda Gates Novavax, Inc. $89M immunization to reduce the burden of RSV 11 Foundation disease in infants under six months of age in developing countries To contribute to the Global Financing Facility’s International Bank for Every Woman Every Child fund, to provide Reconstruction and The Bill & Melinda Gates financial support to enable countries to invest Development’s Global $75M 12 Foundation in strategies and interventions for improving Financing Facility for Every reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and Woman Every Child adolescent health, and nutrition outcomes To help fund critical equipment and San Francisco General Mark Zuckerberg and $75M technology for the new public hospital serving 13 Hospital Foundation Priscilla Chan primarily low-income populations To bring electricity to 1,000 villages over three Smart Power for Rural The Rockefeller $75M years, providing power to one million Indians 14 Development Foundation in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

*For the purposes of ranking, this gift was included as an additional consideration to the $1.55B Gavi gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; it was not scored independently.

1 Big Bet Donor Amount Description

To support jurisdictions across the The John D. and country to safely reduce over-reliance on The Safety and Justice Catherine T. MacArthur $75M jails, with particular focus on addressing 15 Challenge Foundation disproportionate impact on low-income individuals and communities of color To create a long-term network of high- Emory University’s Global The Bill & Melinda Gates $72M quality sites for the collection of data to track 16 Health Institute Foundation preventable causes of childhood death globally To fund partner cities to establish and implement a strategy that better equips The Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cities $64M them to prepare for and withstand shocks 17 Foundation and stresses, specifically urbanization, globalization, and To demonstrate the impact of Lyme disease The Steven & Alexandra on vulnerable communities and educate Lyme Disease Research $55M 18 Cohen Foundation healthcare providers on the latest tools for diagnosis and treatment The John D. and Catherine To help curb global climate disruption by Climate Change Mitigation $50M 19 T. MacArthur Foundation significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions To accelerate vaccine discovery efforts for the The Bill & Melinda Gates Stanford University $50M world’s most deadly infectious diseases such 20 Foundation as HIV and To support teacher recruitment through The Walton Family partnership building and public outreach, and Teach for America $50M 21 Foundation the training and professional development of 4,000 new teachers across the country

Joint Effort (Donald E. To fund (and prompt matching gifts for) a scholarship fund to support at least 5,000 TheDream.US Graham and Bill and $50M 22 undocumented immigrants with DACA status Karen Ackman) to gain associate's and bachelor's degrees To launch an initiative that helps prepare United Negro College Fund Lilly Endowment $50M students for meaningful employment in a 23 Career Pathways Initiative technology-driven global economy To inspire teams of educators and students, as 24 XQ: The Super School Project Laurene Powell Jobs $50M well as leaders from other sectors, to rethink high school and develop new high school models Joint effort (Bloomberg To accelerate the transition to clean energy at the Clean energy efforts* Philanthropies and the $48M 25 state level Heising-Simons family) To allow the Dornsife School of Public Health to strengthen its expertise in urban health, attract Drexel University David and Dana Dornsife $45M 26 and retain top faculty, and enhance educational programs and research productivity To advance a range of activities focused Regional Opportunity on research and development, workforce Initiatives (Southwest Central Lilly Endowment $42M 27 and education initiatives, and projects that Indiana) enhance the region’s quality of life Bloomberg To help 100 mid-sized cities better use data What Works Cities Initiative $42M 28 Philanthropies and evidence To kick off the "Kids Are Our Capital" campaign to provide tuition assistance Stephen A. and Christine Inner-City Scholarship Fund $40M to children from underprivileged families 29 Schwarzman attending Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York Monterey Bay Aquarium The David & Lucile For operations, research projects, and $40M 30 Research Institute Packard Foundation ordinary capital expenses during 2016

*This gift was discovered after the ranking process had been completed, and therefore it was not evaluated against the six characteristics for inclusion in the top 10.

2 Big Bet Donor Amount Description

Bequest to ensure long-term viability, with Westport Weston earmarks for current and future capital Ruth Bedford $40M 31 (Connecticut) Family YMCA development, and to endow programs for wellness and youth To support World Vision water, sanitation, and World Vision US David and Dana Dornsife $40M 32 hygiene programs (WASH) in To develop two additional hydroelectric plants in Hydroelectric Plants in the The Howard G. Buffett Democratic Republic of the $39M North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo 33 Foundation Congo to add 33 megawatts of power to the region To bring together higher education Teacher Preparation The Bill & Melinda Gates institutions, teacher-preparation providers, $35M 34 Transformation Centers Foundation and K-12 school systems to share data, knowledge, and best practices To expand the evidence base for effective University of Washington The Bill & Melinda Gates policymaking in health by improving how we $35M 35 Foundation Foundation map and track major challenges, including major causes of under-5 mortality For general support of ClimateWorks’ mission The David & Lucile ClimateWorks Foundation $34M to strengthen philanthropy’s response to 36 Packard Foundation climate change To create pathways of opportunity in the City San Francisco Foundation Anonymous $34M 37 of Oakland To expand the European Union’s climate The William and Flora European Climate Foundation $33M ambitions through the development and 38 Hewlett Foundation implementation of its 2030 framework To support the WHO Global Malaria Program to World Health Organization’s The Bill & Melinda Gates $31M achieve its goals and targets, and for an analysis 39 Global Malaria Program Foundation on strategies to achieve malaria eradication CDC Foundation: Haiti Malaria The Bill & Melinda Gates To eliminate indigenous cases of malaria on $30M 40 Elimination Consortium Foundation the island of Hispaniola by 2020 Forest Park Forever (St. To the endowment, which provides support for Jack C. Taylor $30M 41 Louis) the maintenance and operations of Forest Park To secure the replacement of half the nation’s Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Bloomberg $30M coal fleet by 2017 with clean energy through 42 Campaign Philanthropies the Beyond Coal campaign The Silicon Valley 43 NewSchools Venture Fund Community Foundation $29M No gift information available (Anonymous DAF) To support a clinical trial comparing HIV The Bill & Melinda Gates incidence and contraceptive benefits in Family Health International $27M 44 Foundation women using three family planning methods in four Sub-Saharan African countries

Indianapolis Neighborhood To create a strategic acquisition fund to buy Lilly Endowment $27M 45 Housing Partnership and maintain properties

To identify effective drug-delivery strategies Natural History Museum’s The Bill & Melinda Gates $27M to interrupt soil-transmitted helminth 46 DeWorm3 Program Foundation (intestinal worm) transmission International Development To increase equitable immunization coverage Association: WHO’s The Bill & Melinda Gates against vaccine-preventable diseases, $26M 47 Expanded Program on Foundation including polio, for children between 0 to 23 Immunization in Pakistan months in Pakistan To develop high-yielding, pest and disease International Crops Research The Bill & Melinda Gates resistant legume varieties, and to deliver these Institute for the Semi-Arid $25M 48 Foundation new varieties to smallholder farmers in Sub- Tropics Saharan Africa and South Asia

3 Big Bet Donor Amount Description

To support the City Arch River project to make City Arch River 2015 Taylor family (Jack the Arch in St. Louis easier and safer for everyone $25M 49 Foundation Taylor) to experience by connecting, invigorating and expanding the park’s grounds and museums The John D. and To launch a new nonprofit whose mission is to Collective Shift Catherine T. MacArthur $25M 50 redesign social systems for the connected age Foundation Joint Effort (The Open To launch a joint fund to support Constitutionalism Fund (in Society Foundation, the $25M organizations promoting and advancing 51 South Africa) Ford Foundation, the constitutionalism in South Africa Atlantic Philanthropies)

Good Ventures (Dustin To provide cash transfers to thousands of individuals and families, and to accelerate GiveDirectly Moskovitz and Cari $25M 52 GiveDirectly’s growth and build its capacity to Tuna) partner with international aid agencies To fund innovative research on policies, laws, system interventions, and community The Robert Wood dynamics to improve health and well-being, Health Research Initiative $25M 53 Johnson Foundation with emphasis on sectors not typically associated with health, such as transportation and housing International Development The Bill & Melinda Gates To support research and development on $25M 54 Research Center Foundation neglected livestock diseases To launch a fund investing in the best Robin Hood Foundation Anonymous $25M 55 education and technology initiatives

The Pershing Square For Robin Hood’s overall mission of fighting , with an emphasis on funding Robin Hood Foundation Foundation (Bill and Karen $25M 56 programs directed to the Latino community in Ackman) New York City The Golisano Foundation To expand Special Olympics' health services Special Olympics $25M 57 (B. Thomas Golisano) globally for people with intellectual disabilities To directly touch 250,000 farmers and The Howard G. Buffett Water Smart Agriculture $25M reinsert soil health as a priority on Central 58 Foundation American policy agendas

Source: Bridgespan Group research and analysis of 58 philanthropic big bets made in 2015.

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