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Jun 16, 2026
By the Philips Foundation team
Amsterdam, the Netherlands — Philips Foundation today released its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting a successful year in which it enabled access to healthcare for 69 million people in underserved communities, while focusing on scaling proven healthcare models. The progress brings Philips Foundation closer to its ambition of reaching 100 million people annually by 2030. In 2025, Philips Foundation sharpened its approach to catalytic philanthropy by concentrating resources on healthcare solutions with stronger evidence, operational readiness and clear system fit in two priority areas: cardiovascular disease and maternal and child health. Its continuum-of-capital model uses grants to test and validate approaches in underserved settings, and impact investments and co-investment to help proven solutions scale. “In order to improve healthcare access in a sustainable way, Philips Foundation is focusing on supporting solutions that will strengthen the chain of care from prevention to treatment, to create more reliable and resilient healthcare systems for underserved communities,” said Marnix van Ginneken, Chair of the Board of the Philips Foundation and Chief ESG and Legal Officer of Philips.
In order to improve healthcare access in a sustainable way, Philips Foundation is focusing on supporting solutions that will strengthen the chain of care from prevention to treatment, to create more reliable and resilient healthcare systems for underserved communities.
Marnix van Ginneken
Chair of the Board of the Philips Foundation and Chief ESG and Legal Officer of Philips
A focus on building lasting change In cardiovascular disease, Philips Foundation is supporting approaches that connect prevention, early risk detection, diagnosis and referral. Only recently, Philips Foundation and Novartis Foundation announced a global partnership to expand the CARDIO4Cities approach, starting in Amsterdam, with potential future expansion to other cities and urban regions. The partnership focuses on data-driven, locally led action to improve cardiovascular health and reduce health inequities in cities. In maternal and child health, Philips Foundation is supporting scalable models that strengthen the chain of care, by focusing for example on reproductive health. A concrete example is 28X, a menstrual cycle tracking tool launched in 2026 in the UK, in which Philips Foundation invested through its impact investment subsidiary to reach women often left behind by traditional health innovation. Designed to work in real-world conditions, 28X helps women better understand their bodies, track patterns and recognize symptoms early, without needing specialist support. Philips Foundation also launched ImpactBridge in 2025 with the World Diabetes Foundation and We Share Forward Foundation, a co-investment platform that connects social ventures with aligned capital and sector expertise to accelerate the transition from proof to scale. To read the full 2025 Annual Report, click here. For further information, please contact:
Yannick Eshuijs
Philips Foundation
Tel.: +31 6 1852 6633
E-mail: [email protected]
Philips Foundation is a registered non-profit organization established in 2014. Its mission is to enable access to quality healthcare for underserved communities through meaningful innovation, strategic partnerships, and catalytic funding. Operating across a continuum of capital – from grant-based projects to impact investments – Philips Foundation deploys Philips’ healthcare expertise and collaborates with like-minded partners to develop scalable solutions that connect community-based care with the broader health system. Its work focuses on cardiovascular disease and maternity and child health. Philips Foundation’s ambition is to reach 100 million people a year by 2030. Learn more at www.philips-foundation.com Read MoreShow less
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