Our Approach
The Pfizer Foundation’s mission is to help build healthier communities around the world. By investing in locally-led organizations and applying a community-centered approach, we aim to address today’s complex global health challenges, respond to natural disasters and resulting health crises, and empower Pfizer colleagues to make a positive impact where they live, work, and beyond.
Founded in 1953 by Pfizer Inc. as a charitable organization, The Pfizer Foundation is a separate legal entity from Pfizer Inc. with distinct legal restrictions.
Our Impact
45M+
People provided with quality care
131,000
Healthcare workers trained
11,000
Health centers strengthened
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What We Do
Address Complex Global Health Challenges
All people should have access to safe and effective healthcare, no matter where they live. The Pfizer Foundation works in collaboration with partners to support organizations that are working to scale locally- and country-led health solutions that improve access to innovative care, strengthen health systems, and reduce vaccine-preventable illness.
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Women with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa are typically diagnosed in advanced stages of the disease and may face multiple barriers to care, creating a more difficult cancer journey and leading to avoidable loss of life.i Through Action & Impact: A Cancer Care Initiative, The Pfizer Foundation supports trusted organizations working with local and national governments to advance timely breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and care, while helping build stronger, more resilient health systems that can deliver lasting change.
Since 2025, the initiative has helped reach more than 500,000 individuals with critical breast cancer education, enabled over 207,000 people to receive timely screening services, trained over 6,000 healthcare providers to detect breast cancer earlier, and supported nearly 200 individuals in receiving treatment—helping ensure more patients can access treatment when and where they need it.
Learn more about the most recent expansion of this initiative
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The Global Health Innovation Grants (GHIG) program, managed in partnership with Innovations in Healthcare, supports community-based organizations and initiatives that aim to improve quality of care and strengthen health systems in lower-income countries. First launched in 2016, the program supports local innovators advancing healthcare solutions and transforming care delivery. Today, the program has evolved to meet growing health needs, including through its AI Learning Lab focused on implementing digital health tools in diverse, real-world settings.
To date, 46 GHIG-supported organizations across 30 countries have helped expand access to care for 14.5 million patients, provided vaccinations to more than 2.8 million people, and trained over 32,000 healthcare workers.To learn more about the program watch this video.
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Community healthcare centers are often the first point of care for more than 32 million people in the U.S.ii Through the Innovation Awards in Community Health program, implemented in partnership with Direct Relief, The Pfizer Foundation supports community health centers and free clinics working to strengthen infectious disease prevention, education, screening, testing, treatment, and care in medically underserved communities.
Since 2021, the grant program has supported more than 40 safety-net health organizations across the U.S to reach more than 1.3 million people with critical health services, including nearly 520,000 vaccinations.
Vaccines remain one of the most powerful tools to protect the health of children and families. Yet persistent challenges limit equitable access, particularly in medically underserved communities. The Pfizer Foundation partners with organizations advancing innovative, community-driven approaches to strengthen immunization delivery, expand vaccine access and support country-led efforts to improve care across the healthcare ecosystem.
Through partnerships with organizations such as Amref Health Africa, VillageReach, and Zipline, The Pfizer Foundation supports efforts to strengthen primary health services and empower community healthcare workers, build more resilient vaccine supply chains, and improve last-mile delivery—helping ensure vaccines reach communities when and where they are needed most.
Partnerships with Purpose
In collaboration with Devex, The Pfizer Foundation highlights stories from its partners, underscoring lived experiences, the power of locally-led health solutions, and the importance of sustained investment in communities.
Explore the content series DetailsRespond to Natural Disasters and Resulting Health Crises
As natural disasters and climate emergencies grow more frequent and unpredictable, Pfizer and The Pfizer Foundation support global health organizations that have a broad reach and deep expertise to help prevent and treat illness exacerbated or caused by these crises. We invest in needed capabilities and systems before disasters occur, and work with partners to help strengthen health services, proactively stockpile essential supplies and medicines, and quickly respond to health needs during emergencies.
Foster Colleague Community Engagement
For our colleagues, living our Purpose extends well beyond the workplace. We are dedicated not just to give back, but to give forward. Encompassing matching gifts, volunteer rewards, and skills-based volunteering programs, Give Forward — Pfizer’s community engagement initiative — helps Pfizer colleagues identify, connect with, and amplify their impact for causes they find most meaningful.
Learn more about Give Forward and how Pfizer colleagues are creating positive change where they live, work — and beyond.
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In the News
iTfayli, A., Temraz, S., Abou Mrad, R., & Shamseddine, A. (2010). Breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries: an emerging and challenging epidemic. Journal of oncology, 2010, 490631. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/490631
ii“Bureau of Primary Care. (2024, August). Impact of the Health Center Program” bphc.hrsa.gov, August 2024, https://bphc.hrsa.gov/about-health-center-program/impact-health-center-program.