| Our New Name & Logo |
| The Brandywine Health & Wellness
Foundation has shortened its name to the Brandywine Health
Foundation. Read More... |
| Our
Mission |
The Brandywine Health Foundation’s mission is to
initiate and support programs to improve the health and
well-being of our community.
La Mision:
La mision de la Brandywine Health Foundation es la de iniciar y darle apoyo
a programas para mejorar la salud y el bienestar de nuestra comunidad. |
| Fast
Facts |
Formed in May 2001 as the only dedicated funder of
health related services and programs in central and western
Chester County |
| 2007 assets: just under $30 million |
| 2007 grants and programs: $1,000,000 |
| Total grants since 2001 founding: $4 million |
| Non-profit organizations receiving funding since 2001:
over 50 |
| Associations |
The
Brandywine Health Foundation is a proud member of Delaware
Valley Grantmakers. We follow DVG's Guiding Principles. Click
here to download a PDF. |
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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.
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