The CDC Foundation helps CDC do more, faster by forging effective partnerships between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and corporations, foundations, organizations and individuals to fight threats to health and safety. The CDC Foundation currently manages more than 200 programs in the United States and in countries around the world. Each of their programs involves a talented team of experts at CDC and at least one outside funding partner. Since 1995, they have connected hundreds of private-sector partners with CDC to build programs that expand our national and international capacity to protect the health and safety of all people. Sometimes, these partnerships begin with a CDC scientist who has a great idea and wants to collaborate with an outside partner to make it happen. At other times, organizations in the private sector recognize that they can better accomplish their own public health goals by working with CDC through the CDC Foundation.