The Rx Foundation has funded efforts to improve the health care system in the United States since 2002. To date, the foundation has awarded over $20M in grants to hospitals, nonprofits, community organizations, and researchers working to solve persistent problems impeding the delivery of safe, high quality, health care to all citizens.
A one-year grant to support efforts to develop and support an engaged, empowered, and organized body of grassroots advocates in Connecticut.
Second installment of two-year grant to build support among a broad range of organizations and coalitions to raise awareness of the Medicare Part D statutory barrier that limits access to PACE for Medicare-only beneficiaries, and to work with stakeholders and key decision-makers toward a system-wide regulatory solution.
Second installment of two-year grant to support building organizational capacity and expanding impact by hiring a new Executive Director, and to increase efforts to impact public policy that affects homeless women in Massaschusetts.
A one-year grant to support the partnership between the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, four health care systems, and seven Built for Zero communities to discovery the most meaningful, measurable, and transformative contributions healthcare can make towards ending homelessness.
A one-year grant to support establishing a sustainable regional Navajo network of COVID-19 case management providers for contact tracing and testing; and to pilot promising practices and disseminate impactful models across network sites, in coordination with Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health (separate grant: $81,320).
Advancing Health Equity through a Navajo COVID-19 Community of Practice: A one-year grant to support establishing a sustainable regional Navajo network of COVID-19 case management providers for contact tracing and testing; and to pilot promising practices and disseminate impactful models across network sites, in coordination with COPE (separate grant: $82,720).
Fourth installment of funding for a five-year project to develop and test tools and resources for the families of adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities, as well as risk stratification tools to identify adults who are at greatest risk of institutional placement. Aims include improved and more practical assistance for a population of families who have largely been underserved. Co-funded with The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation as part of their Greater Value Portfolio.
A six-month grant to create a virtual collaborative network of mass vaccination site leaders to exchange information and shared learnings to improve implementation and equity in COVID-19 vaccinations.
A one-year grant to educate and connect young adults to COVID vaccine information and appointments through a multi-pronged engagement and digital outreach effort led by YI’s Young Advocates, Youth Advisory Boards, and staff.
A one-year grant to support a face validity and field experience pilot of Ariadne Labs’ set of tools to reimagine well-being metrics, frontline staff roles, and communication practices at three nursing home sites in Massachusetts.
