Grant Details

The Duke Endowment is a privately-operated foundation that provides charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations in North Carolina and South Carolina. The Endowment has four primary areas of focus:

• Access to Care for Vulnerable Populations
• Maternal and Infant Health
• Mental Health
• Oral Health
• Population Health
• Workforce Development

Within those areas of focus, the Endowment prioritizes three main areas of Health Care:

• Quality and Safety of Care - Improving quality and safety of care must focus on innovative ways of delivery that are high quality and affordable. Grant requests should aim to improve outcomes for patients and reduce costs.
• Access to Care - Improving access to health care services improved quality of life and health status for all individuals. Funding community-based networks of care that improve access to primary and specialty care for the low-income, uninsured to have access to coordinated care is a priority. In addition, the Endowment will consider requests focused on: 
  • Expanding the primary care workforce in under-represented or rural, disadvantaged communities; and
  • Developing new models of workforce training.
• Prevention - Grant requests that seek opportunities to deploy strategies aimed at preventing chronic disease and improving the health of communities will be considered. Collaborative efforts between health care and public health systems that measurably improve the health of defined populations are encouraged.