Health Care
What are foundations doing?
- Large U.S. foundations committed nearly $5 billion for health in 2007
- Of the nearly $5 billion, 60% was spent domestically
- Giving for health has more than doubled domestically since 1997 and jumped more than 16-fold internationally, largely due to the Gates Foundation
- Health received the 2nd largest share of foundation support in 2007
What are the big questions?
- How is the funding being spent?
- What innovative programs and initiatives are being funded?
- What impact is it having?
Case Studies
Demonstrating effectiveness by measuring success
 Eradicating Tropical Diseases
Institute for OneWorld Health was the first U.S. nonprofit drug company. Supported by the Skoll Foundation, it develops affordable medicines to combat diseases of the developing world.
 Improving Maternal Health in
Developing Countries
The MacArthur Foundation supported Pathfinder International’s Continuum of Care Project developing high-outcome low-tech solutions reducing deaths due to postpartum hemorrhage in India and Nigeria by as much as 60%.
 Expanding Access to Health Care for Children
Colorado Trust and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment helped launch the Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics' School-based Health Center in Aurora, CO, serving a student population that was 75% uninsured.
 Expanding Access to Health Care for
At-Risk Populations
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) and SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration) launched the “Vote & Vax” Project to increase flu vaccination rates for older and other at-risk Americans by partnering with local public health providers and election authorities to operate vaccination clinics at polling places on Election Day.
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