Healthcare company-building profile
AbbVie Foundation Health Equity Accelerator
AbbVie Foundation, run in partnership with MATTER
AcceleratorPharma acceleratorCorporateActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Pharma accelerator
- Organization
- AbbVie Foundation, run in partnership with MATTER
- Organization type
- Corporate
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Up to five nonprofit organizations per cohort; 10 weeks; 2026 cycle ran May 11 to July 17, 2026; applications opened January 27, 2026 and closed March 8, 2026; annual
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive: $10,000 stipend to each participant and an additional $50,000 scaling grant to one organization
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2025
Public description
About the program
The AbbVie Foundation Health Equity Accelerator is a 10-week program run with the Chicago healthcare incubator MATTER for nonprofit organizations advancing innovative solutions that expand access to health care in US communities and territories. Up to five nonprofits are selected each year and receive resources, coaching and a stipend, with one organization receiving an additional scaling grant. The 2026 program ran May 11 to July 17, 2026, with a final showcase the week of August 3, 2026.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Health equityAccess to careNonprofit innovationCommunity healthSocial determinants of health
- Category: Pharma accelerator
- Program structure: Up to five nonprofit organizations per cohort; 10 weeks; 2026 cycle ran May 11 to July 17, 2026; applications opened January 27, 2026 and closed March 8, 2026; annual
- Published terms: Non-dilutive: $10,000 stipend to each participant and an additional $50,000 scaling grant to one organization
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