Public Health · Underserved Communities

The Pluto
Foundation

Reaching the unreached.

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Who We Are

Health care should reach everyone — not just those closest to a clinic.

The Pluto Foundation delivers mobile preventive health services to communities that existing systems overlook. Named for the smallest, most distant body in our solar system, we go where others don't — to rural counties, underserved neighborhoods, and populations without consistent access to care.

We begin with vaccination outreach in North Florida and Maryland, building the infrastructure for a durable, community-rooted public health presence.

1 in 5
Americans live in a medically underserved area
70%
of annual US cancer deaths occur in cancers with no recommended screening — a gap mobile outreach can begin to close
3
States — Indiana, Maryland, and Pennsylvania — still have active, ongoing hepatitis A outbreaks among homeless populations
Our Work

Preventive care,
brought to the people.

Mobile Vaccination Clinics
We bring hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza, and Tdap vaccines directly to shelters, rural communities, and underserved neighborhoods — eliminating the access barrier entirely.
Outbreak Response
We operate where public health advisories signal unmet need. Maryland's active hepatitis A outbreak among homeless populations is our first scaled deployment — a documented crisis with a documented gap.
Community Partnership
We build with county health departments, shelter operators, and physician partners — not around them. Our model is designed to complement and extend existing public health infrastructure.
Where We Work

From North Florida
to Maryland.

  • 01
    Leon County, Florida
    Home base. Mobile vaccination outreach to the homeless population through the Kearney Center, the region's primary shelter facility.
    Active
  • 02
    Gadsden County, Florida
    A federally designated Medically Underserved Area just 20 miles from Tallahassee. Majority Black, rural, with significantly lower vaccination coverage than surrounding Leon County.
    Expanding
  • 03
    Maryland
    Maryland has maintained one of the longest-running hepatitis A outbreaks in the country — active since 2019 — concentrated among homeless and drug-using populations in the Baltimore region.
    Launching 2026
"Pluto was always there. It was never small — only far from where people were looking."
Get Involved

Help us reach further.

Whether you are a physician, a public health partner, a volunteer, or a donor — there is a role for you in what we are building. The gap is real. The work is now.

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Pluto in enhanced color — NASA New Horizons, July 14, 2015

The smallest. The most distant. The most overlooked.
Still there. Still real. Still worth reaching.

Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute
New Horizons Mission — closest approach July 14, 2015 · Enhanced color composite