Student Osteopathic Medical Association Foundation
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission & Vision
    • Strategic Plan
    • History
    • What We Do
    • Governing Board
    • SOMA Foundation Advisory Board
  • Scholarships & Grants
    • Scholarships >
      • SOMA New Member Scholarship
      • Ed and Melissa Loniewski Medically Underserved Scholarship
      • PhysicianLoans A.T. Still Memorial Scholarship
      • SOMA Scholar Award
      • Community & Preventive Medicine Scholarship
      • Robert S. Juhasz, DO Innovative Leadership in Osteopathic Medicine Scholarship
      • Women in Medicine Scholarship
      • Humanism in Medicine Scholarship
      • International Medical Outreach Scholarship
      • Marvin H. and Kathleen G. Teget Leadership in Specialty Medicine Scholarship
    • Grants >
      • SOMA Foundation Chapter Grant Program
      • SOMA Foundation Fall Travel Grant
      • SOMA Foundation Spring Travel Grant
      • SOMA Osteopathic Medical Education (OMED) Grant
  • Awards
    • Northup Educator of the Year >
      • Current Award Recipient
      • Previous Award Recipients
  • Donate
  • Donors
    • Scholarship Donors
    • Donor Spotlight
  • Helpful Links
    • Student Osteopathic Medical Association
    • SOMA Alumni
    • American Osteopathic Association
    • American Osteopathic Foundation
    • Physician Loans
    • Power of a Nickel
  • Social Media

A Brief History 

In 1978 Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) Foundation was created as a philanthropic branch of SOMA. As of 2021 the SOMA Foundation came under the American Osteopathic Foundation, the philanthropic non-profit serving Osteopathic Physicians nation-wide. As it stands the SOMA Foundation remains the philanthropic branch serving the members of SOMA with the following goals in mind:
  • Contribute to the welfare and education of osteopathic medical students
  • Improve the quality of health care delivery to the people of the world
  • Familiarize its members with the purposes and ideas of osteopathic medicine
  • Establish lines of communication with other health science students and organizations
  • Prepare its members to meet the social, moral, and ethical obligations of the osteopathic profession


Today the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) represents more than 15,000 osteopathic medical students soon to enter the physician workforce. For over 40 years, the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) Foundation has provided the SOMA members with many scholarships and grants. Osteopathic medical students from colleges across the nation run both organizations. This could not happen without the support of  our corporate, institutional and individual supporters. 
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The American Osteopathic Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, is the fiscal sponsor of the SOMA Foundation. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
SOMA Foundation
142 E. Ontario Street, Suite 1450
Chicago, IL 60611
T: 312-202-8234