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Solutions for Healthy Communities

Solutions for Healthy Communities (SHC) is our global grants program focused on investing in innovative solutions to advance equitable access to health around the world.

SHC: grounded in the power of communities

Our company has set a public commitment to advance access to health for people in low- and middle-income countries and for underserved populations in high-income countries. As part of that commitment, SHC launched in 2023. The program aims to catalyze innovation in locally led solutions that facilitate access to health care for underserved populations in areas where our company has a presence.

SHC was developed based on the belief that local organizations know their communities best, and are best positioned to create meaningful, lasting change in the regions where they work.

How SHC drives access to health

  • Empowering people and communities with health knowledge
  • Designing and testing models of care that better meet the needs of underserved populations
  • Strengthening and expanding the community healthcare workforce
  • Building capacity of community health organizations
  • Strengthening national and regional health systems

Selection process

We select grantee organizations that leverage local knowledge and skills to advance access to health. They are serving those living in poverty, in underrepresented ethnic groups, who have diverse gender identities and/or sexual orientations, or who are displaced by humanitarian crises or conflicts.

Our 2023 cohort

Of the 385 applicants, 36 projects representing 24 countries were selected from around the world; they collectively received $7 million over two years to advance their proposals. Projects in our inaugural cohort span multiple therapeutic areas, including oncology, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sexual and reproductive health, and maternal and child health.

2023 cohort members

  • Association Dar Zhor
  • Beebe Medical Center Inc. d/b/a Beebe Healthcare
  • Blue Ridge Free Clinic, Inc.
  • Business for Health Solutions, International, Inc.
  • Cancer Buddies NPC
  • Comie En Union para Salvadorenos (CEUS)
  • Community Servings, Inc.
  • Foundation Center for Health Policies and Services
  • Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation
  • Friends of Puerto Rico
  • Fundación Mexicana Para la Salud, A.C.
  • Fundación Plan Ecuador
  • Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
  • HMH Hospitals Corporation
  • Impulso
  • Kenan Foundation Asia
  • Kilkenny Cancer Support Centre Ltd
  • The King Hussein Cancer Foundation
  • Last Mile Health
  • The Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Mersal Foundation
  • National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
  • Ovacome
  • Place Tokyo
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway
  • Saint Francis Foundation
  • Sexual Health West
  • Shel Bar – The Sarit Levy and Bracha Rosenberg z”l organization for Women’s Cancer (RA)
  • UNICEF – Guatemala
  • UNICEF – Peru
  • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Serbia
  • University of Nebraska Foundation
  • Valley Youth House Committee, Inc.
  • Vishwanath Cancer Care Foundation
  • Wesley Shelter, Inc.
  • Yayasan Jalin Komunikasi Indonesia (Jalin Foundation)