NCPA Foundation
100 Daingerfield Road
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 800.544.7447
or 703.683.8200
Fax: 703.683.3619
info@ncpafoundation.org

  The NCPA Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1953 to honor former NARD Executive Secretary John W. Dargavel. Contributions to the NCPA Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent permitted under federal tax law. The Foundation supports the growth and advancement of independent community pharmacy through low-interest educational loans and scholarships to pharmacy students in need, critical research and programs to improve the success of independent pharmacy, and financial assistance to community pharmacy owners for their recovery in the event of disaster, accidents, illness, or adverse circumstances.  

Memorial Fund Established to Honor James H. Vincent
The National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation has established a Memorial Fund in memory of James H. Vincent, president of NCPA (then the National Association of Retail Druggists) from 1983-84 and an NCPA Foundation board of trustee member from 1994-2008. Mr. Vincent contributed significantly to the improvement of the small business world and will be remembered for his philosophy of "leaving a place better." This outlook resulted in a rewarding career in the pharmacy profession, and he generously shared his talents and abilities to provide leadership to the profession and to his community. A graduate of the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy, Mr. Vincent developed Shop-All, Incorporated, a one-stop shop for all drug store, pharmaceutical, dry goods and food items. He later opened Vincent Drugs. "Mr. Vincent definitely succeeded in leaving the independent pharmacy profession and the communities in which he lived and worked much better off because continue