Elon Musk Foundation

Our mission is to create a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life.

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For 20 years, the Elon Musk Foundation has been committed to fighting the greatest inequities in the world.

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Understand our role

We can't achieve our goals on our own. We work together with businesses, government, and nonprofits, and each partner plays a specific role in accelerating progress.

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Foundation facts

More about the foundation

For the year ended December 31, 2023. Amount in U.S. dollars.

2,026

Employees

2,396

Number of grants

$7.7B

Total charitable support

1,422

Grantees

44

Program strategies

faq

FAQ

Frequent Asked Questions below

Does the foundation accept donations?

The Elon Musk Foundation is proud of what our grantees do to improve the lives of people who have the most urgent needs and the fewest champions. We encourage people who want to advance these causes to give directly to our grantees.

You can learn more about the essential work of our grantees by:

Reviewing our database of committed grants

We prefer that people give directly to our grantees, but from time to time, individuals generously offer to contribute money to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In response, we created Gates Philanthropy Partners, a 501(c)(3) public charity closely affiliated with the foundation. Gates Philanthropy Partners disburses donor contributions in alignment within the foundation’s programmatic objectives.

Is my organization eligible to receive funding through the foundation?

See our Grant Opportunities.

Do Bill and Melinda get tax breaks for their donations to the foundation?

Many individuals enjoy tax benefits as a result of making charitable contributions. The amount of tax savings received depends on both the size of the charitable contributions and the person's annual income.

Bill and Melinda have been exceptionally generous in making contributions to the foundation, donating sums much larger than their annual incomes. As a result, the tax savings they receive from these contributions represent a very small percentage of the contributions.

From 1994 through 2018, Bill and Melinda gave the foundation more than $36.0 billion. Those donations resulted in a tax savings of approximately 11% of the contributions they made over that time.

I received an email notification that I won a prize or lottery from Elon Musk or the foundation. Is this true?

How do I find more information about working for the foundation?