A nonprofit organization founded in 1951 as the Rapkine French Scientist Fund, Inc., the Pasteur Foundation works to raise funds to support the Institut Pasteur in Paris whose mission is the pursuit of excellence in the domain of biomedical research for the worldwide amelioration of public health. This pursuit of excellence is applied to each of the Institut Pasteur's three principal vocations: biological research (focused historically on infectious diseases but extending today to include allergies, genetic diseases and cancer), the development of public health applications arising from this research, and teaching and training programs.

Faithful to the spirit that drove Louis Pasteur, the mission of the Pasteur Foundation is based on the principle that because infectious diseases do not recognize geopolitical boundaries, they pose a serious threat to global public health. Furthermore, the control of their proliferation, and their prevention through research, prophylaxis and epidemiological surveillance and above all through a thorough basic scientific understanding are achievable goals. The Pasteur Foundation seeks to help the Institut Pasteur in its fight by funding specific projects, promoting scientific exchanges with the American researchers and by raising funds for the advancement of science.

Given its 501(c)(3) organization status, gifts to the Pasteur Foundation are fully tax-deductible. For more information about ways of giving, click here.

Alice Dautry, President
Marie-Hélène Marchand, Secretary
Richard K. Bernstein, Treasurer

Anne Cox Chambers, Chairman
Judith P. Sulzberger, M.D., Vice Chairman
Luc de Clapiers
Michel David-Weill
Eileen Finletter
Elizabeth Fondaras, Founding Chairman
Jean-Jacques Garaud, M.D.
Arthur A. Hartman
Agnès Hibon
François Jacob
Elbrun Kimmelman
Ira M. Millstein
Joe M. Rodgers
Elizabeth Stribling
P. Roy Vagelos, M.D.
Arnaud de Vienne
Kristina Wildenstein

Executive Director
Caitlin M. Hawke

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