About Abim Foundation
We advance medical professionalism to build trust and improve care.
Focus Areas
Medical ProfessionalismBuilding TrustHealth Equity & InclusionMedical Education and TrainingMisinformation mitigationChoosing Wisely / stewardshipPhysician assessment
Who They Fund
Black and Hispanic/Latinx patients and communitiesunderrepresented minority students and trainees (pipeline participants)internal medicine residents and faculty (clinical trainees)underrepresented faculty (career advancement support)queer / LGBTQ+ communities
About Abim Foundation
Abim Foundation’s recent funding is anchored by a large implementation grant to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement: $374,901 in 2024 to refine a theory of change for building trust by testing at implementation sites and identifying the key drivers of organizational trustworthiness. That emphasis on trust in health care runs through the foundation’s grantmaking, alongside medical professionalism, health equity and inclusion, medical education and training, misinformation mitigation, Choosing Wisely stewardship, and physician assessment. The foundation’s grant list shows a steady mix of research, curriculum development, and community-engaged projects, usually at project scale rather than open-ended support. Another major award went to AcademyHealth for research and policy work aimed at improving trust in the health care system, while smaller awards supported studies, training initiatives, and practice changes across academic medical centers, hospitals, and community-oriented organizations. Grantees have included Boston, Washington, New York, Portland, Chicago, Houston, and several other U.S. locations. The pattern suggests a funder that backs work intended to change clinical practice, shape training environments, and test how trust is built in health care settings.
What Abim Foundation Funds
In trust-focused research, Abim Foundation funded AcademyHealth for work to advance research and inform policy and practice to improve trust in the health care system, and it supported Baruch College through the Research Foundation of CUNY to study and write a report on practices clinicians believe build trust in leaders of health care organizations. Medical education and training appears in multiple awards. Oregon Health & Science University received support for trainees and faculty to study racism experienced by Latinx patients and to build an equity action team, while the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center was funded to partner with the community on communications training for internal medicine residents to increase vaccine uptake among Hispanic patients. The foundation also backs equity and inclusion work inside clinical settings. The University of Illinois received funding to address microaggressions in medicine, and the University of Colorado was supported for inter-professional diversity, equity, and inclusion simulation cases to build a more equitable health system.
How Abim Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$867K
Total Assets
$84.2M
Total Revenue
$7.5M
Total Expenses
$3.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $20K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$20K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
About 13% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
RICHARD J BARON
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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