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Exhibit 058

Largest voluntary contributors to the WHO, 2024–2025

Exhibit 058 · Data compilation

Largest voluntary contributors to the WHO, 2024–2025

Ranks the Gates Foundation as the largest contributor to the WHO in 2024-2025, with around 761 million U.S. dollars in voluntary contributions (data updated to December 2025).

Source
Statista, compiling WHO contribution data
Date
2025
Grade
Reported
Document
https://statista.com/statistics/1456464/largest-donors-who
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding MED-2.7
Peer-reviewed The Gates Foundation gave the WHO $5.5 billion in 640 grants between 2000 and 2024. Every grant was earmarked, and 59 percent of the money went to polio.