Vitalyst Health Foundation

June 30th, 2015 Paula Blankenship

2929 N. Central, Suite 1550

Phoenix, Arizona, 85012

Phone: 602-385-6500

Primary Business / Services

Vitalyst Health Foundation is on a mission to inform, connect and support efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in Arizona.

Established following the sale of the St. Luke’s Hospital System to a for-profit corporation in 1996, the foundation operated as St. Luke’s Charitable Health Trust (1996-1999) and St. Luke’s Health Initiatives (2000-2016). Today, Vitalyst Health Foundation is an independent, non-partisan public foundation with four overarching priorities: (1) increasing access to care and insurance coverage, (2) working with municipal leaders to promote healthy community design, (3) building community-based organizational capacity, and (4) promoting health and healthcare innovations and collaborations.

Over its history, Vitalyst Health Foundation has invested more than $100 million into Arizona health and established itself as a key thought leader, convener, framer and catalyst of key health initiatives – ranging from statewide health policy and systems to the local development of community gardens.

Size/Scope/Service Area

$120 million endowment/ 9 employees/ Arizona

THR Members Affiliated with this Company

Suzanne Pfister
CEO and President

Marcus Johnson
Director of State Health Policy and Advocacy