California Wellness Foundation
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LOS ANGELES, CAWebsite
About California Wellness Foundation
To advance wellness for all Californians by removing systemic barriers to health and supporting community-led solutions that promote equity, justice, and voice.
Focus Areas
health care accessreproductive justicedisability justicecommunity violence prevention and healingeconomic security and workforce developmenteducation and leadership developmentenvironmental justicecivic engagement and public policy
Who They Fund
underrepresented racial minority medical students (including community college pathways)California community-based organizations (receiving regrants)low-income residents of Los Angeles County
About California Wellness Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation’s recent grantmaking shows a strong emphasis on medical education, with $2,000,000 in core operating support to Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science to educate, train, and support medical students, including efforts to strengthen pathways for underrepresented racial minorities. That same pattern appears in its $1,000,000 grant to the Foundation for California Community Colleges for the California Medicine Scholars Program, which supports pathways to and through medical schools across California for underrepresented racial minorities at community colleges. The foundation also backs public-interest infrastructure. A $1,250,000 grant to Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management supported the Community Economic Mobilization Initiative, which regrants to community-based organizations to build capacity for advocacy efforts that improve health and well-being. The California Wellness Foundation’s portfolio also includes large operating grants for policy, civic engagement, and community safety, including support for California-based organizations working on racial justice, health equity, and violence prevention. Across these awards, the foundation uses both operating support and project support, and it often funds organizations that sit close to advocacy, research, and community-led systems change.
What California Wellness Foundation Funds
Health equity work appears in both policy and research. The California Budget & Policy Center received $1,000,000 for core operating support to continue fiscal and policy analysis and public education for health-related policy and budget decisions in California. The University of Southern California received $1,000,000 for core operating support to provide accessible data and analysis for community and advocacy organizations working to advance racial justice and health equity through movement building. Community safety and youth justice are another clear thread. The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace received $750,000 for core operating support to increase community safety in Los Angeles and statewide through policy advocacy and narrative change efforts. Environmental justice also shows up in a $600,000 grant to Public Health Advocates for the California COVID Justice Coalition and for increasing access to parks and green space in underserved communities. Economic security is present as well, including a $500,000 project grant to End Poverty in California for narrative change, power-building, and policy advocacy.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$53.6M
Total Assets
$1B
Total Revenue
$13.8M
Total Expenses
$73.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $75K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$75K
Geographic Reach
Local42 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
RICHARD TATE
CEO/PRESIDENT
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