The Desert Valley Charitable Foundation was founded in 1989. The Foundation was established by Prem Reddy, MD, a cardiologist and philanthropist with an initial gift of $1 million. Since that time, he has contributed over $5 million to the Foundation. The Desert Valley Charitable Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization that serves the health care needs of the High Desert communities in many ways, including a free public health library, a scholarship program for students in the health care field, and the support of other health care related charities.