Grants and Donations
Abbott has a long-standing commitment to supporting programs aimed at
increasing the understanding of scientific, clinical and health care issues
that improve patient care. We partner with a broad range of organizations to
help address today's health care challenges. We want to do our part to ensure
that patients, and the health care providers who treat them, receive the
information and support they need.
In the interest of transparency, we began voluntarily disclosing grants and
donations to U.S. medical organizations beginning with the third quarter of
2008. Abbott will continue to report these payments on a quarterly basis.
This report discloses charitable donations, patient support, educational
grants, and fellowships and scholarships. Recipients include medical and other
health care professional organizations, patient organizations, academic
institutions, hospitals, medical education companies and other scientific
associations
In addition, support from the non-profit, philanthropic Abbott Fund is
aggregated and reported in an annual Internal Revenue Service 990 filing. This
information is available on the website www.foundationcenter.org. Abbott
continues to evaluate other ways to enhance transparency.
The attached report includes direct payments more than $200 from Abbott's
businesses in the fifty United States and Puerto Rico.
Abbott's reports are provided here: