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Primary care grants represent one of the largest percentages of grant giving in the United States. The federal government, state, county and city governments, as well as private and corporate foundations all award primary care grants for basic health care services to low-income, uninsured people. Primary care grants typically cover services such as those listed in the table below:

Primary Care Services	OB/GYN	Dental	Mental Health	Other Services
General Health Care Diagnostic Laboratory Diagnostic X-Ray Urgent Medical Care 24-Hour Coverage Family Planning HIV Testing Immunizations Hospitalization Follow-up	Gynecological Care Obstetrical Care	Preventive Restorative Emergency	Developmental Screening 24-Hour Crisis Other Mental Health Substance Abuse Pharmacy	Case Management Eligibility Assistance Translation Outreach Transportation Nutrition

Some of the largest foundations that give primary care grants include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Starr Foundation, W.K Kellogg Foundation, California Endowment, Open Society Institute, Rockefeller Foundation, New York Community Trust and the Kresge Foundation. Total giving by these foundations is more than three billion dollars, with the Gates Foundation taking the lead at $1,182,826,639 and the rest giving between one and four million. The largest percentage of primary care grants for health care services are awarded to non-profit organizations, health care agencies, colleges and universities, local government agencies, tribal institutions, and schools. For profit organizations are generally not eligible for primary care grants unless they are conducting research or creating jobs.

Some sites listed here have extensive experience in the arena of primary care grants. They have good track records of success in writing primary care grants for the prevention of breast cancer, diabetes, and other life threatening diseases. With an average of fifty million dollars in grant awards each year, they have authored primary care grants to:

• Create a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  
• Expand and enhance a Diabetes Awareness and Prevention Program
  
• Provide breast cancer screening, diagnostics and treatment for 10,000 women
  
• Provide primary health care services to medically underserved Asian Americans
  
• Provide health care education and outreach to culturally diverse populations
  
• Build and renovate primary health care facilities
  
• Staff primary health care organizations