Melinda French Gates

Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist born in 1964, based in Washington, with an estimated net worth of ~$29.0B Wikidata. Public records show she is the signatory of The Giving Pledge and has filed multiple SEC disclosures under her personal CIK, including Schedule 13G reports, which are filings used to report beneficial ownership stakes in public companies Giving PledgeSEC EDGAR.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC filings show 35 total filings tied to her personal CIK, including 32 insider-related filings and recent Schedule 13G and 13G/A amendments from 2021 to 2024 SEC EDGAR. Schedule 13G is a disclosure form for passive ownership stakes in public companies, and the listed companies include AutoNation, Templeton Dragon Fund, Mexico Fund, China Fund, and Canadian National Railway SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

Her main philanthropic vehicle in the data is the Gates Foundation, which reported $7,793,604,635 in grants paid in 2023 and $76,951,451,400 in total assets ProPublica 990. The Gates Foundation Trust also reported $6,708,165,714 in grants paid and $75,530,745,576 in assets in 2023, bringing total foundation assets across the listed entities to $152,483,424,711 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

Federal Election Commission data shows 100 contributions totaling $292,665 from 2025-07-14 to 2025-12-01 FEC. The largest share went to Democrats at $106,500, compared with $22,600 to Republicans and $163,565 to PACs or other recipients FEC.

In the News

Recent news items in the provided feed are mostly about Bill Gates and Epstein-related coverage, not Melinda French Gates directly NewsAPIGDELT. No article in the supplied headlines specifically reports a new action or statement by her NewsAPIGDELT.