Combating COVID-19 Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
A time-limited fund established during the COVID-19 pandemic to mobilize philanthropic response to the global health crisis.
Focus Areas:
- Research and development for treatments
- Support for vulnerable populations
- US education support
- Testing and treatment research
- Vaccine delivery
- Frontline healthcare efforts in low- and middle-income countries
Geographic Scope: Global, with specific focus on vulnerable populations in:
- India (Uttar Pradesh)
- Yemen
- Ethiopia
- South Africa
- United States (education)
Key Features:
- Portfolio approach with funding directed to research/development, vulnerable populations, and US education
- Rapid grant-making process
- Mobilized over $150 million over the life of the fund
- Supported organizations like ALIMA, Transforming Rural India Foundation, Oxfam, Aga Khan University, Wits Health Consortium, Hope Center for College Community and Justice, and Edquity
- Houses the Therapeutics Accelerator philanthropic arm (raised over $75 million)
What Gates Philanthropy Partners actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 3
- Total given
- $1.9M
- Median grant
- $500K
- Range
- $250K–$1.15M
- By dollars: New York 61%, Washington 26%, California 13%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Seattle, WA; Menlo Park, CA.
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Menlo Education Research LLC · Menlo Park, CA
U.s. education
$250K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Healthcare
- Disaster relief
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