Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage* for employees, their spouses or domestic partners, and children up to age 26
  • Premiums 100% paid by the foundation
  • No annual deductible
  • Flexible spending accounts available
• Dental coverage includes orthodontic care.
• Vision coverage includes corrective eye surgery
• Fertility treatment coverage up to four cycles
Free primary care clinic onsite at our Seattle campus

* The Transparency in Coverage Final Rules require group health plans to disclose on a public website information regarding in-network provider rates and historical out-of-network allowed amounts and billed charges for covered items and services in two separate machine-readable files (MRFs). The MRFs for the benefit package options under the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Welfare Benefits Plan are linked here. The plan reserves the right to change or terminate benefits or the plan(s) at any time.

• Foundation retirement contribution of 15% of the employee’s salary, up to the IRS maximum
• Foundation-paid life insurance equal to four times the employee’s annual salary
• Foundation-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Foundation-paid identity theft insurance for employees and dependents
• Alternative transportation subsidies
• Optional discounted legal insurance, additional life insurance, long-term care insurance, pet insurance, auto insurance, and home insurance
• Employee discount programs
• Business travel assistance and accident coverage

• Unlimited paid time off for vacation, illness, caregiving, or other personal/family needs
• Foundation closure on most major holidays and two weeks at the end of the year
• Onsite fitness center on the Seattle campus, with live and virtual fitness classes and free personal training

• Up to 26 weeks paid continuous parental bonding leave, with $20,000 child care stipend upon return to work
• Up to 12 weeks paid caregiver leave
• Adoption and surrogacy assistance, up to $20,000 each
• Backup care for children and adults, with copay
• Online support and consultations for families with children who have developmental disabilities or learning, social, or behavioral challenges