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Combating COVID-19 Fund

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Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Combating COVID-19 Fund

Overview: A time-limited fund established during the COVID-19 pandemic to mobilize philanthropic response to the global health crisis.

Focus Areas:

  • Research and development for treatments

  • Support for vulnerable populations

  • US education support

  • Testing and treatment research

  • Vaccine delivery

  • Frontline healthcare efforts in low- and middle-income countries

    • Geographic Scope: Global, with specific focus on vulnerable populations in:

  • India (Uttar Pradesh)

  • Yemen

  • Ethiopia

  • South Africa

  • United States (education)

    • Key Features:

  • Portfolio approach with funding directed to research/development, vulnerable populations, and US education

  • Rapid grant-making process

  • Mobilized over $150 million over the life of the fund

  • Supported organizations like ALIMA, Transforming Rural India Foundation, Oxfam, Aga Khan University, Wits Health Consortium, Hope Center for College Community and Justice, and Edquity

  • Houses the Therapeutics Accelerator philanthropic arm (raised over $75 million)

    • Status: Appears to be concluded or transitioned to ongoing funding mechanisms as of 2026

    Contact: [email protected]

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    healthcaredisaster-relief

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