Physician Leadership Grants Program
Funding Amount
$1,500,000+ (17 grants awarded in 2013 round)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: National (across multiple states)
Focus Areas:
- Physician leadership development
- Business management training
- Communication skills
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Healthcare management
- Clinical quality improvement
- Team-based care
- Performance improvement
Eligible Applicants: Healthcare organizations, medical society foundations, universities
Program Goals: To equip physicians with necessary leadership skills to practice medicine successfully amidst ongoing regulatory and administrative changes
Historical Awards (as of 2013): 35 leadership grants across 20+ states totaling approximately $2.75 million since 2010
Example Funded Programs:
- Institute for Medical Quality: Stepping Up to Leadership Expansion
- North Carolina Medical Society Foundation: Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership
- The Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership (Maine)
- Case Western Reserve University Mental Health Physician Administrative Leadership Program
- American College of Cardiology Foundation Professional Development Program for Women in Cardiology
- Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management three-day educational institute for state medical society presidents
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from The Physicians Foundation Inc's IRS filings)
Mississippi State Medical Association Foundation
Ridgeland, MS · 2024
$223K
Lincoln, NE · 2024
$75K
Wyoming Medical Society Scholarship Fund
Cheyenne, WY · 2024
$75K
Minneapolis, MN · 2024
$75K
Accma Community Health Foundation
Oakland, CA · 2024
$75K
23 grants in The Physicians Foundation Inc's 2020–2024 filings reference “Physician Leadership Grants Program” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What The Physicians Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 15
- Total given
- $1.65M
- Median grant
- $100K
- Range
- $75K–$223K
- By dollars: Illinois 20%, California 19%, Mississippi 14%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; Ridgeland, MS; Knoxville, TN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 60% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Mississippi State Medical Association Foundation · Ridgeland, MS
To support a physician leadership program and enhance patient resource connections
$223K
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation · Knoxville, TN
Drivers of health assessment integration
$150K
Medical Society of Sedgwick County Physician Leadership Alliance · Wichita, KS
Improving patient outcomes through enhanced drivers of health
$150K
Inland Empire Health Information Organization · Riverside, CA
Drivers of health assessment integration
$141K
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL
Improve cardiometabolic health profiles of at-risk chicago communities
$131K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Healthcare
- Professional development
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