Funding search · EIN 941646278 · Oakland, CA

Public Health Institute

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

1,338
grants reported
$187.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$56,783
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

technicalresearchbuildingcapacityeducation

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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

  • Capacity building for community-based organizations serving CA populations of color
  • Technical assistance to hospitals, county health systems, and school districts
  • Pediatric and clinical research at children's hospitals nationally
  • Community health centers and school-based health clinics in California
  • LGBTQ, tribal, immigrant, and refugee community health organizations

Typical grant

Median grant is $56,783, with the middle half between $20,000 and $120,000, so most of the money moves in modest subawards. The big checks, roughly $700,000 to $780,000, cluster in one cohort of capacity building grants to California community organizations that were funded at near-identical amounts, which points to a formula-driven initiative rather than negotiated individual awards. Research awards to children's hospitals run $160,000 to $780,000, and technical assistance to health systems and school districts sits in the $250,000 to $500,000 band; the 1,338 grants to 744 recipients means repeat funding is common.

Their words

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

  • Capacity Building
  • Technical Assistance
  • Research
  • Community Health

Positioning adjacent work

  • Frame the work as capacity building for a named California community, not as investigator-initiated research.
  • Partner with a county health system, school district, or FQHC already in their portfolio as the fiscal home.
  • Ask in the $20,000 to $120,000 range for a first award; the $700K tier is cohort-based.
  • For pediatric or clinical questions, position alongside their children's hospital research grants and expect $170K to $500K.

Worth knowing: This is overwhelmingly California money: 852 of 1,338 grants, with the out-of-state share going almost entirely to pediatric research hospitals in TX, NY, WA, CO, GA, and AZ. Because PHI operates as an intermediary passing through public and philanthropic funds, most of these awards are subcontracts on programs PHI already runs, so the entry point is a relationship with a specific PHI program team rather than a general approach to the institute.

Top recipients

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

  • Rescue Agency Public Benefit Llc2 grants · $10.4M
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospitals8 grants · $5.4M
  • Dignity Health3 grants · $4.0M
  • Seattle Children'S Hospital5 grants · $3.4M
  • Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia5 grants · $3.3M
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute8 grants · $2.6M
  • Adventist Health Systemwest2 grants · $2.6M
  • Baylor College of Medicine5 grants · $2.4M
  • Dry Powder Works1 grant · $2.1M
  • Migrant Clinicians Network1 grant · $1.9M

Giving over time

$74.0M
2022
$54.9M
2023
$58.8M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,338 grants.

  • $9.2M

    Rescue Agency Public Benefit Llc · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Technical Assistance

  • $2.5M

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Technical Assistance

  • $2.2M

    Dignity Health · Santa Maria, CA · 2023

    Technical Assistance

  • $2.1M

    Dry Powder Works · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $2.1M

    Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Research

  • $2.0M

    Seattle Children'S Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Research

  • $2.0M

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022

    Research

  • $1.9M

    Migrant Clinicians Network · Austin, TX · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $1.8M

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Research

  • $1.7M

    Dignity Health · Santa Maria, CA · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $1.6M

    Baylor College of Medicine · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Research

  • $1.6M

    Commonspirit Health Research Institute · Stockton, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

  • $1.5M

    Adventist Health Systemwest · Roseville, CA · 2022

    Technical Assistance

  • $1.2M

    Rescue Agency Public Benefit Llc · San Diego, CA · 2022

    Technical Assistance

  • $1.1M

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Technical Assistance

  • $1.1M

    Adventist Health Systemwest · Roseville, CA · 2023

    Technical Assistance

  • $1.1M

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Research

  • $1.1M

    National Council On Aging · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $1.1M

    The Research Institute at Nationwide Children'S Hospital · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Research

  • $983,363

    Usaging · Washington, DC · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $951,204

    Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $939,000

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

  • $933,597

    Public Health Foundation Enterprisesinc · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $926,858

    Lundquist Institute for Biomedical · Torrance, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $845,000

    Providence St Joseph Health Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023

    Technical Assistance

  • $841,431

    Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, IL · 2022

    Research

  • $840,000

    Pathways Community Hub Institute · Maumee, OH · 2022

    Technical Assistance

  • $830,000

    Sutter Bay Hospitals · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Technical Assistance

  • $816,190

    Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital · Loma Linda, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $810,705

    Children'S Hospital of Orange County · Orange, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $783,341

    Altamed Health Services Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $781,597

    Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Research

  • $778,400

    African Communities Public Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $778,400

    Amaad Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $778,400

    Core Community Organized Relief Effort · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $778,400

    Divine Truth Unity Fellowship Church · Ontario, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $778,400

    Institute for Public Strategies · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $778,400

    Lausd Student Health Services Support · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $778,400

    Sacramento Lgbt Community Center · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $778,400

    Special Service for Groups · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $778,400

    The Alliance for Community Wellness · Hayward, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $777,922

    Ltsc Community Development Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $776,393

    Ryse · Richmond, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $773,715

    Healing Early Adverse Relationships Transforming Systems · El Monte, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $772,626

    Centro De Salud De La Communidad De San · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $764,979

    Indian Health Council · Valley Center, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $755,467

    Sutter Valley Hospitals · Roseville, CA · 2022

    Research

  • $748,616

    San Juan Unified School District · Fair Oaks, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

  • $732,644

    United Way of San Joaquin County · Stockton, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $731,797

    University of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Research

  • $727,016

    United Women of East Africa Support Team · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $721,486

    Marin Community Clinic · Novato, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $717,757

    The Regents of the University of Ca San Francisco · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Research

  • $713,529

    Hmong Cultural Center of Butte County · Oroville, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $710,376

    Children'S Hospital Colorado · Aurora, CO · 2022

    Research

  • $702,290

    Safe Passages · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $689,852

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Research

  • $674,163

    Health Improvement Partnership of · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $662,856

    Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Research

  • $642,226

    Regents of Uc San Francisco · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $638,947

    Seattle Children'S Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Research

  • $633,894

    Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $620,466

    East Valley Community Health Center · West Covina, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $609,132

    School Health Clinics of Santa Clara · San Jose, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $603,505

    Aspiranet · South San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $596,385

    Regents of Uc San Francisco · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Research

  • $583,800

    El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center · San Bernardino, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $583,027

    Lgbtq Collaborative · Modesto, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $582,845

    Community Initiatives for Collective · Merced, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $579,837

    Community Action Partnership of San Luis · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $578,857

    Village Project · Seaside, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $576,322

    Children'S Primary Care Medical · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $572,908

    Latino Service Providers · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $565,000

    Healthful Care · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Technical Assistance

  • $550,624

    University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2022

    Research

  • $550,000

    Providence St Joseph Health Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022

    Technical Assistance

  • $537,359

    Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Research

  • $530,338

    Chicago International Social Change Film Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $529,861

    Sac Connect · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $528,367

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Research

  • $521,212

    Children'S Research Institute · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    Research

  • $509,430

    Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Research

  • $505,080

    Latino Health Access · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $498,220

    Seattle Children'S Hospital · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Research

  • $493,381

    Children'S Primary Care Medical · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Capacity Building

  • $492,351

    Northeast Valley Health Corporation · San Fernando, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $490,840

    Sympto Health · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Research

  • $487,500

    Alta Bates Summit Medical Center · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

  • $475,820

    Cajon Valley Union School District · El Cajon, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

  • $474,400

    United Way Fox Cities · Menasha, WI · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $469,488

    National Indian Health Board · Washington, DC · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $457,368

    Communicare Health Centers · Davis, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $450,000

    Sutter Bay Hospitals · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Technical Assistance

  • $449,997

    Rights & Democracy Education Fund · Burlington, VT · 2022

    Capacity Building

  • $445,906

    Wellspace Health · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Capacity Building

  • $443,127

    Children'S Hospital of Orange County · Orange, CA · 2022

    Research

  • $437,500

    Kern Medical Center Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

  • $437,500

    Regents of the University of California · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

  • $437,500

    Riverside University Health System · Moreno Valley, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

  • $437,500

    The Regents of the University of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Technical Assistance

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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.