Sister Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, said that nonprofit hospitals, like for-profit institutions, tried to earn a surplus, but used more of it to "take care of unmet health needs in the community."

In 1994, The Tibet Fund initiated the Tibet Assistance Program to address the unmet health, educational and economic development needs of Tibetans in Tibet.

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) DEBUT Challenge is open to teams of undergraduate students working on projects that develop innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems.

Stakeholders and community residents continue to identify the need for access to information on environmental exposures and health effects, the need for community resources to address unmet health and services needs, and the limited availability of providers who understand environmental health concerns.

Community health workers, promotores, and community health representatives can play an important role in aiding community members of minority and low-income populations and Indian tribes with disproportionately high and adverse environmental exposures to address unmet health and social needs.

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering is challenging biomedical engineering student teams to design innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems.