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Who can apply: Organizations or communities affected by urgent needs or disasters.
About American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn
Advancing Family Medicine Through Philanthropy — the AAFP Foundation focuses on improving health for everyone through leadership development, education scholarships, grants and funding social and health care services.
Focus Areas
family medicine educationphysician leadershippublic health and preventive servicesworkforce developmentgrants for community and clinical programsscholarships and awards
Who They Fund
patients served by family physicians/primary care clinicsfamily medicine residents/medical students/externscommunity populations affected by disasters
Funding Style
direct service support
About American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn
A $1,649,377 program-support grant to the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2023 sits at the top of this foundation’s recent record and signals how closely it works with the family medicine field itself. American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn backs programs that advance family medicine through philanthropy, with grants, scholarships, and awards tied to leadership development, education, and social and health care services. Recent awards also show direct support for clinical access: Heart to Heart International in Lenexa, Kansas received $58,800 in 2025 for family medicine care, while International Medical Corps in Los Angeles received $58,600 for the same purpose that year. Alongside those larger commitments, the foundation regularly funds smaller awards for clinics, training, and research, including fellowship support through the CHFM / Sandra L. Panther Fellowship and clinic support through Family Medicine Cares USA. The portfolio points to a funder that uses philanthropy to strengthen the family medicine pipeline, support care delivery, and help community-based programs respond to local needs.
What American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn Funds
Family medicine access is a clear priority. The foundation gave $25,000 to Cwru Horizons Community Clinic in Cleveland for family medicine care and $24,189 to Hilltop Free Clinic in Columbus for the same broad purpose. It also supported Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia with $25,000 for family medicine care, linking education settings and service delivery. Training and professional development appear throughout the portfolio. Soin Family Medicine Residency in Beavercreek received $16,500, and The University of Scranton in Scranton received $20,000, both under family medicine care. Research and discovery are another strand: the foundation awarded $40,000 to The Ohio State University in Columbus under Fam Med Discovers, and similar awards went to the Regents of the University of Colorado in Aurora and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. Disaster response is also part of the mix, with grants to International Medical Corps and Heart to Heart International for disaster relief.
How American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn Gives
Grant size clusters around small to mid-sized awards: p25 is $9,138, median is $10,000, and p75 is $16,500. The list also includes a much larger program-support grant to the American Academy of Family Physicians, showing that the foundation mixes core organizational support with many smaller project awards. Recipients appear in multiple years in the recent grants list, including American Academy of Family Physicians and both Heart to Heart International and International Medical Corps. The foundation is a nonprofit foundation rather than an operating charity with individual grants, and its grant programs include both unsolicited and invitation-only tracks. Several active programs accept unsolicited applications, including Family Medicine Cares USA — New Clinic Grant and the CHFM / Sandra L. Panther Fellowship.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.4M
Total Assets
$28.3M
Total Revenue
$5.3M
Total Expenses
$4.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $9K and $17K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$17K
Geographic Reach
National29 states funded
About 8% of grants go to recipients in OH.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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