GlaxoSmithKline 13th Annual IMPACT Awards Seek Nonprofits Providing Access to Healthcare

GlaxoSmithKline 13th Annual IMPACT Awards Seek Nonprofits Providing Access to
Healthcare

Greater Philadelphia Region Healthcare Nonprofits to Receive Up to $400,000 in
Funding - Application Deadline July 15, 2009

PHILADELPHIA, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards target
community-based nonprofits that provide access to healthcare for the
underserved. Up to ten organizations in Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware,
Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, or Philadelphia Counties will be awarded
$40,000 each. The awards are bestowed upon winning organizations for success
and achievements in their current, overall work, not just for new or specific
initiatives. Applications will be accepted through July 15, 2009, 4:00 p.m.
EDT.

Annually, the GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards target nonprofit organizations
that have a significant impact on their communities and are capable, proactive
and effective in their work. GlaxoSmithKline's IMPACT Awards stand for and
support Innovation, Management, Partnership, Achievement, Community focus and
Targeting needs within community-based healthcare organizations. Organizations
that exemplify the IMPACT Awards criteria continue to provide quality,
accessible healthcare to their constituent communities despite their financial
and resource limitations. Winners in previous years include organizations that
provide medical and dental care for the underserved, access to care for cancer
patients and the chronically ill, services for children with genetic disorders
and comprehensive treatment for women with addiction.

To qualify for a GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT award, applicants must provide access
to healthcare services (primary mission); have a total annual operating
expense of less than $2.5 million; and have been in existence as a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization for at least five years. A panel of local and national
healthcare delivery experts and GlaxoSmithKline representatives will determine
the winners based on a strong demonstration of ongoing success in providing
access to healthcare; commitment to serving people in need; facilitation of
healthcare delivery, substantive partnerships; policy development; and a solid
record of achievement, management and leadership.

The GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards will be presented at an awards ceremony in
Philadelphia in early 2010. For more details and to apply, please visit the
GlaxoSmithKline site at www.gsk-us.com and select "Our work with communities,"
then click "Health programs," then click "Awards," and finally click
"Philadelphia region" or call GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships at
215-751-5171.

About GlaxoSmithKline: GlaxoSmithKline -- one of the world's leading
research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies -- is committed to
improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better
and live longer. For company information, visit GlaxoSmithKline on the World
Wide Web at www.gsk-us.com.

SOURCE GlaxoSmithKline

Leah Rice, +1-215-340-0480, leah@furiarubel.com, or Brandyn Bissinger,
+1-267-446-7010, brandyn@furiarubel.com, both for GlaxoSmithKline