Funding search · infant and child health · California
Who funds infant and child health work in California
15 funders have a record of paying for infant and child health work by California recipients: 54 grants totaling $20.8M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ($3.9M), Neighborhood Legal Services ($465,000) and Martin Luther King Jr Community Health ($11.0M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to California recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $1.6M to PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL — family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, neonatal and child health
Neighborhood Legal ServicesGlendale, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $465,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to Maternal and Child Health Access — client legal assistance through sub-grant
Martin Luther King Jr Community HealthLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $11.0M · through 2023Largest: $4.6M to MARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMUNITY MEDICAL FOUNDATION — general support, nurse training, population health, gme, diabetes center of excellence, vaccine initiative, maternal child health, and support to mlkcmg
Largest: $100,000 to MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ACCESS — general operating support: to support an organization working to remove barriers to health care coverage and mental health services for women, children and undocumented residents i…
Stupski FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $792,000 · through 2023Largest: $166,000 to Children Now — to increase organizational capacity to conduct the research, policy development, and advocacy needed to push california to establish a priority focus on child health outcomes.
Largest: $15,000 to LAS MADRINAS — to support the philanthropic organization dedicated to a tradition of supporting pediatric care and research at children's hospital los angeles.
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $390,000 · through 2024Largest: $105,000 to MOMS — maternal child health coordination
Muscular Dystrophy AssociationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to STANFORD CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE — medical diagnosis
Largest: $3,000 to SHRINERS FOR CHILDREN MEDICAL CENTE — to aid shriners hospitals for children in their mission to provide excellence in specialized pediatric care, research and teaching.
California Association of Food BanksOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $418,200 to MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ACCESS — to end hunger in california
Largest: $200,000 to CHILDREN HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES — children's fund, aid in pediatric care
Essential Access HealthLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $863,758 · through 2024Largest: $431,879 to MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ACCESS PROJECT DBA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ACCE — program support
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