The Vermont Medical Society Education and Research Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit public benefit corporation organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. The mission of the VMS Foundation is to advance the public good by supporting education, improvement and evaluation in the field of health.

The Vermont Medical Society created the Foundation as a distinct entity with its own governance structure in order to separate its traditional advocacy role from the Foundation’s goal of promoting the health of all Vermonters through physician leadership, professionalism and shared-decision making.