National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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About National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC Foundation helps CDC do more, faster by forging partnerships between CDC and others to fight threats to health and safety.
Focus Areas
Public healthEmergency responseGlobal healthWorkforce developmentData modernizationChronic disease preventionEpidemiology and surveillanceEnvironmental healthMaternal and child healthWater, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)HIV/AIDSImmunizationInjury & violence preventionNutrition
About National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc. channels major grantmaking into public health work that CDC advances through partnerships with universities, health agencies, and community organizations. Its recent grants include multimillion-dollar support for stigma monitoring and response during public health crises, with $3,663,859 to The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Los Angeles campus in 2023 and $1,406,160 to the same university system in 2024. The foundation also backs CDC-led research and implementation work, including $3,007,392 in 2024 and $2,108,500 in 2023 for preventing global child sexual abuse through the Centers for Disease Control. Other large awards point to emergency response, vaccine-related research, data modernization, and public health communications. The pattern is programmatic rather than individual giving, and the grants often support time-limited initiatives tied to CDC priorities or joint public health efforts. Grantees range from large academic medical centers to public health agencies and mission-aligned nonprofits, reflecting a funder that works through specific projects rather than broad unrestricted grants.
What National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Funds
A clear theme is public health data and surveillance. The foundation gave $1,593,133 in 2025 to Childrens Hospital Corporation dba Boston Childrens Hospital for strengthened community partnerships for health data interoperability, and it also funded the Centers for Disease Control for Data for Health in 2025 and 2024. Infectious disease research is another core area: CDC received $1,036,932 in 2025 for analysis of immunogenicity and shedding of new oral poliovirus vaccines, plus $728,148 in 2023 for immunologic endpoints against young infant group B streptococcal disease. It also supported tobacco surveillance with $756,855 in 2024 to the WHO Regional Office for the Americas/PAHO for monitoring the global tobacco epidemic. Community-facing vaccine work appears as well, including $625,000 in 2025 to Able South Carolina for leveraging CILs to increase vaccines for people with disabilities.
How National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Gives
Typical grant size sits at a median of $70,000, with the middle half ranging from $29,532 to $119,909. Recent awards show a wide spread above that band, including several seven-figure project grants. The foundation gives through a mix of RFPs, emergency response funding, awards programs, and CDC-partnered initiatives. Its pattern is highly programmatic and recurring: several recipients reappear across multiple years, especially CDC itself, which shows up in 2023, 2024, and 2025 on different projects. The funder is classified as a regular funder and does not fund individuals. Some opportunities are unsolicited, but many are issued through requests for proposals or partnership-based program structures.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$31.5M
Total Assets
$166.3M
Total Revenue
$192.6M
Total Expenses
$207.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $120K, with a median of $70K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$70K
75th Percentile
$120K
Geographic Reach
National48 states funded
About 24% of grants go to recipients in MS.
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Where National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Funds
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 662 | $81.8M | 99.4% |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 |
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