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Mark Suzman on Funding Urgent Needs

Mark Suzman on Funding Urgent Needs

Update: 2025-09-04
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The dismantling of USAID has created the most profound crisis in international development in decades, threatening to reverse years of progress in public health globally. In the season five premier of Giving Done Right, Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette talk with Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation, about what this means and how donors can respond.


Suzman also shares candid insights about the Gates Foundation's work, including its evolving strategy and Bill Gates' recent announcement committing to spending down $200+ billion in assets by 2045. He offers advice to donors on making a difference in large-scale, global efforts, shares why "one of the huge comparative advantages of philanthropy is being able to take a little bit of risk," and speaks to the role of AI in programs from math education to innovative HIV prevention.




Additional Resources


Gates Philanthropy Partners


CARE


Save the Children


UNICEF


Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria


Friends of the Global Fight


The End Fund


YouthTruth


YouthTruth report, “Making Sense of Learning Math: Insights From the Student Experience


The Gates Foundation’s announcement about spending down

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Mark Suzman on Funding Urgent Needs

Mark Suzman on Funding Urgent Needs

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