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Vermont Medical Society Education and Research Foundation Planning Grant

The Physicians Foundation Inc

Funding Amount

$130,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Cycle
One-time opportunity
Tracked since
April 2026

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Overview

Vermont Physicians' Resource Center Planning Grant

Recipient: Vermont Medical Society Education and Research Foundation (VMSERF)

Award Date: September 27, 2011

Geographic Scope: Vermont (statewide)

Focus Areas:

  • Physician leadership development
  • Problem-solving for healthcare delivery
  • Reduction of administrative burdens on physicians
  • Quality of care improvement

Project Description: Planning grant to fund creation of a statewide Physicians' Resource Center to help Vermont physicians overcome time and financial pressures that threaten to jeopardize care quality.

Background: VMSERF's 2011 Physicians Needs Assessment identified that Vermont doctors face increasing time and financial pressures. The Center was proposed to:

  • Build physicians' leadership skills
  • Assist with solving problems that interfere with everyday care processes
  • Create national model solutions for physicians facing similar issues across the country

Program Goals:

  • Arm physicians with resources needed to offer best care to patients
  • Allow physicians to build new knowledge about critical and emerging issues
  • Support active physician leader involvement at all levels of care

Grant Type: "Core capacity-building grant" with potential for future support

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

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Healthcare
  • Professional development
  • Capacity building

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