The Pfizer Foundation's Community Health Ventures program: providing models for community health partnerships

In response to its concern for the future of community health centers (CHCs) and those who receive care in these centers, in 1997 the Pfizer Foundation created and funded Community Health Ventures (CHV), a four-year, $3.6 million grant-making program. It was designed to increase the capacity of centers to adjust to a changing health care environment. This descriptive special report discusses the outcomes of the program, including its impact on CHCs and their patients, and offers recommendations for funders on how to establish effective partnerships with CHCs.