Cardinal Health Foundation
The Cardinal Health Foundation is represented on Cardinal Health’s corporate website (cardinalhealth.com) and describes the Foundation’s philanthropic priorities—improving medication access, suicide prevention, and related grant initiatives. The site includes RFPs, grant announcements, and program descriptions (e.g., Equity Rx and Zero Suicide collaborative).
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Health-focused nonprofits (community health centers, medication access programs, suicide-prevention initiatives) or organizations that can partner with employee-engagement or matching-gift programs and submit an electronic application.
Good Fit
- • Program work in medication access, suicide prevention, or related community health areas.
- • Ability to participate in or partner with employee engagement or matching-gift initiatives.
- • Capacity to apply via an electronic RFP and meet stated submission requirements.
- • Project budgets in the small-to-mid grant range (many awards under $50K, with some $100K–$300K grants).
- • Regional presence in Ohio or a replicable national/regional model.
Geography
Grants were awarded across roughly two dozen states in the latest year, so the footprint is multi-state; however Ohio is the largest single-state recipient (about 38% of dollars and 63% of grant count).
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows a large and diverse recipient set: 212 grants to 163 distinct organizations with many small awards (median about $3,500) and 63 repeat grantees across the two reported years.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of access is strong: the foundation publishes application information, requires electronic submissions, lists a community relations contact, and funded about 100 first-time grantees in the latest year (roughly 61%), indicating new entrants are regularly added.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
