Who We Are

Since its founding in 2001, the Brandywine Health Foundation has provided over $4 million in grants to non-profits improving the health of the residents of central and western Chester County. The largest grant of $1 million was to open a Federally Qualified Health Center in the City of Coatesville - ChesPenn Health Services. Since ChesPenn’s opening in temporary headquarters in the 1000 block of East Lincoln Highway, it has served more than 1,000 patients with primary care and pediatric services; its prenatal program opened in August 2006.

The foundation has also assisted in the start-up of Community Dental in Coatesville, bringing the Child Guidance Resource Center’s behavioral health services to all of the Coatesville Area School District’s schools, supporting the Maternal and Child Health Consortium’s Insurance Outreach Program, and launching Chester County Cares’ Prescription Assistance Program.

From July, 2007 through June, 2008, with assets just under $30 million, the foundation expects to direct over $1,000,000 in grants to programs our donors can trust will reduce the number of uninsured people in our community, fight pervasive barriers to care, and help as many residents as possible afford the medicines they need. For more information about the foundation’s grant making priorities, click on the Grants link.

For detailed information about the foundation's history, click here.

What We Believe

We’re passionate about health and inspired by the generosity of many friends, volunteers and partners. With this critical support, together in 2005 we succeeded in making primary healthcare and preventive dental care available to our area’s uninsured and underserved residents, thanks to the arrival of the ChesPenn Health Center, Inc. and Community Dental in Coatesville. We are also tremendously excited about our plans to give these two agencies, as well as the Child Guidance Resource Center and Human Services, a permanent home with a new four-story building: the Brandywine Health & Housing Center planned for Coatesville in early 2008.

We believe that the foundation’s resources will help our community take the big leaps forward needed to address critical health issues. We believe that by working with others we can improve health for all neighbors in central and western Chester County by improving access to high quality health care and empowering individuals and families to take control of their health thereby leading healthier, more active lives.

What We Do

The Brandywine Health Foundation brings people, organizations and resources together to improve the health and health care of all people in central and western Chester County. We partner with non-profit organizations, individuals, businesses, government leaders and other foundations to find solutions to critical health issues. Our primary focus is to provide grants and to serve as a resource to non-profit organizations working to improve access to healthcare, dental health, prescription coverage, and mental health services to the uninsured and under-insured. Other priority funding areas include nursing scholarships and injury-prevention services.