About Children'S Partnership
Promote policies driven by research and responsive to community needs to ensure every child—particularly underserved children—has a bright future.
Focus Areas
Child healthHealth coverageYouth mental healthTelehealthDigital equity / access to technologyChildren in immigrant familiesNutritionOral healthEarly childhood education
Who They Fund
California residents eligible for public health coverage or outreachpeople experiencing housing instability or at risk of homelessnesscommunity-based organizations and coalition members
About Children'S Partnership
The Children's Partnership has built a clear pattern of funding around California health coverage and community-led policy work, with recent grants reaching legal advocates, research partners, and coalition members. A 2025 $400,000 grant to Legal Aid Society of San Diego -health Consumer Alliance anchored its Keep CA Covered work, while three $150,000 grants went to the National Health Law Program, Western Center on Law & Poverty, and Latino Coalition for a Healthy California a Project of Tides for the same initiative. The foundation also supports collaborative networks beyond direct advocacy: in 2024 it awarded $640,355 to California Children and Families Foundation for WCEP subgranting, and later funded a set of steering committee partners in that network. Its public focus areas point to child health, health coverage, youth mental health, telehealth, digital equity, children in immigrant families, nutrition, oral health, and early childhood education. The mix suggests a funder that uses project-restricted grants to back policy, outreach, and coordination work rather than broad general operating support. Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears to favor California organizations working in aligned coalitions and statewide initiatives.
What Children'S Partnership Funds
Health coverage is a major theme in The Children's Partnership's grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $400,000 to Legal Aid Society of San Diego -health Consumer Alliance for Keep CA Covered, and $150,000 each to the National Health Law Program, Western Center on Law & Poverty, and Latino Coalition for a Healthy California a Project of Tides for the same effort. The foundation also funds collaborative infrastructure. It awarded $640,355 to California Children and Families Foundation for WCEP subgranting, then supported a network of steering committee partners across California. Another lane is housing and health equity: Human Impact Partners received $14,000 for HJHE collaborative work. Child and family policy shows up as well in grants to California Black Women's Health Project and Black Californians United for Early Care and Education, both tied to WCEP subgranting and steering committee support.
How Children'S Partnership Gives
The Children's Partnership's typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile, even though a smaller number of larger project grants appear in the recent record. The pattern is heavily installment-based and project-restricted, with labels such as Keep CA Covered, WCEP subgrant, and WCEP Steering Committee 2023-2024. Several recipients appear more than once across 2023 to 2025, including Catalyst California, Innercity Struggle, Santa Cruz Community Ventures, Black Californians United for Early Care and Education, Californians for Justice, Families in Schools, A Black Education Network, California Preterm Birth Initiative University of California San Francisc, and University of Washington. The foundation is classified as a Pure DAF Provider and does not fund individuals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.4M
Total Assets
$11.6M
Total Revenue
$4.3M
Total Expenses
$5.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MARTA MEMBRENO
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