Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
ActivePublic CharityHealth Care
About Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
To provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of members and the communities they serve.
Focus Areas
Healthcare deliveryCommunity healthPublic health and preventionBehavioral health / mental healthHealth equityResearch and education
Who They Fund
low-income communitiesunhoused / people experiencing homelessness (including veterans)safety-net patients (community clinic populations)communities of color (Latino, Black priorities referenced)children and families (early childhood & youth programs)healthcare workforce trainees (medical assistants, nursing scholars)
About Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals’ recent giving is marked by very large operating support to Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson School of Medicine, including a $110,953,269 grant in 2025 and a $104,832,386 grant in 2023. That pattern points to a funder deeply tied to health system capacity, education, and community health infrastructure rather than a narrow one-time project model. Across the most recent grants list, the foundation also backs health care services, mental health workforce efforts, food and housing-related work, and local hospital and clinic partnerships. The scale is substantial even within a health-system context: annual grants given total $586,429,464, and the latest 990 year on file is 2025. Recent awards show recurring support for large institutional partners and smaller place-based organizations alike. St Josephs Foundation Of San Joaquin received multiple health care services grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025, while Oakland- and Bay Area-based organizations appear throughout the recent list in roles tied to health access, prevention, and community conditions. The foundation’s public charity status and local geographic scope reinforce a grantmaking pattern centered on communities it serves rather than national dispersion.
What Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Funds
Healthcare delivery is a core theme in the recent grants list. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals gave $24,033,359 in 2025 to St Josephs Foundation Of San Joaquin for health care services, following prior awards of $19,672,818 in 2023 and $7,487,924 in 2024 for the same purpose. Community health work shows up in place-based grants such as $2,628,400 to La Clinica De La Raza Inc for Food Is Medicine In Oakland and $1,000,000 to Oakland Unified School District for The Central Kitchen, Instructional Farm And Educat. Housing-linked health support appears as well. The foundation gave $1,000,000 to City Of Vallejo for Homeless Navigation Center and $750,000 to New Venture Fund for Oakland Shallow Subsidy Homeless Prevention Pilot. Research and education are also part of the portfolio, including $3,806,149 to Regents Of The University Of California La for Research / Project Support and $1,243,926 to Health Research Inc for Research / Project Support.
How Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Gives
Typical grant size sits at $20,000 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile, although the recent list also includes very large operating grants in the millions and tens of millions. The pattern is mixed: some recipients recur across multiple years, such as St Josephs Foundation Of San Joaquin and Pajaro Valley Healthcare District, while many grants are one-off awards tied to specific programs or facilities. The foundation is a public charity and a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. No application process is described in the provided data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$225.4M
Total Assets
$87.4B
Total Revenue
$38.2B
Total Expenses
$33.8B
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $50K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Local27 states funded
About 83% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Gregory Adams
Chairman & CEO
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