Funding search · EIN 815009488 · Phoenix, AZ

Dignity Community Care

Name: Dignity Community Care grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

231
grants reported: $478.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community health foundation medical education hospital clinic

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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

Internal transfers to Dignity Health medical foundation and affiliated hospitals
Hospital-affiliate foundations in CA (Sequoia, Northridge, French, Glendale)
Community clinic support, notably Pacific Central Coast Health Centers
Homelessness, shelter, and domestic violence services near Dignity hospitals
Food access, senior services, and youth programs in Sacramento, Yolo, LA, Phoenix

Typical grant

Median grant is $40,000 and the middle half runs $16,288 to $83,226, so the outside community grant is a small five-figure check. The enormous checks, $43M to $55M to Dignity Health Medical Foundation, plus seven-figure awards to affiliated hospital foundations, are internal system support and are not available to unaffiliated applicants. The hospital and clinic transfers repeat every year with near-identical recipients; the small community grants also show heavy repetition of the same local nonprofits.

Their words

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

“COMMUNITY HEALTH”
“CLINIC SUPPORT”
“FOUNDATION SUPPORT”
“HOSPITAL SUPPORT”
“MEDICAL FND SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

Ask in the $25,000 to $85,000 range; anything larger reads as system-internal support they will not extend outward.
Anchor to a named Dignity hospital's service area: Sacramento/Yolo, Glendale/Northridge, San Luis Obispo, Redwood City, or Phoenix.
Frame work as 'community health' addressing social needs (housing, food, violence, behavioral health), not as research.
Build the relationship through the local hospital foundation or community benefit staff rather than the Phoenix parent office.

Worth knowing: This is a health system's giving vehicle, not an independent grantmaker: over 95 percent of dollars move to Dignity Health entities and affiliated hospital foundations, and only a few million a year reaches outside nonprofits in tightly defined hospital service areas in California and metro Phoenix. Repeat grantees dominate the small-grant pool, and the pattern looks driven by existing community benefit relationships, including several Catholic parish and diocesan recipients.

Top recipients

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

Dignity Health Medical Foundation4 grants · $209.9M
Dignity Health4 grants · $209.5M
Pacific Central Coast Health Centers2 grants · $11.7M
California Health Foundation and Trust4 grants · $9.4M
California Hospital Medical Center Foundation4 grants · $7.5M
Sequoia Hospital Foundation4 grants · $6.1M
French Hospital Medical Center Foundation4 grants · $5.4M
Northridge Hospital Foundation4 grants · $5.4M
Glendale Memorial Health Foundation4 grants · $2.5M
Woodland Memorial Hospital Foundation4 grants · $2.4M

Giving over time

$254.5M

2021

$78.6M

2022

$62.6M

2023

$82.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 231 grants.

$201.2M
Dignity Health · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Hospital support
$67.2M
Dignity Health Medical Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2022
Medical fnd support
$55.1M
Dignity Health Medical Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2024
Medical fnd support
$44.2M
Dignity Health Medical Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2021
Medical fnd support
$43.5M
Dignity Health Medical Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2023
Medical fnd support
$7.2M
Dignity Health · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Hospital support
$6.9M
Pacific Central Coast Health Centers · Santa Maria, CA · 2024
Clinic support
$4.7M
Pacific Central Coast Health Centers · Santa Maria, CA · 2023
Clinic support
$3.3M
California Health Foundation and Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Community health
$2.5M
California Health Foundation and Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Community health
$2.5M
California Health Foundation and Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Community health
$2.0M
California Hospital Medical Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Foundation support
$1.9M
California Hospital Medical Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Foundation support
$1.8M
California Hospital Medical Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Foundation support
$1.7M
California Hospital Medical Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Foundation support
$1.7M
Sequoia Hospital Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Foundation support
$1.6M
Sequoia Hospital Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Foundation support
$1.5M
Northridge Hospital Foundation · Northridge, CA · 2024
Foundation support
$1.4M
Northridge Hospital Foundation · Northridge, CA · 2023
Foundation support
$1.4M
French Hospital Medical Center Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Foundation support
$1.4M
Sequoia Hospital Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Foundation support
$1.4M
Sequoia Hospital Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Foundation support
$1.4M
French Hospital Medical Center Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Foundation support
$1.4M
Northridge Hospital Foundation · Northridge, CA · 2022
Foundation support
$1.3M
French Hospital Medical Center Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2021
Foundation support
$1.3M
French Hospital Medical Center Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Foundation support
$1.1M
California Health Foundation and Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Community health
$1.0M
Northridge Hospital Foundation · Northridge, CA · 2021
Foundation support
$756,255
Dignity Health · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Foundation support
$743,227
Glendale Memorial Health Foundation · Glendale, CA · 2023
Foundation support
$649,223
Woodland Memorial Hospital Foundation · Woodland, CA · 2023
Foundation support
$638,643
Woodland Memorial Hospital Foundation · Woodland, CA · 2024
Foundation support
$623,421
Glendale Memorial Health Foundation · Glendale, CA · 2024
Foundation support
$583,455
Woodland Memorial Hospital Foundation · Woodland, CA · 2022
Foundation support
$563,424
Glendale Memorial Health Foundation · Glendale, CA · 2021
Foundation support
$552,169
Glendale Memorial Health Foundation · Glendale, CA · 2022
Foundation support
$535,761
Woodland Memorial Hospital Foundation · Woodland, CA · 2021
Foundation support
$525,280
Maricopa County Special Health Care District · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Community health
$360,000
City of Sacramento · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Community health
$300,000
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Education support
$300,000
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Education support
$297,452
Dignity Health · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Hospital support
$201,153
Mercy Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2021
Foundation support
$140,000
Journey Out · Van Nuys, CA · 2023
Community health
$136,478
American Heart Association Western States Affiliate · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Community health
$125,000
American Heart Association Western States Affiliate · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Community health
$125,000
American Heart Association · Fresno, CA · 2021
Community health
$105,000
Young Mens Christian Assn of Metropolitan Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Community health
$100,000
County of Yolo - Health & Human Services Agency · Woodland, CA · 2022
Community health
$91,216
Hope for Addiction · Gilbert, AZ · 2024
Community health
$90,000
Downtown Womens Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community health
$90,000
St Francis Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community health
$86,500
Wind Youth Services · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Community health
$85,000
Cancer Support Community Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Community health
$85,000
St Francis Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Community health
$83,333
Mercy Housing · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community health
$83,333
Mercy Housing · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Community health
$83,333
Mercy Housing · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Community health
$83,120
Sacramento District Council St Vincent De Paul Society · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Community health
$78,166
House of Refuge · Mesa, AZ · 2024
Community health
$78,000
Five Cities Meals On Wheels · Pismo Beach, CA · 2024
Community health
$77,355
Lumina Alliance · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Community health
$75,617
Thriving Pink · Davis, CA · 2023
Community health
$75,416
About Care · Chandler, AZ · 2023
Community health
$73,562
Turning Point Community Programs · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2023
Community health
$70,416
United Food Bank · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Community health
$70,000
Weave · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Community health
$70,000
Weave · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Community health
$70,000
Womens Health Innovations of Arizona · Gilbert, AZ · 2023
Community health
$70,000
Weave · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Community health
$68,836
Azcend Fka Chandler Christian Community Center · Chandler, AZ · 2024
Community health
$65,000
Cal Poly Corporation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Community health
$65,000
Cal Poly Corporation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Community health
$65,000
Yolo Community Care Continuum · Davis, CA · 2022
Community health
$65,000
Cal Poly Corporation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2021
Community health
$63,466
Tempe Community Action Agency · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Community health
$62,500
California Polytechnic State University Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Community health
$62,500
California Polytechnic State University Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Community health
$62,500
California Polytechnic State University Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Community health
$62,500
California Polytechnic State University Foundation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2021
Community health
$61,663
Mission of Mercy · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Community health
$61,216
Maggies Place · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Community health
$60,500
Womens Health Innovations of Arizona · Gilbert, AZ · 2024
Community health
$60,000
Yolo Food Bank · Woodland, CA · 2024
Community health
$60,000
Yolo Community Care Continuum · Davis, CA · 2021
Community health
$56,000
Az Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Community health
$54,448
Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Community health
$52,196
Mercy Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2022
Foundation support
$51,608
Mission of Mercy · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Community health
$50,250
Child Crisis Arizona · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Community health
$50,167
Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Community health
$50,087
Arizona Anti Trafficking Network · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Community health
$50,000
Creighton Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Community health
$50,000
Haven Hills · Canoga Park, CA · 2024
Community health
$50,000
Samuel Dixon Family Health Center · Valencia, CA · 2024
Community health
$50,000
Ukrainian American House · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Community health
$50,000
Rescue Mission Alliance · Oxnard, CA · 2023
Community health
$50,000
The Cecilia Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Community health
$50,000
Young Mens Christian Assn of Metropolitan Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community health
$50,000
Weave · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Community health

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.