Funding search · EIN 954523232 · Los Angeles, CA

The California Endowment

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

4,046
grants reported
$712.2M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

healthcaliforniacommunityequitythroughcommunitiesjusticebuilding

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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 organizing and power building for health equity in California
  • General operating support for grassroots and statewide advocacy groups
  • Racial justice infrastructure: Black, Latino, Native, AAPI, immigrant-led organizations
  • Community health centers, health workforce, and clinic infrastructure
  • Youth leadership, boys and men of color, school health and safety
  • Regional intermediaries and community foundations in Central Valley, Inland, North Coast

Typical grant

Median grant is $100,000, with the middle half between $25,000 and $193,450. The largest checks, $1M to $2.8M, go to statewide intermediaries, community foundations, and pooled funds that regrant (Sierra Health Foundation Center, California Community Foundation, Community Partners, PICO California). Small grants are single-organization operating support. With 4,046 grants to 1,121 recipients over four years, the same organizations show up repeatedly, often two to four times a year across different initiatives.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • health equity
  • building power
  • general operating support
  • movement infrastructure
  • health and racial equity
  • community wellness

Positioning adjacent work

  • Frame the work as building community power for health, not as a research project or service delivery.
  • Ask $100,000 to $350,000 for a first relationship; multi-million asks go to established intermediaries.
  • Name the California region served and the racial or immigrant community leading the work.
  • Connect to a funded theme by name: boys and men of color, narrative strategy, climate resilience, or health workforce.

Worth knowing: This is a California funder in every practical sense: 3,589 of 4,046 grants stay in state, and the DC and NY recipients are national intermediaries doing California work. Money concentrates in a handful of repeat regranting partners, and giving looks strongly relationship-driven, so an unconnected researcher is usually better off entering as a partner to an existing grantee like Public Health Institute, Prevention Institute, or a regional community foundation.

112 grants matching “grassroots · $22.2M

  • $500,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Deepening statewide power building strategies for health equity

  • $250,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Training california movement strategists for health and racial equity

  • $200,000

    Global Action Research Center · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Advancing health equity through grassroots power building

  • $125,000

    Chinese Progressive Association · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Grassroots asians rising - advancing health via multi-racial organizing

  • $1.6M

    Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support a multi-issue, individual membership-based power building community organization that fights for grassroots-led, transformative community change to promote health equity across cali read all
  • $425,000

    Californians for Justice Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support a grassroots organization working for student health and racial justice by building the power of youth; communities of color; immigrants; low-income families; and lesbian, gay, bise read all
  • $400,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Deepening statewide power building strategies for health equity: to deepen the strategic, long-term and power building orientation of the california social movement infrastructure and community organizations through ong read all
  • $375,000

    Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    The collective for liberatory lawyering - advancing health and education justice: to increase access to legal advocacy and movement lawyering expertise by centering grassroot organizing to dismantle the school-to-prison read all
  • $375,000

    Social Impact Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Accelerate impact fund - promoting healing and community health: to highlight, amplify, and support the work of grassroots organizations advancing the health and safety of communities disproportionately impacted by inte read all
  • $300,000

    Dolores C Huerta Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that builds grassroots leadership to pursue social justice and create healthy communities in kern county and the central valley.

  • $300,000

    Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Bay rising education fund - building capacity for healthy communities: to coordinate a communications infrastructure and narrative change strategy for san francisco bay area grassroots organizations to defend and fight read all
  • $265,000

    Faith in Action East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that promotes community health through grassroots leadership development, organizing and advocacy in faith communities in alameda county and contra costa county.

  • $250,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Training california movement strategists for health and racial equity: to build a multi-generational bench of long-term strategists equipped to move bold structural change, and to deepen alignment across community-based read all
  • $250,000

    Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Building adaptive and strategic capacities to support community health: to build robust network infrastructure with grassroots power builders for inclusive development and to advance health equity in california.

  • $250,000

    Inland Empire Community Foundation · Riverside, CA · 2023

    Inland empire black equity initiative - supporting black health: to contribute to a pooled fund for grassroots black-led organizations seeking to collectively improve health and racial justice for black communities in s read all
  • $250,000

    Building Healthy Communities · Bakersfield, CA · 2023

    Advancing health and racial equity via narrative capacity building: to support a coalition of values-aligned grassroots organizations, youth, community leaders and residents to engage in narrative change leadership deve read all
  • $240,000

    Council On American-Islamic Relations - California · Anaheim, CA · 2023

    Advancing the health, safety and power of muslim communities: to promote health and well-being, prevent hate and bullying, and address oversurveillance and criminalization of muslim communities in california by strength read all
  • $200,000

    Global Action Research Center · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Advancing health equity through grassroots power building: to provide training and technical support to grassroots power building organizations in san diego county to advance health equity.

  • $175,000

    Black Organizing Project · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support a black member-led community organization working for racial, social, economic and health justice through grassroots organizing and community building in oakland and the greater eas read all
  • $150,000

    Center for Media Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Advancing an equitable, factual and decarcerated tech ecosystem for health: to grow and deploy organized, distributed, grassroots power for promoting digital equity, addressing racialized disinformation and abolishing e read all
  • $150,000

    Smartmeme · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Building imagination and narrative power for community health: to cultivate radical imagination and build narrative power in partnership with grassroots social movements organizing for a just transition, reparation and read all
  • $150,000

    Helping Others Pursue Excellence · Fresno, CA · 2023

    Strengthening organizational capacity for health and racial equity efforts: to support a core partner providing back-office and organizational infrastructure support for grassroots community groups in the central valley read all
  • $125,000

    Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2023

    The education trust-west - advancing health in california schools: to advance and build the data and advocacy capacity of grassroots community partners to ensure voices of parents, educators and students are centered in read all
  • $112,500

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Central valley pacific islander alliance - advancing aapi health: to advance a shared vision of community health and racial equity among asian american and pacific islander communities through capacity-building and gras read all
  • $100,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Healing clinic collective - organizing for health and healing: to maintain a network of natural, traditional, healing practitioners grounded in anti-oppression and social justice to build the capacity of grassroots orga read all
  • $100,000

    Critical Resistance · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Advancing racial justice and health equity in california: to advance a vision for health and racial equity by supporting grassroots leaders in california in advocacy efforts to end the harmful generational impacts of th read all
  • $100,000

    Bld Pwr · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that aims to bring about a liberated future by producing film and television, organizing, educating and activating the entertainment industry in partnership with gra read all
  • $95,000

    Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Advancing safety and security resources: to advance health and racial equity by mobilizing safety and security resources for grassroots movement leaders and organizers in california doing frontline work that puts them a read all
  • $75,000

    Amplifier Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Using art to advance health across california: to build the capacity of an organization serving grassroots organizations and schools working to advance the health and wellbeing of bipoc communities in california.

  • $75,000

    Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023

    Decarcerate sacramento - advancing community safety and racial justice: to support a coalition of grassroots leaders working to advance community safety and racial justice by divesting from the criminal legal systems in read all
  • $75,000

    Young Women'S Freedom Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Sister warrior freedom coalition - advancing health and equity: to support an organization that is addressing punishment systems as barriers to health, and developing community based capacity for safety and security of read all
  • $75,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Mujeres en accin - advancing health and racial equity: to support community organizing efforts focused on advancing health and racial equity in the central region and central coast, and invest in the grassroots leadersh read all
  • $65,000

    Centro Cultural De Mexico En El Condado De Orange · Santa Ana, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that engages orange county residents and communities through community outreach efforts including cultural, educational and artistic activities that support wellness read all
  • $60,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Strengthening narrative capacity to advance health and racial equity: to support a coalition of grassroots organizations by strengthening their collective narrative capacity and infrastructure to ultimately advance heal read all
  • $50,000

    Helping Others Pursue Excellence · Fresno, CA · 2023

    Developing opportunities and pursuing equality - advancing health: to support a grassroots community organization that is training and supporting youth leaders to advance health and racial equity in south fresno.

  • $42,500

    Aclu Foundation of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Supporting community health via education and leadership development: to support an organization addressing local impacts of the palestinian/israeli conflict in southern california through community education, grassroot read all
  • $42,250

    Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023

    Funders for justice - advancing health and racial equity: to promote collaboration and coordination among funders investing in grassroots organizing to promote divestment from punishment systems and investment in preven read all
  • $25,000

    Asian American Liberation Network · Elk Grove, CA · 2023

    Amado khaya foundation - advancing healing justice and people power: to support a grassroots power-building organization that focuses on alternative media, community organizing, ethnic studies, healing justice, indigeno read all
  • $25,000

    Youth Forward · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Supporting organizing for health in central valley and north: to support investments in native communities in the far north and in the central valley, while building collective grassroots power for youth community healt read all
  • $25,000

    Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Chinatown community for equitable development - advancing health equity: to support a multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that builds grassroots power and community health through organizing, education and mutu read all
  • $15,500

    Cultiva La Salud · Fresno, CA · 2023

    Strengthening health systems transformation advocacy and power building: to support the disruption and transformation of inequitable health care systems by analyzing data and disseminating findings in partnership with g read all
  • $15,000

    Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Promoting health and equity among latino youth and families: to provide support to grassroots latino-led nonprofits in the los angeles region working on the frontlines to promote the well-being of latino youth and famil read all
  • $10,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Advancing health justice: to develop signals of progress towards building durable power infrastructure for all health in communities across california.

  • $5,000

    Northend Alliance Iii · Niland, CA · 2023

    Supporting flooding response in imperial county for health and wellness: to support a grassroots community-led organization responding to flooding for the health and wellness of the community of niland in the south regi read all
  • $1.6M

    Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support a multi-issue, individual membership-based power building community organization that fights for grassroots-led, transformative community change to promote health equity across cali read all
  • $775,000

    Californians for Justice Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Ca partnership for the future of learning - supporting healthy schools: to advance a long-term strategy for whole school and systems transformation to support grassroots leaders to organize and advocate for the just imp read all
  • $500,000

    Helping Others Pursue Excellence · Fresno, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that provides backbone and back office support for small, emerging grassroots organizations in south fresno, and develops youth leaders committed to health and racia read all
  • $425,000

    Californians for Justice Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support a grassroots organization working for student health and racial justice by building the power of youth; communities of color; immigrants; low-income families; and lesbian, gay, bise read all
  • $300,000

    Dolores C Huerta Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that builds grassroots leadership to pursue social justice and create healthy communities in kern county and the central valley.

  • $300,000

    Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Bay rising education fund - building capacity for healthy communities: to coordinate a communications infrastructure and narrative change strategy for san francisco bay area grassroots organizations to defend and fight read all
  • $300,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Deepening statewide power building strategies for health equity: to deepen the strategic, long-term and power building orientation of the california social movement infrastructure and community organizations through ong read all
  • $265,000

    Faith in Action East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that promotes community health through grassroots leadership development, organizing and advocacy in faith communities in alameda county and contra costa county.

  • $250,000

    Inland Empire Community Collaborative · San Bernardino, CA · 2022

    Strengthening fiscal sponsor infrastructure for health and racial equity: to support the capacity and infrastructure development for a local fiscal sponsor that incubates and accelerates the capacity of grassroots power read all
  • $250,000

    Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network · Oakland, CA · 2022

    The collective for liberatory lawyering - advancing health and justice: to increase access to legal advocacy and expertise by centering grassroots organizing to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline and improve health o read all
  • $250,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Training california movement strategists for health and racial equity: to build a multi-generational bench of long-term strategists equipped to move bold structural change, and to deepen alignment across community-based read all
  • $250,000

    Inland Empire Community Foundation · Riverside, CA · 2022

    Inland empire black equity initiative - supporting black health: to contribute to a pooled fund for grassroots black-led organizations seeking to collectively improve health and racial justice for black communities in s read all
  • $250,000

    Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Building adaptive and strategic capacities to support community health: to build robust network infrastructure with grassroots power builders for inclusive development and to advance health equity in california.

  • $240,000

    Council On American-Islamic Relations - California · Anaheim, CA · 2022

    Advancing the health, safety and power of muslim communities: to promote health and well-being, prevent hate and bullying, and address oversurveillance and criminalization of muslim communities in california by strength read all
  • $200,000

    Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Ec · Ventura, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support a power building organization committed to building and expanding its intergenerational grassroots organizing base to fight for social, economic and environmental justice, and advan read all
  • $175,000

    Black Organizing Project · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support a black member-led community organization working for racial, social, economic and health justice through grassroots organizing and community building in oakland and the greater eas read all
  • $150,000

    Center for Media Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Advancing an equitable, factual and decarcerated tech ecosystem for health: to grow and deploy organized, distributed, grassroots power for promoting digital equity, addressing racialized disinformation and abolishing e read all
  • $150,000

    Smartmeme · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Building imagination and narrative power for community health: to cultivate radical imagination and build narrative power in partnership with grassroots social movements organizing for a just transition, reparation and read all
  • $150,000

    Social Impact Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Accelerate impact fund - organizing for community health: to support grassroots organizations in their ability to work together and leverage cultural moments to advance the health of communities impacted by mass incarce read all
  • $150,000

    Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2022

    The education trust-west - advancing health in california schools: to advance and build the data and advocacy capacity of grassroots community partners to ensure voices of parents, educators and students are centered in read all
  • $150,000

    Helping Others Pursue Excellence · Fresno, CA · 2022

    Strengthening organizational capacity for health and racial equity efforts: to support a core partner providing back-office and organizational infrastructure support for grassroots community groups in the central valley read all
  • $125,000

    Orange County Community Foundation · Newport Beach, CA · 2022

    Promoting health for racial and immigrant justice: to support inclusive, health-promoting narrative change, strategic communications, legal services and movement building around immigration relief in california and to s read all
  • $100,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Healing clinic collective - organizing for health and healing: to maintain a network of natural, traditional, healing practitioners grounded in anti-oppression and social justice to build the capacity of grassroots orga read all
  • $75,000

    Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022

    Decarcerate sacramento - advancing community safety and racial justice: to support a coalition of grassroots leaders working to advance community safety and racial justice by divesting from the criminal legal systems in read all
  • $65,000

    Centro Cultural De Mexico En El Condado De Orange · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that engages orange county residents and communities through community outreach efforts including cultural, educational and artistic activities that support wellness read all
  • $65,000

    Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Promoting health and equity among latino youth and families: to provide support to grassroots latino-led nonprofits in the los angeles region working on the frontlines to promote the well-being of latino youth and famil read all
  • $50,000

    Orange County Congregation Community Organization · Anaheim, CA · 2022

    Advancing health through community-driven governance: to build community power and establish a new norm of community-driven governance in anaheim to advance health by researching corporate influence in the city, advanci read all
  • $40,000

    Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022

    Funders for justice - advancing health and racial equity: to promote collaboration and coordination among funders investing in grassroots organizing to promote divestment from punishment systems and investment in preven read all
  • $25,000

    Justice Funders · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Advancing health equity through philanthropic and community partnership: to support efforts to build coalition infrastructure and resource community-led initiatives that put political, economic and cultural power in the read all
  • $25,000

    Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Chinatown community for equitable development - strengthening health and power: to support a multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that builds grassroots power and community health through organizing, education a read all
  • $25,000

    Chinese Progressive Association · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Advancing health equity through worker health: to improve health among working families through grassroots organizing and strategic alliances to build power in the san francisco bay area.

  • $25,000

    Pacifica Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Pacifica radio archives - promoting narratives of power and health: to support a program dedicated to reviving stories of grassroots organizing, leadership, justice, community health, policy change and systems transform read all
  • $150

    Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Chinatown community for equitable development - matching gift: to support a multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that builds grassroots power and community health through organizing, education and mutual help in read all
  • $850,000

    Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021

    California building power for healthy communities development fund: to develop and implement a pooled fund to strengthen the organizational capacity of anchor grassroots community organizing groups to prevent displaceme read all
  • $550,000

    Californians for Justice Education Fund · Saratoga, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to support a grassroots organization working for racial justice by building the power of youth; communities of color; immigrants; low-income families; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender a read all
  • $487,500

    Chinese Progressive Association · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Asian americans and pacific islanders for civic empowerment - health: to improve the capacity of grassroots organizations in california to integrate civic engagement components into their non-lobbying advocacy and commu read all
  • $318,075

    Faith in the Valley · Stockton, CA · 2021

    Strengthening community organizing to advance health equity: to increase the individual agency and collective civic participation of local residents on issues that advance health equity by supporting ongoing grassroots read all
  • $314,000

    Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Bay rising - building communications capacity for healthy communities: to coordinate a communications infrastructure and narrative change strategy for san francisco bay area grassroots organizations in san francisco, oa read all
  • $300,000

    Grassroots Policy Project · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Aligning statewide power building to improve health equity: to strengthen the power and deepen the alignment of community groups and social movement organizations across california to advance long-term work for social a read all
  • $250,000

    Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Bay rising - building communications capacity for healthy communities: to coordinate a communications infrastructure and narrative change strategy for san francisco bay area grassroots organizations in san francisco, oa read all
  • $250,000

    Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network · Oakland, CA · 2021

    The collective for liberatory lawyering - advancing health and justice: to increase access to legal advocacy and expertise by centering grassroots organizing to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline and improve health o read all
  • $225,000

    California Immigrant Policy Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Promoting immigrant health through regional capacity building: to build the capacity of regional coalitions promoting immigrant health and rights through a grassroots-led approach that includes convening partner organiz read all
  • $225,000

    Dolores C Huerta Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to support an organization that builds grassroots leadership to pursue social justice and create healthy communities in central california and los angeles county.

  • $224,998

    Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission · Fresno, CA · 2021

    Community peace initiative - advancing health and racial equity: to support community-based, grassroots-oriented alternatives to mass incarceration and policing to advance health equity and well-being in fresno county.

  • $200,000

    Faith in Action East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to promote health in schools and neighborhoods by supporting grassroots leadership development, organizing and advocacy in faith communities in east oakland.

  • $200,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2021

    Building capacity in grassroots power building for health: to support a program designed to expand innovation in grassroots transformative power building for improved health in california.

  • $185,000

    Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2021

    The education trust-west - advancing health in california schools: to advance and build advocacy capacity of grassroots community partners to ensure voices of parents, educators and students are centered in education an read all
  • $150,459

    Social Impact Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Accelerate impact fund - organizing for community health: to support grassroots organizations in their ability to work together and leverage cultural moments to advance the health of communities impacted by mass incarce read all
  • $150,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2021

    Climate innovation - developing youth leaders for health equity: to support programming that cultivates youth and multigenerational innovation and builds the capacity of black and indigenous people to engage in grassroo read all
  • $150,000

    Black Organizing Project · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to support a black member-led community organization working for racial, social, economic and health justice through grassroots organizing and community building in oakland and the greater eas read all
  • $149,999

    Helping Others Pursue Excellence · Fresno, CA · 2021

    Enhancing capacity for youth organizing, health and racial equity: to support a community-based partner committed to serving black-led grassroots initiatives in developing organizational capacity and strengthened infras read all
  • $125,000

    Orange County Community Foundation · Newport Beach, CA · 2021

    Advancing health for immigrant and racial justice: to support inclusive, health-promoting narrative change, strategic communications, legal services and movement building around immigration relief in california and to s read all
  • $102,350

    Vision 2000 Educational Foundation · Elk Grove, CA · 2021

    Black parallel school board - advancing student health: to strengthen grassroots leadership in central valley, inland valley and central coast regions and statewide in california to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeli read all
  • $100,000

    Fresno Arts Council · Fresno, CA · 2021

    Break box thought collective - advancing health and racial equity: to advance health and racial equity by supporting the organizational development and capacity-building of a grassroots arts and healing organization in read all
  • $100,000

    Cross-Movement Legacy Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Supporting health-promoting narratives around alternatives to incarceration: to support a narrative change project that builds collaboration between los angeles area grassroots justice organizations, systems leaders and read all
  • $75,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2021

    Healing clinic collective - organizing for health and healing: to support a network of traditional healing practitioners to build the capacity of grassroots organizations, organizers and health care systems to address h read all
  • $65,000

    National Day Laborer Organizing Network · Pasadena, CA · 2021

    Supporting movement building to improve immigrant health: to support movement building for immigrant rights and health by developing a grassroots infrastructure for civic engagement, mutual aid and leadership developmen read all
  • $55,000

    Centro Cultural De Mexico En El Condado De Orange · Santa Ana, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to support an organization that engages orange county residents and communities through community outreach efforts including cultural, educational and artistic activities that support wellness read all
  • $50,000

    Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Bay area cultural funders for equity fund - promoting health: to support a pilot funders collaborative in the san francisco bay area to deepen analysis, align resources and act collaboratively to strengthen local capaci read all
  • $45,000

    Viet Rainbow of Orange County · Garden Grove, CA · 2021

    Building collective power among lgbt to improve health: to support a grassroots advocacy coalition that increases the intergenerational and collective power of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning p read all
  • $40,000

    Amplifier Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2021

    Promoting community health in california with arts amplification: to amplify the voices of grassroots movement partners and collaborate with artists to elevate community leadership and health and justice issues througho read all
  • $25,000

    Walking Iris Media · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    May 19 aapi solidarity - advancing racial solidarity and health: to promote racial solidarity and positive community health outcomes in california through the arts and digital storytelling by celebrating the history and read all
  • $25,000

    Pilipino Workers Center of Southern · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Chinatown community for equitable development - strengthening community health: to support a multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that builds grassroots power and community health through organizing, education a read all
  • $25,000

    Justice Funders · Oakland, CA · 2021

    Advancing health equity through philanthropic and community partnership: to support efforts to build coalition infrastructure and resource community-led initiatives that put political, economic and cultural power in the read all
  • $10,000

    Chinese for Affirmative Action · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Api equality-northern california - building lgbtq power and health: to support power building, leadership development and grassroots organizing efforts in health and social justice for the asian pacific islander trans a read all
  • $3,000

    Jakara Movement · Fresno, CA · 2021

    Matching gift: to support a grassroots, community-building organization working to empower, educate and organize punjabi sikhs and other marginalized communities in california to advance their health and education, deve read all
  • $750

    Dolores C Huerta Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2021

    Matching gift: to support an organization that builds grassroots leadership to pursue social justice and create healthy communities in central california and los angeles county.

  • $450

    Grassroots Global Justice · Miami, FL · 2021

    Matching gift: to support an organization that advances health equity by supporting low-income grassroots communities in california to participate in grassroots global economic development through community leadership, read all

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program40 grants · $17.0M
  • Community Partners80 grants · $17.0M
  • California Primary Care Association6 grants · $15.0M
  • Public Health Institute39 grants · $11.9M
  • San Francisco Foundation7 grants · $11.4M
  • The Regents of the University of California (Unive38 grants · $10.4M
  • Silicon Valley Community Foundation7 grants · $10.0M
  • Fresno Building Healthy Communities20 grants · $9.0M
  • Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention8 grants · $8.8M
  • California Calls Education Fund5 grants · $8.2M

Giving over time

$162.9M
2021
$193.1M
2022
$214.8M
2023
$141.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 4,046 grants.

  • $9.8M

    San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Catalyzing california's narrative infrastructure to advance health justice: to advance health justice for all californians by developing robust health justice metrics and growing narrative infrastructure and capacity.

  • $5.0M

    Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Latino power fund - rebuilding a healthy, equitable california: to build the civic, political and economic power of latinos for a stronger, healthier, more equitable california.

  • $5.0M

    Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2021

    California black freedom fund - advancing health equity: to support a pooled fund designed to help build and sustain the power of black-led organizations, coalitions and networks and bolster the infrastructure of black- read all
  • $4.0M

    Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization working to build power among youth and adult residents and train community organizers to advance health and racial justice efforts across southern california.

  • $3.5M

    California Primary Care Association · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    Supporting civic engagement capacity in health community: to build and establish a new infrastructure to support ongoing statewide civic engagement capacity, with the goal of comprehensively reaching community health ce read all
  • $3.5M

    Dolores C Huerta Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to support an organization that strengthens community organizing capacity and leadership among youth and adults and trains organizers to advance health equity and racial justice across the cen read all
  • $3.5M

    California Primary Care Association · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Supporting civic engagement capacity in health community: to build and establish a new infrastructure to support ongoing statewide civic engagement capacity, with the goal of comprehensively reaching community health ce read all
  • $3.0M

    Alameda Point Collaborative · Alameda, CA · 2021

    Alameda wellness campus - advancing health access through housing: to pioneer a new standard of care for unhoused adults with complex health challenges through the construction of a clinic that will provide short-term h read all
  • $2.8M

    Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Promoting diversity and social consciousness within healthcare

  • $2.7M

    Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans · San Diego, CA · 2022

    Establishing a refugee immigrant cultural hub for health equity: to fund the purchase and renovation (which may include furniture and signage) of the property for a community-owned space to support racial and health equ read all
  • $2.6M

    California Primary Care Association · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Strengthening community health center infrastructure to advance health

  • $2.6M

    California Primary Care Association · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Strengthening community health center infrastructure to advance health: to support a project that bridges community clinics, health centers, and networks to communities through advocacy, education, and civic engagement read all
  • $2.6M

    California Primary Care Association · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    Strengthening community health center infrastructure to advance health: to support a project that bridges community clinics, health centers, and networks to communities through advocacy, education, and civic engagement read all
  • $2.5M

    California Calls Education Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that advances health equity in california through community organizing, civic engagement and capacity building of local power building organizations.

  • $2.5M

    California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Powerful innovations for voter organizing and transformation - promoting health: to advance the medium- and long-term power building infrastructure in california by engaging in collaborative, co-governed funding with th read all
  • $2.5M

    California Calls Education Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that advances health equity in california through community organizing, civic engagement and capacity building of local power building organizations.

  • $2.5M

    California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Powerful innovations for voter organizing and transformation - promoting health: to advance the medium- and long-term power building infrastructure in california by engaging in collaborative, co-governed funding with th read all
  • $2.5M

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    California accountable communities for health initiative - improving health: to support the scaling of a model that links health care systems, providers and health plans with public health, community and social services read all
  • $2.5M

    Pico California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support a statewide organizing and power building organization whose core work is focused on building power and long-term systems transformation to advance health equity in california.

  • $2.4M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Decolonizing wealth project - building resilience and health in california

  • $2.4M

    Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2023

    California black freedom fund - advancing health equity: to support a pooled fund designed to help build and sustain the power of black-led organizations, coalitions and networks and bolster the infrastructure of black- read all
  • $2.3M

    California Calls Education Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to support an organization that advances health equity in california through community organizing, civic engagement and capacity building of local power building organizations.

  • $2.2M

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

    California power building infrastructure center - implementing health equity: to conduct planning, piloting, refinement, and launch required to turn a power building infrastructure center from concept to real infrastruc read all
  • $2.2M

    Pico California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $2.2M

    Pico California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support a statewide organizing and power building organization whose core work is focused on building power and long-term systems transformation to advance health equity in california.

  • $2.2M

    Faith in Action Network · Oakland, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to support the advancement of health in communities in california by organizing people to create full racial, economic and health equity.

  • $2.1M

    Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Promoting health equity through community organizing: to improve the health outcomes of youth of color in los angeles county by supporting a community-driven, equity initiative led by community organizing and policy adv read all
  • $2.1M

    Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Promoting health equity through community organizing: to improve the health outcomes of youth of color in los angeles county by supporting a community-driven, equity initiative led by community organizing and policy adv read all
  • $2.0M

    California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Advancing health justice through civic engagement in california

  • $2.0M

    Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Advancing wellness by leveraging public funding for healing justice

  • $2.0M

    Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2024

    California black freedom fund - advancing health equity

  • $2.0M

    Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization working to build power among youth and adult residents and train community organizers to advance health and racial justice efforts across southern california.

  • $2.0M

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    California accountable communities for health initiative - improving health: to support the scaling of a model that links health care systems, providers and health plans with public health, community and social services read all
  • $2.0M

    The Children'S Partnership · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Protecting medi-cal health coverage in california: to support a network of organizations working to protect health coverage and other benefits for individuals impacted by the ending of the federal public health emergenc read all
  • $2.0M

    Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    General operating support: to support an anchor community organizing group in los angeles county working to build power among youth and adult residents and train community organizers to advance health and racial justice read all
  • $1.9M

    Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1.9M

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023

    California power building infrastructure center - implementing health equity: to provide a bridge grant to support planning, piloting, refinement, and launch required to turn a power building infrastructure center from read all
  • $1.8M

    Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Supporting youth power building and healing for health and justice: to support the acquisition and construction of a space for young people to develop as leaders to create safety, healthy communities and advance justice read all
  • $1.8M

    Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Advancing public health leadership and workforce in california: to establish and implement initiatives to advance the leadership and collective impact among public health educational institutions and strengthen connecti read all
  • $1.8M

    Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2021

    Advancing public health leadership and workforce in california: to establish and implement initiatives to advance the leadership and collective impact among public health educational institutions and strengthen connecti read all
  • $1.7M

    Catalyst California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    The budget power project - advancing health equity: to build healthy communities across california by expanding and strengthening a statewide power building infrastructure that will support community based organizations read all
  • $1.6M

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    Movement innovation collaborative - advancing health justice in california

  • $1.6M

    San Joaquin Community Foundation · Stockton, CA · 2024

    Building a healthy and inclusive economy

  • $1.6M

    Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support a multi-issue, individual membership-based power building community organization that fights for grassroots-led, transformative community change to promote health equity across cali read all
  • $1.6M

    Acce Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support a multi-issue, individual membership-based power building community organization that fights for grassroots-led, transformative community change to promote health equity across cali read all
  • $1.6M

    The Regents of the University of California (Unive · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Center for health policy research - supporting survey development: to support the development of a statewide population health survey that provides statewide, county and sub-county data on a variety of health topics and read all
  • $1.6M

    The Regents of the University of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Center for health policy research - supporting survey development: to support the development of a statewide population health survey that provides statewide, county and sub-county data on a variety of health topics and read all
  • $1.6M

    California Pan-Ethnic Health Network · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Advancing health reform: to advance health reform strategies, build people power and advance narrative frameworks across california.

  • $1.5M

    The Regents of the University of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Center for health policy research - supporting survey development: to support the development of a statewide population health survey that provides statewide, county and sub-county data on a variety of health topics and read all
  • $1.5M

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    California accountable communities for health initiative - improving health

  • $1.5M

    Echoing Green · New York, NY · 2024

    Supporting bipoc social innovators to advance health equity

  • $1.5M

    Power California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1.5M

    Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Building youth power for health and justice: to support the construction of a space for young people to develop as leaders to create safety, healthy communities and advance justice for families in alameda county.

  • $1.5M

    Echoing Green · New York, NY · 2023

    Supporting bipoc social innovators to advance health equity: to support bipoc community leaders and social innovators nationally and in california to improve social, financial and technical capital in order to support s read all
  • $1.5M

    Power California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that addresses the root causes of health disparities and structural inequities facing young people of color, centers the leadership of young bipoc to challenge curre read all
  • $1.5M

    Power California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that addresses the root causes of health disparities and structural inequities facing young people of color, centers the leadership of young bipoc to challenge curre read all
  • $1.5M

    Power California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Strengthening health in communities through narrative infrastructure: to help grow and strengthen the local-to-statewide narrative infrastructure and capacity of local partners in california to advance health through sh read all
  • $1.5M

    The Regents of the University of California (Unive · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    Center for health policy research - supporting survey development: to support the development of a statewide population health survey that provides statewide, county and sub-county data on a variety of health topics and read all
  • $1.4M

    The Regents of the University of California (Unive · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Healthforce center at ucsf - advancing health workforce in california

  • $1.4M

    Health Career Connection · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Advancing a statewide health workforce infrastructure via regional collaboratives: to develop and implement a road map for the development of regional health workforce collaboratives across california, providing support read all
  • $1.3M

    Linc Housing Corporation · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    Planning development of hope village for health and equity: to support the planning and development of tce property for an integrated trauma-informed, restorative campus of wellbeing and opportunity to advance racial eq read all
  • $1.3M

    Genesis La Economic Growth Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Transforming communities for improved health and economic justice: to provide support for building capacity among organizations working towards community ownership for improved health and economic justice in los angeles.

  • $1.3M

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Equity research institute - building capacity for health equity: to strengthen californias ecosystem of community-engaged researchers who are equipped with the skills and capacities to provide data and narrative that bo read all
  • $1.3M

    Health Access Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Strengthening movement infrastructure to achieve health reforms in california: to strengthen the capacity for community organizing, policy advocacy, narrative and communications among coalitions and networks of communit read all
  • $1.3M

    Health Access Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    Strengthening movement infrastructure to achieve health reforms in california: to strengthen the capacity for community organizing, policy advocacy, narrative and communications among coalitions and networks of communit read all
  • $1.3M

    Genesis La Economic Growth Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Transforming communities for improved health and economic justice: to provide support for building capacity among organizations working towards community ownership for improved health and economic justice in los angeles.

  • $1.2M

    The Schott Foundation for Public Education · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Executive alliance for boys and men of color - improving health

  • $1.2M

    California Pan-Ethnic Health Network · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Advancing health reform: to advance health reform strategies, build people power and advance narrative frameworks across california.

  • $1.2M

    C R L a Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Supporting drought resiliency and economic stability for farmworker health: to support farmworker health through an ecosystem of partners supporting movement building across california and working to build farmworker ca read all
  • $1.2M

    C R L a Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    Supporting drought resiliency and economic stability for farmworker health: to support farmworker health through an ecosystem of partners supporting movement building across california and working to build farmworker ca read all
  • $1.2M

    C R L a Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Supporting drought resiliency and economic stability for farmworker health

  • $1.2M

    Prevention Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Building power for increased community wellness system funding

  • $1.2M

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Equity research institute - building capacity for health equity: to strengthen californias ecosystem of community-engaged researchers who are equipped with the skills and capacities to provide data and narrative that bo read all
  • $1.2M

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Bay area health inequities initiative - advancing community wellness

  • $1.1M

    Alianza Coachella Valley · Coachella, CA · 2022

    Supporting a community resilience campaign for health equity: to create a solid, aggressive, focused and diverse public-private-community hub in the salton sea region (riverside county and imperial county) to coordinate read all
  • $1.1M

    Fresno Building Healthy Communities · Fresno, CA · 2024

    Building power for increased community wellness system funding

  • $1.1M

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1.1M

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that advances health and racial equity through community organizing, healing and policy advocacy in monterey county and california's central region.

  • $1.1M

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that advances health and racial equity through community organizing, healing and policy advocacy in monterey county and california's central region.

  • $1.1M

    Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Decolonizing wealth project - building resilience and health in california: to provide strategic support to over 12 diverse california tribal land trusts as they further equitable systems and practices for longer-term a read all
  • $1.1M

    Youth Radio · Oakland, CA · 2021

    Strengthening youth voice for health equity across california: to support skill building and collective impact among youth media hubs in california to support youth journalists in raising awareness of health equity issu read all
  • $1.1M

    Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    California funders for boys and men of color - improving health: to promote philanthropic investments in organizing, advocacy and communications to advance policy and systems changes aimed at improving the health and we read all
  • $1.1M

    Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Supporting community health through land ownership capital strategies: to provide capacity building and capital infrastructure for communities of color and immigrant communities across california in order to advance com read all
  • $1.0M

    Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2022

    Transgender strategy center - building capacity to support health: to support the health and well-being of transgender- and gender non-conforming-led organizations and communities in california.

  • $1.0M

    Faith in the Valley · Stockton, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1.0M

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2024

    Promoting climate and community resilience via leadership, health and safety

  • $1.0M

    Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Advancing health and racial equity in california

  • $1.0M

    Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Supporting community health through land ownership capital strategies: to provide capacity building and capital infrastructure for communities of color and immigrant communities across california in order to advance com read all
  • $1.0M

    Faith in the Valley · Stockton, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that advances health and racial equity in the central region (kern, fresno, merced, stanislaus and san joaquin counties) by supporting community organizing, policy a read all
  • $1.0M

    Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Dignity in schools campaign california - improving health and justice: to promote positive change in school environments, advance education justice and improve health outcomes for young people in california.

  • $1.0M

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2023

    Promoting climate and community resilience via leadership, health and safety: to support efforts to create the first carbon-negative rural/tribal region in the us by 2030 through accelerating climate resilience developm read all
  • $1.0M

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Presidents youth council - supporting leadership development for health: to support the programming of a youth council and leadership development of young people across california to transform a power ecosystem that adv read all
  • $1.0M

    Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Advancing health and racial equity in california: to support access to legal counsel in california for organizations and systems to advance racial and health justice.

  • $1.0M

    Semillas Sociedad Civil · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operating support: to support an organization that promotes the health of young indigenous californians for improved health outcomes and academic success by advancing inclusive, equitable health services in scho read all
  • $1.0M

    Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Central valley united for power -- advancing health equity: to strengthen the regional power building infrastructure in the central valley through the coalescing and coordination of collective leadership development, ad read all
  • $1.0M

    The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    My brother's keeper alliance - improving youth health: to support the engagement of california communities in the national my brother's keeper alliance and improving health and opportunity outcomes of young people of co read all
  • $1.0M

    Asian American Futures · Irvine, CA · 2022

    Activate california - advancing health equity via aapi power building: to elevate the statewide ecosystem of aapi movement and base-building organizations that promotes a shared narrative about health equity and improve read all
  • $1.0M

    Faith in the Valley · Stockton, CA · 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that advances health and racial equity in the central region (kern, fresno, merced, stanislaus and san joaquin counties) by supporting community organizing, policy a read all
  • $1.0M

    Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Dignity in schools campaign california - improving health and justice: to promote positive change in school environments, advance education justice and improve health outcomes for young people in california.

  • $1.0M

    Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2022

    Promoting climate and community resilience via leadership, health and safety: to support efforts to create the first carbon-negative rural/tribal region in the us by 2030 through accelerating climate resilience developm read all

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