Partnering with CDC

Why Partner?

CDC needs business to successfully carry out its mission. Engaging business can improve workforce and community well-being, lead to innovative strategies, and change the way CDC conceptualizes and solves problems. There are opportunities for both formal and informal collaborations that can lead to valuable, mutual benefits.

Contact Us

For business engagement questions, or to provide input on how CDC can support your health and safety efforts, contact cdcbizsectorpartners@cdc.gov.

For other health-related questions or comments, contact CDC Info via an online request form or by phone (800-CDC-INFO).

Benefits for Private Sector Partners:
Access specific populations or professional groups.
Collaborate on Innovative products.
Share private sector perspective on health issues.
Access resources, guidelines, and information.
Enhance reputation, brand loyalty, and goodwill.

Benefits for CDC:
Connect to organizations that share our goals.
Extend reach of CDC messages and programs.
Improve CDC innovation through collaborative R&D.
Solve problems through new technology.
Raise awareness about CDC’s lifesaving work.

How to Partner with CDC

Private sector partners include for-profit businesses, professional organizations that represent businesses, philanthropic arms of private corporations, other philanthropic entities, and private individuals/groups.

Public-private partnerships may include non-legally binding relationships where skills and assets are shared to improve the public’s health, and each partner shares in the risks and rewards. A Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement (MOU/MOA) is often created. CDC’s MOU/MOA Operational Policy provides additional guidance.

In some cases, partners may agree to share or pool financial resources. When significant resources are exchanged, legally binding agreements can be established.

CDC’s Technology Transfer Office facilitates use of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements.
CDC’s Ethical Considerations for Public-Private Partnerships describes the process CDC uses to review all gifts for potential conflicts of interest.
CDC’s Gift Policy outlines how CDC can legally accept gifts from outside entities.
CDC's Sponsorship of Conferences Policy outlines required procedures for co-sponsoring an event.

In some cases, partnerships are arranged through the CDC Foundation. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has dedicated itself to helping CDC do more, faster, by forging partnerships between CDC and those in the private sector.

Although the CDC Foundation was chartered by Congress, it is not a government agency nor is it a division of CDC. It is a private, nonprofit organization classified as a 501(c)(3) public charity. To connect with CDC Foundation, click here.

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