Opening doors at every career stage
America faces a healthcare workforce crisis that threatens access to care for millions. Covista Open Doors is our multi-year impact commitment to build and sustain the healthcare workforce in the communities that need it most. It is advanced through Covista's strategic investments—corporate giving, employee match, nonprofit partnerships and grant cycles—alongside volunteerism and advocacy, and the Covista Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) public charity that provides grants to nonprofits, scholarships and emergency financial support to the future healthcare workforce.
Our focus is simple: inspire young people to pursue healthcare, remove the barriers standing in students' way of graduating and support the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare workers. These three priorities—discover, achieve and thrive—guide every investment we make across the entire healthcare career continuum.
Discover
We inspire and support individuals to discover and pursue healthcare careers.
Opening doors for the next generation by creating pathways for underserved individuals to envision themselves in healthcare through hands-on experiences, mentorship and career exploration programs.
Achieve
We break down financial barriers to help students achieve their healthcare ambitions.
Opening doors to degree completion for students facing financial barriers, through scholarship and wrap around services.
Thrive
We support the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare workers so they can thrive.
Opening doors to sustainable careers by partnering with healthcare organizations to address burnout, support mental health and keep talented professionals in the workforce.
"We remove barriers for students, support the wellbeing of healthcare workers, and inspire the next generation to serve their communities. That's our commitment."
Megan Noel
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Our commitment to sustainability
Building a resilient healthcare workforce requires sustainable practices across the enterprise, in our institutions and in our communities. We're committed to environmental stewardship, responsible operations and supporting both people and the planet as we work to address the healthcare workforce crisis.
Partnerships that open doors and transform lives
Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation supports the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare workers. Through evidence-based, system-change interventions, they help healthcare workers thrive in their demanding roles and continue serving communities. As the founding corporate partner of their national ALL IN: Caring for Caregivers cohort, we're helping health systems remove structural barriers to mental health care and embed sustainable workforce wellbeing into healthcare operations.
NAF inspires young people to discover healthcare careers through hands-on experiences, industry-focused curriculum and connections to industry professionals. Our partnership expands the pipeline of future healthcare professionals by creating clear pathways for students from communities that need them most.
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare partners with healthcare organizations to advance compassion for patients, care teams, and their healing relationships. Our investment expands access to proven programs, including Schwartz Rounds® and Stress First Aid, that reduce psychological distress in care teams, foster cultures of compassion, and increase empathetic care for patients – all of which drive improved health outcomes.
Lisa Dughi
Chief Executive Officer, NAF
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
Where colleagues become community partners
Community Rounds is Covista's year-round volunteer program that connects colleagues to meaningful opportunities to strengthen communities, remove barriers for students and support future healthcare workers. From mentoring and assembling care kits for high schoolers to organizing medical supplies for disaster response, colleagues donate their time to expand access to healthcare careers and build a stronger, more resilient healthcare workforce for the future.
Measuring what matters
Review the stories, data and outcomes from our FY25 work in expanding access to healthcare education and strengthening the communities we serve.
The Covista Foundation
The Covista Foundation, based in Chicago, IL, is an independent 501(c)(3) public charity that supports charitable initiatives in healthcare education and workforce development.