THE FUTURE'S HEALTH
STARTS IN THE COMMUNITY
Umane is an independent philanthropic association. We coordinate and foster initiatives to support the system’s development, improve health conditions, and foster healthfulness in a collaborative effort to improve the Brazilian population’s quality of life.
Based on the belief that health is a social value that must be integrated into our daily lives,
Umane’s work focuses on fighting against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that result from different social and conditioning factors and preventable risk factors, such as smoking, harmful consumption of alcohol, a sedentary lifestyle, and inadequate diet.
With a new name and a new brand created in 2020, Umane was born from a legacy.
Our work upholds the century-old ideal of excellence in health care at Hospital Samaritano — founded in the capital of São Paulo in 1894 — and the efforts of the Samaritano Association, a philanthropic entity maintained by an endowment created when the hospital was sold in 2016.
In 2021, Umane supported 13 health-fostering and disease prevention initiatives. These projects were run with 38 of our partners: implementing and governmental partners and co-financiers.
OUR HISTORY
Foundation of Hospital Samaritano in São Paulo
Located in the Higienópolis neighborhood, the fruit of Jose Pereira Achao’s dream and immigrants who mobilized for a more democratic and religion-free health care service.
Leveled up.
We stopped being a “charity hospital” and became a modern, structured medical-hospital institution.
Established our Philanthropy Committee
The hospital formed the Philanthropy Commission, comprising directors and doctors. Partnerships emerged with other health care entities, such as the Disabled Children Assistance Association (AACD).
Created the Samaritano Association's Multi-Assistance Program (AMAS)
With a scheduled care set-up for patients with low and medium pathologies in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Gynecology.
We received the title of Hospital of Excellence and formed a partnership with the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS).
1st accreditation by the Joint Commission International as “1 of the 6 Hospitals of Excellence in São Paulo,” a title that identifies institutions recognized by the Ministry of Health for meeting the requirements for having projects that support the SUS.
Created the Samaritano Association
We have gone from a hospital to a philanthropic fund focused on health, from executors to enablers. We are no longer limited to São Paulo and serve the entire country as an assisting philanthropy within the hospital scope, practicing impactful philanthropy with results in the community.
Umane is born
The Samaritano Association gets a new name and brand, better representing its positioning and practices.
MISSION
VISION
Governance
We want to ensure that philanthropic activities in health and life sciences are impartial and transparent. We are exclusively committed to improving the health of Brazilians.
André Reginato
Guido Oliveira
Lorraine de Matos
Arthur Buzatto
Philanthropy Committee
André Reginato
Eliete Bouskela
Erik Cavalcante
George Osborn
Januario Montone
Lorraine de Matos
Paulo Saldiva
Ricardo de Oliveira
Ricardo Leonardos
Rogério Rabelo
Finance and Investment Committee
André Reginato
Bruno Ribeiro de Macedo
Daniel Lima
Geoffrey Cleaver
George Kerr
Gert Wunderlich
Guido Oliveira
Marco Mattar
Nominations Committee
Arthur Buzatto
George Osborn
Gert Wunderlich
Jairo Loureiro
Renata Filippi Lindquist
William Bennett
Compliance, Governance, Audit, and Ethics Committee
Fernando Meira
Gustavo Mattedi
Hiran Castello Branco
Joice Toyota
Maria Helena Pettersson
Adrian Mackenzie
Alasdair Kerr
Alastair Howarth Hilary Steel
Alison Hilary Steel
Andrew John Pacey
André Reginato
Arthur Buzatto
Bettina Walker
Brian J. Busson
Carolina Dupont-Liot
Cristina Anne Betts
Derek T. Barnes
Derrick Isaac Marcus
Douglas Munro
Eduardo de Campos Queiroz
Erik Cavalcante Magela
Farrer J.P. L. Pallin
Fernanda Hoefel
Fernando de Barros Barreto
Geoffrey David Cleaver
George Kerr
George Robert Osborn
Gert Wunderlich
Hiran Castello Branco
Ian Henry Pacey
Ivan Francis Noronha
Jairo Eduardo Loureiro
Jairo Loureiro Filho
Januario Montone
John Philip Lloyd
Joice Toyota Mendes
José Antonio de Lima
José Eduardo Krieger
Lorraine de Matos
Luiz Gustavo Mattedi
Luiz Peccioli
Marco Antonio Cattini Mattar
Maria Helena Pettersson
Marina Medley de Sá
Mark Moran
Matthew Govier
Maurício Ceschin
Philippe Krinker
Renata Filippi Lindquist
Ricardo Barbosa Leonardos
Ricardo de Oliveira
Robert Donald Filshill
Rogério Rabelo
Sean Patrick Hutchinson
Sergio Silva Freitas
Susan Pallin
Thomas Leon Goman
Timothy Altaffer
Vivien Rosso
William E. Bennett
William Bennett
Jairo Loureiro
André Reginato
Arthur Buzatto
Fernando Meira
Hiran Castello Branco
Joice Toyota Mendes
Marco Mattar
Ricardo Leonardos
Rogério Rabelo
Vivien Rosso
TEAM
Thais Junqueira
Evelyn Santos
Fabiana Mussato
Alessandra Santos
Henrique Andrade
Erika Lopes
Ludmila Poletti
Fabiana Ferraz
Viviane Quenzer
Carolina Lee
Cinthia da Silva
Pablo Mattos
Daniele Muniz
PARTNERS
Implementing partners
Institutions supported by Umane in the development and implementation of initiatives.
Co-funding Partners
Institutions that invest in initiatives supported by Umane.
Technical Partners
Civil society organizations, government entities, academic institutions or international agencies that establish technical cooperation or institutional partnerships with initiatives supported by Umane
Government entities
Public agencies or entities at the federal, state, or municipal level that are partners of Umane or supported initiatives.
WORK MODEL - FAQs
Umane maintains an endowment, initially financed from the sale of Hospital Samaritano, whose income is intended to guarantee its sustainability and perpetuate its assets and its social objectives.
Umane’s social purpose is to conduct charitable and philanthropic activities that promote good health and the prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases by fostering specific projects in Brazil with an identical profile.
No. Support is exclusively for projects that meet Umane’s requirements and specific framework indicators, projects that foster good health and the prevention of chronic non communicable diseases in Brazil. In terms of project support, under no circumstances will any supported institution have to give back for what it received, except for natural remittances for implementing projects so that they reach their social goals.
Umane is a non-profit civil association certified by the Ministry of Health to work on fostering good health and the prevention of disease. Its governance structure includes (i) a group of members that meets annually in General Assembly–the institution’s sovereign body; (ii) a Board of Directors comprised of members with renowned in their respective areas–the institution’s senior management body; (iii) Executive Directors that manage the institution, including its legal representation; and (iv) technical support committees for the Board of Directors (e.g., the Finance and Investment Committee, Philanthropy Committee, and the Compliance, Governance, Audit, and Ethics Committee).
No. Umane does not remunerate, in any form or capacity, directly or indirectly, founders, members, benefactors, or Administrative Council and Support Committees for their abilities, functions, or activities the institution’s Bylaws assigns to them and does not distribute any profits, bonuses, or advantages to directors, or members.
No. Umane has had no direct relationship or partnership with Hospital Samaritano since it was sold in 2016 (a philanthropic hospital until the sale). Its work and governance are impartial and independent. Likewise, it does not receive funds from third parties, either from Hospital Samaritano or from any other institution in the health sector. Its philanthropic activity is exclusively maintained with part of the income that it’s endowment generates.
No. Independence and nonpartisanship guide the institution’s work. Umane is a nonpartisan institution and is not partial to any political orientation. Umane is prohibited from participating in any political campaigns or elections.
ANNUAL REPORTS
For more details on our activities and results, we release a report each year.
