Funding search · EIN 941105628 · Oakland, CA
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 3,155
- grants reported
- $585.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.
Where the money goes
- Community health center capacity and safety net access in California
- Health services research at academic and delivery-system institutions
- Behavioral health workforce pipeline and diversity training
- Food is Medicine, food bank and nutrition programs
- Homelessness, medical respite and recuperative care ecosystems
- Medical education, nursing scholarships and allied health training
Typical grant
The median grant is $25,000 and the middle half runs $20,000 to $52,562, so the everyday check is small and community-facing. The very large awards go to Kaiser's own medical school and to hospital and health system transactions, which distorts the total and is not a realistic target. Research awards and multi-site initiatives cluster in the $180,000 to $700,000 band, and named initiatives like Food Is Medicine and Improving Quality repeat across regions and years.
Their words
Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.
- “Research / Project Support”
- “Food Is Medicine”
- “Improving Quality - Phm”
- “Expanding Health Care Capacity”
- “Mental Health Workforce Accelerator”
- “Strengthening The Recuperative Care Ecosystem”
Positioning adjacent work
- Attach adjacent research to an existing named line such as Food Is Medicine or population health management.
- Ask in the $200,000 to $600,000 range for research; do not pitch multimillion-dollar projects.
- Name the specific county or Kaiser service region in the title, the way their own grants do.
- Pair the research question with a safety net clinic, consortium or community-based partner as co-applicant.
Worth knowing: This is overwhelmingly California money, with Oregon a clear second and everything else thin, and giving tracks Kaiser Permanente's own service footprint rather than national need. Out-of-state awards to places like Emory, Vanderbilt, HealthPartners and Boston University are almost entirely research collaborations, which suggests they come through investigator relationships with Kaiser's research divisions rather than cold approaches.
1 grant matching “apron” · $30,000
- $30,000
Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre · Folsom, CA · 2024
Behind The Apron
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson School of Medici1 grant · $111.0M
- Kp Bernard J Tyson School of Medicine1 grant · $104.8M
- Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson1 grant · $96.9M
- St Josephs Foundation of San Joaquin3 grants · $51.2M
- National Council for Mental Wellbeing1 grant · $5.4M
- Pajaro Valley Healthcare District2 grants · $4.6M
- Regents of the University of Cal4 grants · $4.4M
- Regents of the University of California La1 grant · $3.8M
- La Clinica De La Raza3 grants · $3.1M
- Golden State Warriors Commumity Foundation1 grant · $2.9M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 3,155 grants.
- $111.0M
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson School of Medici · Oakland, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
- $104.8M
Kp Bernard J Tyson School of Medicine · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
- $96.9M
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson · Oakland, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
- $24.0M
St Josephs Foundation of San Joaquin · Stockton, CA · 2024
Health Care Services
- $19.7M
St Josephs Foundation of San Joaquin · Stockton, CA · 2022
Health Care Services
- $7.5M
St Josephs Foundation of San Joaquin · Stockton, CA · 2023
Health Care Services
- $5.4M
National Council for Mental Wellbeing · Washington, DC · 2024
Mental Health Workforce Acceleration Collaborative
- $3.8M
Regents of the University of California La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Research / Project Support
- $3.1M
Pajaro Valley Healthcare District · Watsonville, CA · 2024
Watsonville Community Hospital
- $2.9M
Golden State Warriors Commumity Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Generation Thrive Cb Grant
- $2.8M
Fred Finch Youth Center · Oakland, CA · 2023
Fred Finch Oakland Recreational Facility
- $2.6M
La Clinica De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2024
Food Is Medicine In Oakland
- $2.5M
Iehp Foundation · Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 2024
Riverside County Blue Zones Initiative
- $2.2M
Regents of the University of Cal · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research
- $2.0M
Eat Learn Play Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
1) The Eat. Learn. Play. Bus: A Mobile Experience
- $1.9M
Regents of the University of Cal · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Research
- $1.6M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2022
Technical Assistance For Homekey 2.0 Applicants An
- $1.5M
Pajaro Valley Healthcare District · Watsonville, CA · 2023
Watsonville Community Hospital
- $1.2M
Health Research · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Research / Project Support
- $1.2M
Ochin · Portland, OR · 2022
Research
- $1.1M
Fresno Metropolitan Ministry · Fresno, CA · 2022
St. Rest + Food To Share Hub Warehouse Renovation
- $1.0M
City of Vallejo · Vallejo, CA · 2023
Homeless Navigation Center
- $1.0M
Oakland Unified School District · Oakland, CA · 2022
The Central Kitchen, Instructional Farm And Educat
- $1.0M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2022
California Black Freedom Fund
- $932,035
Health Research · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Research / Project Support
- $840,587
Project Access Now · Portland, OR · 2023
The Community Care Collaborative (Ccc)
- $770,000
Aliados Health · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Safety Net Improving Quality - Population Health M
- $759,084
University of Texas Southwestern · Dallas, TX · 2022
Research / Project Support
- $750,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Oakland Shallow Subsidy Homeless Prevention Pilot
- $735,000
Community Health Partnership · San Jose, CA · 2023
Safety Net Partnerships In Santa Clara And San Mat
- $732,902
Regents of the University of California · Oakland, CA · 2024
Research
- $730,000
Aliados Health · Petaluma, CA · 2023
Health And Healing
- $723,370
Ochin · Portland, OR · 2023
Research
- $712,986
Project Access Now · Portland, OR · 2022
The Community Care Collaborative (Ccc)
- $705,000
Central Valley Health Network · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Safety Net Partnerships In The Central Valley
- $705,000
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortiu · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Safety Net Partnerships In San Francisco
- $696,000
Alliance for a Healthier Generation · Portland, OR · 2024
Achieving A Healthier Generation Through Thriving
- $696,000
Alliance for a Healthier Generation · Portland, OR · 2023
Achieving A Healthier Generation Through Thriving
- $696,000
Alliance for a Healthier Generation · Portland, OR · 2022
Achieving A Healthier Generation Through Thriving
- $677,500
Nat'L Health Care for the Homeless Council · Nashville, TN · 2023
Medical Respite Initiative, Po - Grants Splits Wit
- $675,000
Central Valley Health Network · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Improving Quality - Phm In The Central Valley
- $675,000
Community Health Partnership · San Jose, CA · 2024
Improving Quality & Population Health Management (
- $675,000
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortiu · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Improving Quality - Phm In San Francisco
- $641,331
Regents of the University of California · Oakland, CA · 2023
Research
- $623,531
Healthpartners Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Research
- $622,000
Project Access Now · Portland, OR · 2024
The Community Care Collaborative
- $594,049
Regents of the University of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Research / Project Support
- $590,000
Sacramento Steps Forward · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Sacramento Regional Funders Collaborative To Addre
- $559,791
Healthpartners · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Research
- $557,655
Altamed Health Services Corp · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Research
- $553,465
Ochin · Portland, OR · 2024
Research
- $551,155
Health Research · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Research / Project Support
- $537,204
Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Project Support
- $531,118
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research
- $506,065
Healthpartners Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Research
- $500,000
Community Healthworks · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Patient Navigation Program At South Sacramento Med
- $500,000
Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Latino Power Fund 2.0: Strengthening Community Wel
- $500,000
City of Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2022
Zero Fare Clean Air Act
- $500,000
Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Harvey West Studios: Permanent Supportive Housing
- $491,080
Medical Teams International · Tigard, OR · 2024
Care & Connect Mobile Health Program In Partnershi
- $490,622
Info Line of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2024
Cie: Centering Community Voice (Year 2)
- $487,944
Cedars Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research / Project Support
- $485,198
Baylor College of Medicine · Dallas, TX · 2023
Research / Project Support
- $480,000
Community Health Center · San Leandro, CA · 2023
Safety Net Partnerships In The East Bay
- $475,000
Health Career Connection · Oakland, CA · 2024
Enhancing The Capacity And Diversity Of The Health
- $474,635
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Research
- $470,423
Brigham and Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Research / Project Support
- $464,199
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Research
- $460,000
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Scch's Core Priorities To Increase Access In 2024-
- $450,000
Community Health Center · San Leandro, CA · 2024
Improving Quality - Phm In The East Bay
- $450,000
Information and Referral Federation of La County · San Gabriel, CA · 2024
Social Connections Partnership Of La County
- $449,972
California Baptist University · Riverside, CA · 2024
Expanding Mental Health Workforce Diversity And Ac
- $440,686
Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
Project Support
- $440,495
Centro De Salud De La Comunidad De San · San Diego, CA · 2024
Research / Project Support
- $435,500
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Delores Jones Nursing Scholarships
- $433,390
Regents University of California Los · Davis, CA · 2024
Research
- $429,283
Unity Health Care · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
- $425,000
California Primary Care Association · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Expanding Health Care Capacity In California
- $425,000
California Primary Care Association · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Cpca Core Support
- $420,000
Playworks · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Safe And Healthy Play In The Watts Community
- $406,001
Altamed Health Services Corp · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research
- $400,000
Mayors Fund for Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
We Are Los Angeles
- $400,000
Playworks Education Energized · Oakland, CA · 2023
Safe And Healthy Play In The Watts Community
- $400,000
Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Jvs? Medical Assistant Certification And Phlebotom
- $396,938
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Research / Project Support
- $389,294
Board of Trustees of the Leland · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research / Project Support
- $385,877
Unity Health Care · Washington, DC · 2022
Research
- $376,000
California Healthcare Safety Net · Oakland, CA · 2024
Expanding Health Care Capacity In California
- $372,500
La Clinica De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2022
Solano Patient Navigation Access Project
- $364,400
Healthpartners Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Research
- $363,500
Community Clinic Association of Los · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Ccalac'S Core Operations: Policy, Advocacy, Clinical Quality Improvement And Transformation
- $360,000
Ontrack · Medford, OR · 2024
Mental Health Workforce Accelerator
- $360,000
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Inner City Capital Connections 2022-2023, Po - Gra
- $351,039
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Research
- $349,259
Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
Project Support
- $345,484
Unity Health Care · Washington, DC · 2024
Research
- $345,000
Sacramento Covered · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Flexible Housing Fund
- $340,000
Cmty Health Assn Inland Southern Region · San Bernardino, CA · 2023
Core Operating - Capacity Building - Access To Car
- $331,730
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Research
- $330,388
University of Texas Southwestern · Dallas, TX · 2024
Research / Project Support
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