Cencora Impact Foundation

The Cencora Impact Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit charitable giving organization, established by Cencora, Inc.
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Our mission and goal

The Cencora Impact Foundation’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of patient populations by partnering with organizations to expand access to healthcare around the world.

Together with our nonprofit partners, the Foundation helps patients in unstable regions or situations safely access essential therapies.

International

The Foundation strengthens the pharmaceutical supply chain in disaster zones or or underserved communities. 

Domestic

Concentrating on the U.S., the Foundation strives to reduce barriers that prevent patients from accessing care.

Our focus on building healthier futures 

We take pride in our strategic approach to grantmaking, encompassed along three key prongs of action.
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Fostering goal-driven connection

Cultivating long-term relationships through programmatic grants aligned with our goals and priority geographies.
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Dynamic collaboration among partners

Connecting nonprofit partners by creating opportunities for capacity-building, best-practice sharing, and network development.
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Leveraging our global reach

Engaging Cencora's global capabilities and expertise to support nonprofits' needs and connect team members with impact.
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A legacy of giving back

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Our charitable giving extends to the following additional areas.

  • Emergency response
  • Hyperlocal and team member-driven
  • Business segment-aligned
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Expanding our impact globally

$7+ million
donated to our nonprofit partners in fiscal year 2025

Nonprofit partner spotlight

Healthier Futures Grant Program

In 2023, the Cencora Impact Foundation launched the Healthier Futures Grant Program to fund bold, innovative ideas from nonprofits addressing critical gaps in healthcare access and infrastructure for long-term impact on communities.

Today, three Cencora Healthier Futures Grant Program recipients are making strides in global health aligned with our purpose to create healthier futures together.

Watch the video to hear more about the impactful work of Direct Relief, International Rescue Committee, and Project HOPE and learn more about how the Cencora Impact Foundation improves healthcare access globally.

A dozen Cencora volunteers packing emergency supplies into red canvas bags inside a warehouse. A banner on the wall behind them reads: “Our Purpose. We are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures.”

Helping communities in times of need

A dozen Cencora volunteers packing emergency supplies into red canvas bags inside a warehouse. A banner on the wall behind them reads: “Our Purpose. We are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures.”

Cencora, the Cencora Impact Foundation, and all our team members are united in our purpose, and that is clearest when disaster strikes. We act quickly to support relief efforts and work together to get people back on their feet again as soon as possible.

In the aftermath of natural and human-caused crises, the Cencora Impact Foundation aims to provide supplementary funds that enable communities to rebuild, enact preventative measures, and remain resilient. In FY24, the Foundation donated more than $1 million in proactive and reactive disaster response grants to nonprofit partners aiding those impacted around the world, including in Brazil, Central Europe, and the southeastern U.S. This included a 200 percent increase compared to FY23 in reactive donations related to water-related storms, including hurricanes and floods.

Our approach to disaster relief goes much deeper than rapid response efforts alone. We also have a robust grantmaking process that includes proactive support to our strategic emergency response partners, including Americares, Direct Relief, and more.

A dozen Cencora volunteers packing emergency supplies into red canvas bags inside a warehouse. A banner on the wall behind them reads: “Our Purpose. We are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures.”

Empowering our people

We believe in supporting Cencora team members who generously contribute their time and money to the causes that matter most to them. Together with our team members, we donated more than $2.1 million to various charitable organizations around the world in fiscal 2025.
100% match
on qualifying team member donations
$1,500
donation for 40 hours of volunteering
$2.1M+
donated together in FY25

Healthy communities for all

We’re constantly striving to make a difference in the communities where we live, work, and serve. 

Forming meaningful, lasting partnerships

We're deeply committed to our grantees and helping our team members support their chosen charities.
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How can we help?

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