Grants Portfolio
Grants to advance the work of practicing physicians
The Physicians Foundation is pleased to offer healthcare grant opportunities to qualified organizations seeking to advance the work of practicing physicians and improve the delivery and quality of patient care. The initiatives supported through our grants have successfully assisted physicians across a wide range of practice settings in addressing clinical and operational challenges.
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The Maine Medical Education Trust (MMET), is the charitable and educational affiliate of the Maine Medical Association (MMA), a Maine non-profit corporation that is exempt from taxation under IRC §501(c)(6). The MMA is the state’s largest physician professional organization representing more than 4300 Maine physicians, residents, and medical students. The MMA Center for Quality Improvement (MMA-CQI) is a program of the MMA that regularly provides services through the MMET in accordance with an administrative services agreement between the MMA and MMET. The Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership has no governance relationship with the MMA or MMET, but the organization was established with its administrative home at the MMA, and it has been a close partner of the MMA and MMET in promoting health care leadership development, health care quality improvement, and efforts to address diversity, inclusion, and health equity.
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The Duval County Medical Society (DCMS) Foundation is a 501(c)(3) created in 1959. The mission is to support charitable, scientific, and educational activities, in partnership with physicians, that benefit the community’s health. Practicing medicine can be highly stressful and doctors face day-to-day challenges with emotional stress and burnout. This can impact one's personal, practice or family life. The LifeBridge: Physician Wellness Program is designed to address the seriousness of physician burnout in the field and reduce the impact of physician related stressors.
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The Arizona Medical Association (ArMA) is the largest voice for physicians and organized medicine in Arizona. Its' mission is to promote and provide leadership in the art and science of medicine; to preserve and improve the health of all Arizonans; to represent the physician community and the profession in the public forum; and to defend the freedom and ability of physicians to practice medicine in the best interests of patients. ArMA has a 501 c(3) Foundation within its structure that aims to promote and support the medical society's charitable, public health, and educational activities. ArMA’s “Foundation for a Healthy Arizona” champions physicians, their patients, and the health of all Arizonans.
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The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society (FPAMED) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) affiliate of the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED). The Foundation serves as the philanthropic partner for PAMED and advances the collective goals to sustain the future of medicine in Pennsylvania by providing programs that support medical education, physician health, and excellence in practice. The foundation will serve as the 501-c-3 conduit for PAMED to serve as the primary organization to plan, implement and evaluate the Chronic Care Management – Incorporating Social Drivers of Health Project.
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The Indiana Medical Foundation (IMF) operates under the control of the Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA). For more than 165 years the ISMA has been helping physicians become leaders in settings such as hospitals, health systems, at the Indiana Statehouse and in regulatory agencies. The mission of the IMF is to provide professional, practical, continuing, or other educational and leadership programs for Indiana physicians to support ISMA’s mission of helping those physicians provide the best possible health care for their patients.
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The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) Foundation is a 501(c)(3) and a Type I, 509(a)(3) supporting organization that was organized exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and to carry out the purposes of the MMA. On a day-to-day basis, the MMA and its foundation work in close partnership on their shared mission to make Minnesota the healthiest state and best place to practice. The peer coaching project will expand upon and complement existing MMA initiatives to improve physician wellness and reduce burnout. It also advances the MMA Board of Trustee’s strategic priority to develop professional growth, satisfaction, and well-being resources.
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In 1972, the Travis County Medical Society created the Central Texas Medical Foundation to develop and operate community based graduate medical education programs. After 26 years of operations, the residency programs were sold in 1998 and the proceeds became the corpus of the Travis County Medical Society Foundation (TCMSF), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit of which the Travis County Medical Society is the sole member.he TCMSF sponsors physician-led programs, such as: Project Access, which provides coordinated health care for low-income, uninsured citizens of Travis County; free athletic physicals for students in the Austin Independent School District; the Physician Wellness Program; and scholarships for medical students. The TCMSF Lecture Series is an educational program that brings in well-known speakers on relevant topics of interest to TCMS members.
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The Medical Society of Virginia (MSV), founded in 1820, represents over 10,000 Virginia physicians, residents, medical students, and PAs and strives to advance high-quality care and make Virginia the best place to practice medicine. The MSV Foundation (MSVF) serves as the 501(c)(3) arm for the MSV. Its purpose is to support Virginia physicians in the practice of medicine, regardless of specialty, level of experience, geography, or practice setting. MSVF equips physicians with the tools and resources they need to best serve themselves, their patients, and the community at large – through physician leadership development programs, health care workforce and wellness initiatives, and health care quality improvement efforts.
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The Tennessee Medical Education Fund Inc. (TMEF) is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation established by the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) in 1963 to provide scholarships to students enrolled in an accredited medical school within the state. TMA is the state’s largest professional association for physicians which aims to improve the health of Tennessee by advocating for effective physician care and ensuring public policies reflect the best interests of patients and the medical profession.
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The Vermont Medical Society Education and Research Foundation (VMSERF) is a nonprofit charitable organization sponsored by the Vermont Medical Society (VMS) and organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. The purpose of VMSERF is to advance the public good by supporting educational and research activities in the field of health. VMSERF’s goal is to address Vermont’s otherwise unmet need for physician leadership development in the areas of health systems change and wellness, as well as to meet an ongoing need for peer support among Vermont’s physician leaders.