Community Catalyst, Inc.

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Full Name:	Community Catalyst, Inc.
EIN:	04-3355127
Tax Status:	501(c)(3)
Website:	www.communitycatalyst.org
Address:	30 Winter St Boston, MA 02108

About this Nonprofit

Mission:	Community Catalyst is a national advocacy organization that builds consumer and community participation in the shaping of our health system to ensure quality affordable health care for all.
Description:	The Prescription Access Litigation Project - A project that has created a nationwide coalition of senior citizen groups, consumer health advocacy groups, and labor that uses class action litigation and other strategies to press the pharmaceutical industry to make prescription drugs more affordable. RealBenefits - A unique web-based information and toolset that enables non-government organizations to enroll families qualified for public benefits in those programs from community-based settings. The Community Benefit and Free Care Initiative - A project that supports local consumer health advocates in pressing their communities' hospitals to be more accountable and to provide more access to free care and other services for the uninsured and medically underserved. "Walk In My Shoes: A Health Access Simulation" - A unique interactive learning experience that can be used with a variety of audiences in a range of settings to increase understanding of the barriers that underserved individuals face in seeking medical care, as well as the health and social consequences of those barriers. The Community Health Assets Project - A project that provides a range of support services to consumer groups, philanthropic leaders, legislators and regulators confronting conversions of hospitals and health plans from non-profit to for-profit status in their local health systems. The Community Philanthropy Initiative - A project that focuses on increasing the responsiveness of foundations created as a result of the non-profit-to for-profit conversions to local communities and enabling underserved constituencies to participate in health system change. The Physician Diversity Project - A project that supports and coordinates the work of local coalitions pressing government and academic medical institutions to address lack of diversity in the medical profession.

Mission:

Community Catalyst is a national advocacy organization that builds consumer and community participation in the shaping of our health system to ensure quality affordable health care for all.

Description:

The Prescription Access Litigation Project - A project that has created a nationwide coalition of senior citizen groups, consumer health advocacy groups, and labor that uses class action litigation and other strategies to press the pharmaceutical industry to make prescription drugs more affordable.

RealBenefits - A unique web-based information and toolset that enables non-government organizations to enroll families qualified for public benefits in those programs from community-based settings.

The Community Benefit and Free Care Initiative - A project that supports local consumer health advocates in pressing their communities' hospitals to be more accountable and to provide more access to free care and other services for the uninsured and medically underserved.

"Walk In My Shoes: A Health Access Simulation" - A unique interactive learning experience that can be used with a variety of audiences in a range of settings to increase understanding of the barriers that underserved individuals face in seeking medical care, as well as the health and social consequences of those barriers.

The Community Health Assets Project - A project that provides a range of support services to consumer groups, philanthropic leaders, legislators and regulators confronting conversions of hospitals and health plans from non-profit to for-profit status in their local health systems.

The Community Philanthropy Initiative - A project that focuses on increasing the responsiveness of foundations created as a result of the non-profit-to for-profit conversions to local communities and enabling underserved constituencies to participate in health system change.

The Physician Diversity Project - A project that supports and coordinates the work of local coalitions pressing government and academic medical institutions to address lack of diversity in the medical profession.

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39 members
$25 donated
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Prescription Access Litigation
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