Novartis Us Foundation
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About Novartis Us Foundation
The Novartis US Foundation concentrates its giving at the intersection of health workforce diversity and educational opportunity, with especially large, multi-year investments in historically Black medical schools and scholarship/career‑readiness programs for underrepresented students. It also channels significant funds through matching-gift mechanisms and grantmaking intermediaries to support broad charitable causes and population-level health initiatives. The foundation’s grants are high-dollar and targeted, aimed at building a more diverse health professions pipeline and supporting scalable public‑health tools and capacity.
Focus Areas
Scholarships and career‑readiness programs for students at historically Black medical schoolsIncreasing diversity in the health and scientific workforce (support for medical schools and faculty)Capacity and general operating support for health systems and population‑level public health initiativesCorporate matching gift programs and intermediary grantmaking to broaden charitable impact
Who They Fund
Historically Black medical schools (institutions)medical and health professions students (scholarship recipients)
About Novartis Us Foundation
A defining feature of Novartis US Foundation’s grantmaking is its repeated support for historically Black medical schools and the pipeline that feeds them. The largest recent grant, $6,062,989 to Thurgood Marshall College Fund in 2025, was for scholarships, career readiness, leadership development, and competitive faculty support tied to historically Black medical schools. That same priority appears elsewhere in the record through grants to Morehouse School of Medicine, Howard University, Meharry, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. The foundation pairs that workforce focus with substantial support for population health and clinical infrastructure. It funded Hret to promote health at the population level and provide actionable tools aligned with AHA guidance, and it backed Howard University’s clinical trial center of excellence as well as Meharry’s center of excellence for clinical and translational research. Another recurring channel is matching gifts, which appears as a major grantmaking mechanism alongside direct institutional support. Across the recent grants list, the pattern is high-dollar, targeted funding aimed at education, research capacity, and health equity-related public health work.
What Novartis Us Foundation Funds
One clear theme is support for health professions education at historically Black institutions. Novartis US Foundation gave $1,311,653 in 2025 to Morehouse School of Medicine for a scholarship program aimed at improving health and well-being and increasing diversity in the health professional and scientific workforce. It also funded Howard University several times for a clinical trial center of excellence, including $650,400 in 2023 and $595,134 in 2025. The foundation also supports community-facing health work. In 2023, it gave $604,873 to Choose Healthy Life for general operating support addressing health disparities through the Black church, and in 2025 it added $9,947 for the Choose Healthy Life Black Clergy Action Plan. A third strand is research and translational capacity. Meharry received $573,641 in 2025 and $559,650 in 2024 for a center of excellence for clinical and translational research, while Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science received $573,641 in 2025 for a clinical trials center of excellence.
How Novartis Us Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$13.8M
Total Assets
$16.8M
Total Revenue
$12.5M
Total Expenses
$14.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $566K and $1.8M, with a median of $946K.
25th Percentile
$566K
Median
$946K
75th Percentile
$1.8M
Geographic Reach
National8 states funded
About 13% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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