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GATES, WILLIAM III

61% Democratic / 37% Republican · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributionsZIP cluster 980522023–20248 linked variants · corroborated heuristic

Reported identity cluster · not a verified person-level entity.

Contribution summary

Latest amendment per committee transaction ID · memo rows excluded from net

Reported transaction total$316.2K

Number of transactions82

Recipient committees71

Transaction date rangeOct 16, 2023through Jun 14, 2024

Reported identity evidence

Raw context retained from FEC Schedule A rows

Reported names linked: GATES, WILLIAM · GATES, WILLIAM H III · GATES, WILLIAM H. III · GATES, WILLIAM III
Reported ZIPs seen: 98033 · 98052
Locations seen: KIRKLAND WAREDMOND WA
Occupation and employer: CO-CHAIR BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATIONIndustry: Nonprofit, Labor & Civil Society · Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ↗CO-CHAIR BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATIONCO-CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATIONIndustry: Nonprofit, Labor & Civil Society · Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ↗FOUNDER MICROSOFTIndustry: Technology & Communications · Microsoft ↗PHILANTHROPIST

Industry: Nonprofit, Labor & Civil Societyvia Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Industry: Technology & Communicationsvia Microsoft
Category: Self-Employed & Freelance

Industry not yet classified for BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION · BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY · BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY BILL MELINDA GAT · BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY BILL MELINDA GATES · BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY GATES FOUNDATIION · BRKTHRU ENERGY/BILL MELINDA GATES FND.

Derived from reported employer mappings, not an FEC-reported industry or company contribution.

Reported occupation interpretations

Employment status, occupation family, and title describe historical reported occupation text, not current employment. Different values can come from different receipts or linked names. Employer industries remain separate.

Reported occupation: CO-CHAIR
Employment status: Blank / unknown
Occupation family: Unknown
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Unknown

Reported occupation: CO-CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER
Interpretation: Not yet classified

Reported occupation: FOUNDER
Employment status: Blank / unknown
Occupation family: Unknown
Seniority / title: Founder
Interpreted label: Founder

1 more reported occupation value

Reported occupation: PHILANTHROPIST
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: Reported nonprofit / philanthropy work
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Reported nonprofit / philanthropy work

GovMoneyGraph occupation model v1 · Accepted interpretations only. These labels do not establish income, wealth, or a compliance finding.

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How these records are matched

A high-confidence grouping of compatible filed-name and address variants corroborated by reported employer, occupation, and location evidence. ZIP+4 extensions are retained as evidence but ignored for matching. This is a reported identity cluster, not yet a verified person-level entity.

Contributions by recipient party and committee type

Recipient party from FEC registration, linked candidates, or affirmative support activity

Recipient party affiliation

Contributions grouped by each recipient’s reported party or inferred alignment

Democratic destinationsDerived from contributions$186,30058.9% of displayed positive totals48 transactions · 42 recipient committees

Republican destinationsDerived from contributions$119,90037.9% of displayed positive totals32 transactions · 27 recipient committees

Mixed-party destinationsDerived from contributions$10,0003.2% of displayed positive totals2 transactions · 2 recipient committees

Recipient committee type

Type of political committee receiving the contribution

Candidate campaign$126,20044 transactions · 33 recipient committees

Joint fundraising committee$5,0001 transactions · 1 recipient committees

Leadership PAC$155,00031 transactions · 31 recipient committees

PAC$30,0006 transactions · 6 recipient committees

Party totals describe recipients, not the contributor’s party registration or beliefs. FEC-reported and linked-candidate parties take precedence over inferred activity. Opposition to a candidate does not count as support for another party. Open a recipient to inspect its classification evidence and separate support and opposition disclosures.

Money network

Contributor-to-committee connections sized by absolute reported transaction total

Connected entity party

Connections per side

Showing 0 of 0 loaded matching connections on the left and 10 of 71 on the right, up to 10 per side by absolute amount. This is not the full transaction history. Party filters include mixed-party contributions or activity. Full connection amounts are shown, not just the selected party’s share. Party labels use reported party information or inferred contributions/activity—not an individual’s party registration.

Democratic Republican Mixed-party contributions Other / independent Not classifiedLine width = absolute amountShown totals: $0 in · $61.2K out

Contributions by recipient committee

71 recipient committees · largest reported totals first · expand an arrow for transactions

Reported totals sum current non-memo transactions, including reported refund entries, and can include both a conduit’s and a recipient’s report of the same contribution. These are not verified net contributions after refunds. Expand a recipient to inspect transaction types, reporting sides and source records.

Full contribution ledger · 10 rows per pageAll contributions

Reported total$316,20082 reported transactions

C00410803 · Candidate campaignWHITEHOUSE FOR SENATEDemocraticFEC reportedFEC registration · 2024 cycleRegistered location: PROVIDENCERIConnected organization: WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024

Principal candidate campaign
WHITEHOUSE, SHELDONDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Rhode Island · Statewide
Election 2024 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6RI00221 · 2023–2024 reporting cycle