About the Foundation
"Lend a Helping Hand"
The Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation is dedicated to improving access to
healthcare, supporting organizations with aligned missions, and increasing
educational opportunities in healthcare.
In 1986, Dr. Reddy and his family founded the Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation,
previously known as the Desert Valley Charitable Foundation, located in
Victorville, California (part of the High Desert of Southern California).
The nonprofit foundation has generously donated millions of dollars to
various charities, including those that support health education, college
scholarships, public healthcare education and free community clinics.
In the United States, the Foundation assists patients unable to afford
treatment by funding free clinics and organizations supporting preventative
care. The Foundation also seeks to ensure that students of all backgrounds
can pursue careers in medicine, such as the scholarship program offered every
year to promising High Desert students. On a global level, the Foundation
has donated equipment used in clinics across poverty stricken regions
around the world. The Foundation also funds clean water initiatives, childhood
vaccinations programs, educational grants, new medical clinics and medical
missions to treat blindness with free cataract removal surgeries and pediatric
congenital heart defects. Medical equipment has been donated for use in
clinics in areas of Africa, Indonesia, India and Central America.
The Foundation supports programs such as Access to Healthcare in Nevada,
a nonprofit medical program offering discounted medical services to Nevada's
working poor uninsured, and provides funding for clinics, such as the
Turner House Children's Clinic in Kansas City, making access to high
quality pediatric health care services available for underserved and uninsured
children. The Foundation also made a large donation to the YMCA in Kansas
City, funding a cancer survivor program which allows participants to attend
free of charge and receive much needed support during their recovery process.
In 2018, Dr. Reddy made a commitment of $60 million to found and initially fund the
California University of Science and Medicine, (CUSM), a private, non-profit medical school located in San Bernardino
County, California. Dr. Reddy founded CUSM to inspire, motivate, and empower
students to become excellent and caring physicians and leaders. The university,
located in one of the most underserved areas of the United States, graduated
its first class of MD students in May of 2022. Dr. Reddy serves as Chair
of the CUSM Board.
Driven by Dr. Reddy's life-long passion for healing and education,
the Foundation acts as a steward of private funds to be used for public
good and fulfill a commitment to give back to communities.
- Learn more about Dr. Reddy here
- Affiliated Foundation - Prime Healthcare Foundation
- Contact the Foundation