The Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust has been touching lives for 70 years. Since its founding in 1935, the duPont Trust has:
- Consistently followed industrialist Alfred I. duPont's last wishes to provide the resources to improve the lives of thousands of children and families
- Provided more than $1.5 billion to The Nemours Foundation for the treatment and care of children and the elderly and for the construction of hospitals and clinics in Delaware and Florida
- Recognized outstanding contributions to pediatric health care with the annual Alfred I. duPont Award for Excellence in Children's Health Care
The Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust's primary beneficiary, The Nemours Foundation, is a leading children's health care system promoting the highest standards of pediatric health care. Founded in 1940, Nemours has the following annual impact:
- Annually treats more than 238,000 children during more than 900,000 encounters, with over 8,000 admissions at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
- Employs more than 400 physicians, subspecialists and surgeons and 4,100 professionals and support staff in Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, as well as Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola, Florida
- Provided $78.9 million in uncompensated care to the medically indigent in 2006
- Contributed $14.3 million for research projects conducted throughout the Nemours system in 2006
- Subsidized more than $7.8 million for health care services to low-income elderly at its Nemours Health Clinic in Wilmington
- Provided $19 million in funding in 2006 for community-based health education and prevention initiatives for children
