Editing Gates Foundation (section)

=== Program areas and grant database ===
To maintain its status as a [[List of charitable foundations|charitable foundation]], the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation must donate funds equal to at least five percent of its assets each year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Private Family Foundations |url=http://www.savewealth.com/planning/estate/foundations/ |work=SaveWealth |access-date=April 6, 2014 |year=2014 |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331153919/http://www.savewealth.com/planning/estate/foundations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As of April 2014, the foundation is organized into four program areas under chief executive officer Susan Desmond-Hellmann, who "sets strategic priorities, monitors results, and facilitates relationships with key partners":<ref>{{cite web |title=Susan Desmond-Hellmann |url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Who-We-Are/General-Information/Leadership/Management-Committee/Susan-Desmond-Hellman |work=Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |access-date=June 2, 2014 |year=2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194755/http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Who-We-Are/General-Information/Leadership/Management-Committee/Susan-Desmond-Hellman |archive-date=June 2, 2014 }}</ref>
* Global Development Division
* Global Health Division
* United States Division
* Global Policy & Advocacy Division
* Global Growth & Opportunity Division<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do |title=What We Do |work=Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |access-date=May 29, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624131547/http://www.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do |archive-date= Jun 24, 2018 }}</ref>

The foundation maintains an online database of grants.<ref name=":7">{{cite web |title=How We Work – Grantmaking |url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database |publisher=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |access-date=April 6, 2014 |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408212512/http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database |url-status=live }}</ref>