About Institute for Healthcare Improvement
We use improvement science to advance and sustain better outcomes in health and health care across the world.
Focus Areas
health care quality improvementpatient safetyhealth equityworkforce well-beingmaternal and child healtholder adult caremental health and substance usehealth systems strengtheningeducation and professional developmentconsulting and system change
Who They Fund
patientsgeneral population
Funding Style
About Institute for Healthcare Improvement
A selective 14-month Fellowship Program is the clearest window into how the Institute for Healthcare Improvement funds: it backs mid-career health care professionals working in quality and safety roles, with cohort learning, mentoring, experiential projects, and scholarship support linked to participation. That program sits alongside a much larger pattern of institutional grantmaking in health care, with repeated awards to systems and networks that are implementing improvement work. In the recent grants list, Boston Medical Center received $1,260,829 in 2024 and $827,042 in 2025, while Atrius Health Inc received $1,212,063 in 2024 and $991,688 in 2025. Those repeat awards show an emphasis on sustained partnerships rather than isolated awards. The foundation’s focus areas point to improvement science across quality, patient safety, health equity, workforce well-being, maternal and child health, older adult care, mental health and substance use, and health systems strengthening. Its grants are directed to patients and the general population through health care organizations, integrated networks, and hospitals.
What Institute for Healthcare Improvement Funds
In health care quality improvement and patient safety, the foundation backed Boston Children's Hospital with $672,038 in 2025 and $474,013 in 2024. For delivery-system work, it gave $968,713 in 2024 to Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc and $792,585 in 2025 to the same organization, both in Westwood, Massachusetts. The grant list also points to care coordination across local networks: Community Care Cooperative Inc received $752,050 in 2025 and $317,350 in 2024, both in Boston. In regional system change, Tufts Medicine Integrated Network Inc was awarded $580,554 in 2025 and $387,036 in 2024, showing support that extends across more than one funding year.
How Institute for Healthcare Improvement Gives
Typical awards are mid-to-large, with a p25 of $22,500, a median of $250,000, and a p75 of $597,738. The recent record shows recurring relationships rather than one-time gifts: multiple grantees appear in both 2024 and 2025, including Boston Medical Center, Atrius Health Inc, Southcoast Health Network LLC, Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc, and others. The foundation does not fund individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. Its active Fellowship Program and scholarship support accept unsolicited applications, giving it a direct application pathway alongside institutional grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.1M
Total Assets
$168.1M
Total Revenue
$74.4M
Total Expenses
$72.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $23K and $598K, with a median of $250K.
25th Percentile
$23K
Median
$250K
75th Percentile
$598K
Geographic Reach
Regional14 states funded
About 62% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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Leadership
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