Gates Family Foundation

Not to be confused with Gates Foundation.

The Gates Family Foundation^[2] is one of the largest philanthropic organizations in Colorado, based in Denver.

Gates Family Foundation

Formation	1946
Type	Philanthropic organization
Headquarters	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
President	Thomas A. Gougeon
Key people	Beth Conover Laia C. Mitchell Russell Schnitzer Mary Seawell
Revenue	$67,158,457[1] (2018)
Expenses	$25,114,405[1] (2018)
Website	www.gatesfamilyfoundation.org

Background

Founded in 1946, the Foundation currently has net assets^[3] of approximately $500 million. In 2007, the Foundation paid roughly $20 million in grants, all of which went to Colorado recipients.

The source of the original endowment is the Gates Rubber Company of Denver, Colorado.

The Foundation is well known in Denver, for example including the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.^[4]

In May 2022, The Gates Family Foundation announced a $200 million donation and collaboration project with the University of Colorado Anschutz. The Donation is to establish a medical research institute at the university’s Anschutz Medical Campus and is to be funded over five years by the Gates Family Foundation.^[5]

Assets and funding details

As of 2018 the Gates Family Foundation had assets of $361,589,256.^[1]

Funding details as of 2018:[1]

Revenue and support as of 2018: $67,158,457 Net gain from sale of assets (70.7%) Contributions, Gifts, Grants (20%) Interest and dividends (6.7%) Other income (2.6%)

Expenses as of 2018: $25,114,405 Contributions, Gifts, Grants (81.3%) Operating and administrative expenses (14.5%) Taxes (4.2%)