Welcome to the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation website.
The primary focus of Eli Lilly and Company is to bring innovative medicines to patients around the world. However, the company knows that its obligations to society extend beyond the medicines it makes. An important aspect of this commitment is being a leader in the area of charitable donations. Lilly is consistently ranked as one of the most charitable companies in the world, and the Lilly Foundation, which is made possible by the donations of Eli Lilly and Company, is an important source of this charitable work.
The Lilly Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of patients and the communities we serve. In 2007, the Foundation donated over $29 million to charitable causes. For more detail on our categories of giving, please see What We Support. For key programs funded by the Lilly Foundation and by its supporting organization Eli Lilly and Company, please visit Investing in Communities and Improving Patient Outcomes under the Responsibility section.
As we look to constantly improve our philanthropic activities, the Foundation will seek to collaborate with non-profits that are delivering measurable results. The Foundation is honored to support organizations that are making a positive impact, and we look forward to building on many of these relationships. We also look forward to forging new partnerships with charities that are doing outstanding work in our areas of interest.
On behalf of my colleagues at Lilly, I thank you for your interest in the Lilly Foundation. To current and prospective partners, we deeply appreciate the work that you do to improve the lives of patients and to make our communities better places to live and work.
Robert L. Smith
President
