July 31, 2025- Cardinal Health announced the expansion of Equity Rx, to help meet the needs of people across Ohio and beyond who cannot afford their prescription medications. Launched as a pilot in Ohio in 2023, Equity Rx was created through a partnership of the Cardinal Health Foundation, the Charitable Healthcare Network (CHN) (an Ohio charitable healthcare organization) and St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy in Cincinnati, Ohio. With this most recent grant, the Foundation has invested a total of $5 million in Equity Rx.
The Foundation’s recent grant funds will enable:
- Expansion of the southwest Ohio pilot project into the northeast and southeast quadrants of the state, as well as in three additional states with the partnership of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC).
- Development of Ohio’s first statewide prescription drug repository and distribution center, where donated medications will be sorted, inventoried, catalogued and prepared for distribution at no cost to the CHN network organizations.