Cultivating Innovation
In Care
OUR PURPOSE
Improving patient health through partnership in research, education and philanthropy.
The NACDS Foundation aims to improve the health and wellbeing of communities in America by sustainably supporting groundbreaking research, education, and scholarship programs that enhance health outcomes, foster equity, strengthen access, and advance public health.
OUR WORK
What We Do
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Community-Focused Research
The Foundation has a steadfast commitment to resolve unmet community health needs and close critical care gaps. Addressing public health problems is our purpose. But our work transcends data sets and research reports. Each patient is a person with a family, a community, a job, a life story. This makes the work we do as personal as it is professional.
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Cultivating the Next Generation
The NACDS Foundation’s scholarship and mentorship programs support the next-generation of community healthcare leaders. These education-focused programs foster experience tackling real-world health challenges for patients to support a brighter tomorrow.
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Philanthropic Partnership
Collaboration can be especially powerful in public health initiatives. It brings great minds with vast expertise together to tackle problems from various points of view. Our partners are the heart of the Foundation and keep the wheels of innovation moving; collectively, we create a family of visionaries committed to turning communities into hubs where better health happens.
OUR PROCESS
How We Do
Research Portfolio
The Foundation understands that even a small gap in care may put a patient at risk. Our research works to combat these gaps — big and small. By identifying lapses in care and how to efficiently close them, the Foundation is rewriting the story of healthcare in the community through our research portfolio.
Scholarship & Mentorship Programs
The Foundation supports a scholarship program for schools and colleges of pharmacy, an Executive Fellowship program for pharmacy graduates, and a community-focused Research Mentorship program. These programs were developed to foster innovation and diversity to support the next generation of patient care and public health leaders
2024 IMPACT REPORT
Cultivating Innovation In Care
By cultivating national and local partnerships and exploring new delivery models, NACDS Foundation is shortening the distance between patients and better health.
