Grants Program
The Baxter International Foundation's primary focus is increasing access to healthcare worldwide. In addition, the Foundation supports three prize programs recognizing organizations and individuals who demonstrate excellence in community service and healthcare research, and has a long-standing commitment to the education of employees' children through scholarships and matching gifts. In 2010, the Foundation donated a total of $4.1 million (actual payments, excluding expenses and future commitments) in 30 countries. This included $1.6 million in grants to organizations outside of the United States including nearly $750,000 to 766 organizations through the Foundation's Dollars for Doers and Matching Gifts programs that support employees' philanthropic contributions. The majority of the grants were based on recommendations from Baxter employees, targeted to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare for the disadvantaged and underserved in local communities.
Grants awarded in 2010 fulfilled local needs to increase access to dental care, mental health, and other healthcare services for children, the uninsured, veterans, and the elderly. Recipient organizations included the following:
- Belgium - VZW Kinderkankerfonds in Gent, to increase in-home curative and palliative support for children suffering from life-threatening and serious chronic diseases, and their families;
- Guatemala - Project Safe Passage/Proyecto Camino Seguro in Antigua, to train local women to promote health in the community living around the Guatemala City Municipal Dump, and to increase health education for children and parents;
- India - AmeriCares in Mumbai, to support a two year pilot project to reduce health disparities within communities in the urban slums of Andheri East, through the use of mobile medical vans, patient tracking and education;
- Puerto Rico - Instituto Psicopedagogico de Puerto Rico, in San Juan, to add add an occupational therapist and part time pharmacist to the residential center for adults with developmental disabilities;
- United States - Serenity, Inc. in Mountain Home, Arkansas, to ensure children residing in this domestic violence shelter receive necessary physical and mental health services, through the addition of a children's advocate to the staff;
- United States - Conejo Free Clinic in Thousand Oaks, California, to expand clinic services in Ventura County through the addition of an operations manager, and
- United States - Broward Partnership for the Homeless in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to improve and expand dental services for the homeless through the addition of a dental hygienist.
See a complete list of recent Baxter International Foundation grants with additional detail.
The Baxter International Foundation sponsors prizes that recognize excellence in community service and healthcare research. These are among the most prestigious in the healthcare field.
