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Community Health Impact Coalition
Making professional community health workers the worldwide norm through research, advocacy, and in-country network activation.
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Our Approach
Where We Focus
Funding rigorous, promising work that moves entire fields forward
IROH Foundation funds high-impact organizations led by dedicated teams already demonstrating measurable results. In medical research, progress may take the form of new discoveries, stronger evidence, or approaches that move an entire field forward.
Our grant portfolio includes medical research and awareness programs focused on serious, often overlooked conditions—disorders that are under-recognized, under-funded, and deeply disruptive to daily life. We believe targeted support for rigorous, promising work can accelerate breakthroughs, expand access to care, and materially improve quality of life.
Foundational health: nutrition, mental health, sexual health education
Maternal and early life: prenatal, reproductive, neonatal, and child health
Community-based care: community health workers and local delivery models
Restorative care: prosthetics and rehabilitation
Frontiers of medicine: neurological and rare-disease efforts with clear research or outcome promise
We’re Especially Interested In Efforts That…
Demonstrate a clear path to real-world impact
- Clinical Studies
- Translational Research
- Registries
- Biobanks
Improve awareness and enable earlier diagnosis
- Public Education
- Clinician Training
- Screening Pipelines
Expand patient access through innovative support models
- Care Delivery
- Assistive Technologies
- Access Programs
Address system or policy barriers
- Barrier Identification
- Policy Reform
- Treatment Access
Co-Funding Opportunities
Interested in learning more or exploring co-funding opportunities?
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Unsolicited requests
- IROH does not accept unsolicited requests for funding
- We identify partners proactively through research and referrals
- Co-funding conversations with aligned philanthropists are always welcome
Related Work
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Health-focused grantees
Selected organizations from our portfolio working in health and medicine.
Global
Tourette Syndrome Research
Tourette Syndrome causes involuntary physical and vocal tics that can profoundly disrupt daily life—yet no medication fully controls its symptoms, and its complex genetic roots remain poorly understood.
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Guatemala, Ecuador & USA
Range of Motion Project
High-quality prosthetic care and rehabilitation for underserved people. Over 4,650 custom-made prosthetic devices provided across two full-time clinics.
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