The California Endowment
Invitation OnlyLos Angeles, California · EIN 95-4523232 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$141.5M
Organizations funded845
Typical grant$100,000
Total assets$4.5B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $25,000 and $175,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
11% of grants went outside California.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science | Los Angeles, CA | Promoting diversity and social consciousness within healthcare | $2,815,000 |
| California Primary Care Association | Sacramento, CA | Strengthening community health center infrastructure to advance health | $2,600,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Decolonizing wealth project - building resilience and health in california | $2,391,139 |
| Pico California | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $2,200,000 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Advancing health justice through civic engagement in california | $2,000,000 |
| Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program | Sacramento, CA | Advancing wellness by leveraging public funding for healing justice | $2,000,000 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | California black freedom fund - advancing health equity | $2,000,000 |
| Acce Institute | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $1,900,000 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | Movement innovation collaborative - advancing health justice in california | $1,600,000 |
| San Joaquin Community Foundation Inc | Stockton, CA | Building a healthy and inclusive economy | $1,600,000 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | California accountable communities for health initiative - improving health | $1,500,000 |
| Echoing Green Inc | New York, NY | Supporting bipoc social innovators to advance health equity | $1,500,000 |
| Power California | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $1,500,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California (Unive | San Francisco, CA | Healthforce center at ucsf - advancing health workforce in california | $1,402,164 |
| The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Cambridge, MA | Executive alliance for boys and men of color - improving health | $1,200,000 |
| C R L a Foundation | Sacramento, CA | Supporting drought resiliency and economic stability for farmworker health | $1,166,666 |
| Prevention Institute | Oakland, CA | Building power for increased community wellness system funding | $1,164,870 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | Bay area health inequities initiative - advancing community wellness | $1,157,063 |
| Fresno Building Healthy Communities | Fresno, CA | Building power for increased community wellness system funding | $1,137,430 |
| Action Council of Monterey County Inc | Salinas, CA | General operating support | $1,100,000 |
| Faith in the Valley | Stockton, CA | General operating support | $1,000,000 |
| Humboldt Area Foundation | Bayside, CA | Promoting climate and community resilience via leadership, health and safety | $1,000,000 |
| Public Counsel | Los Angeles, CA | Advancing health and racial equity in california | $1,000,000 |
| Californians for Justice Education Fund Inc | San Francisco, CA | Youth organize! california - advancing health and racial justice | $900,000 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | California native vote project - building power for health | $875,000 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Promoting health equity through community organizing | $833,614 |
| Community Vision Capital and Consulting | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $800,000 |
| Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program | Sacramento, CA | Alliance for boys and men of color - supporting health equity | $800,000 |
| Community Media Access Collaborative | Fresno, CA | Amplifying the health impacts of the social bond | $750,000 |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Fresno, CA | General operating support | $750,000 |
| Milpa | Salinas, CA | Advancing health and racial equity via leadership and cultural healing | $750,000 |
| Organizers Institute South and West Iaf | Austin, TX | Increasing leadership capacity to advance health equity in california | $750,000 |
| Youth Radio | Oakland, CA | Strengthening youth voice for health equity | $725,000 |
| Youth Leadership Institute | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $700,000 |
| Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network | San Francisco, CA | Dignity in schools campaign - california - improving health and justice | $667,072 |
| California State Wildlife Foundation | Berkeley, CA | Climate science alliance - building tribal climate resiliency and health | $662,554 |
| Catalyst California | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $640,000 |
| Genesis LA Economic Growth Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | Transforming communities for improved health and economic justice | $628,834 |
| California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Berkeley, CA | General operating support | $600,000 |
| Smartmeme Inc | Oakland, CA | Promoting healthy and safe schools via narrative power | $600,000 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | Oakland, CA | Asian americans and pacific islanders for civic empowerment - health | $550,000 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees | Petaluma, CA | Promoting health equity for immigrants and refugees | $550,000 |
| Fresno Building Healthy Communities | Fresno, CA | Investing in a communications infrastructure for health equity and justice | $516,735 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | Promoting and elevating community health and identity | $500,000 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | Building sustainable capacity for healthy communities | $500,000 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | Building healing and sustainability capacity for healthy communities | $500,000 |
| Grassroots Power Project | Berkeley, CA | Deepening statewide power building strategies for health equity | $500,000 |
| Lifelong Medical Care | Berkeley, CA | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Mid City Community Advocacy Network | San Diego, CA | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Resource Impact | Washington, DC | Faith leader cohort - building powerful and healthy communities | $500,000 |
| Roadmap Social Justice Consulting | Hyattsville, MD | Strengthening capacity for health justice movements | $500,000 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | People's climate innovation center - building power for health | $500,000 |
| Urban Strategies Inc | Saint Louis, MO | The usi cdfi fund - building a healthy and inclusive economy | $500,000 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | Equality labs - supporting health movement infrastructure | $475,000 |
| Organizing Roots Inc | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $475,000 |
| Aclu Foundation of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Advancing community health and safety | $450,000 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Project day one - supporting movement infrastructure for health | $450,000 |
| Illuminative Inc | Las Vegas, NV | Advancing power and health equity in california | $440,697 |
| Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program | Sacramento, CA | Supporting movement infrastructure for health, safety, security and defense | $425,000 |
| Asian Law Caucus | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $400,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 845 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Career Connection Inc | Oakland, CA | Advancing a statewide health workforce infrastructure via regional collaboratives | $4,386,422 |
| Health Career Connection Inc | Oakland, CA | Advancing a statewide health workforce infrastructure via regional collaboratives | $4,198,115 |
| Health Career Connection Inc | Oakland, CA | Advancing a statewide health workforce infrastructure via regional collaboratives | $4,158,638 |
| Health Career Connection Inc | Oakland, CA | Advancing a statewide health workforce infrastructure via regional collaboratives | $2,904,360 |
| California Primary Care Association | Sacramento, CA | Strengthening community health center infrastructure to advance health | $2,600,000 |
| California Primary Care Association | Sacramento, CA | Strengthening community health center infrastructure to advance health | $2,600,000 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $2,500,000 |
| California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Berkeley, CA | Advancing health reform | $1,630,581 |
| California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Berkeley, CA | Advancing health reform | $1,579,413 |
| California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Berkeley, CA | Advancing health reform | $1,530,679 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | California accountable communities for health initiative - improving health | $1,500,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California (Unive | San Francisco, CA | Healthforce center at ucsf - advancing health workforce in california | $1,432,004 |
| The Regents of the University of California (Unive | San Francisco, CA | Healthforce center at ucsf - advancing health workforce in california | $1,421,190 |
| The Regents of the University of California (Unive | San Francisco, CA | Healthforce center at ucsf - advancing health workforce in california | $1,375,824 |
| Health Access Foundation | Sacramento, CA | Strengthening movement infrastructure to achieve health reforms in california | $1,270,000 |
| Health Access Foundation | Sacramento, CA | Strengthening movement infrastructure to achieve health reforms in california | $1,270,000 |
| Health Access Foundation | Sacramento, CA | Strengthening movement infrastructure to achieve health reforms in california | $1,270,000 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | Bay area health inequities initiative - advancing community wellness | $1,169,204 |
| Fresno Building Healthy Communities | Fresno, CA | Building power for increased community wellness system funding | $1,165,285 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | Bay area health inequities initiative - advancing community wellness | $1,160,998 |
| Prevention Institute | Oakland, CA | Building power for increased community wellness system funding | $1,159,443 |
| Fresno Building Healthy Communities | Fresno, CA | Building power for increased community wellness system funding | $1,154,632 |
| Fresno Building Healthy Communities | Fresno, CA | Building power for increased community wellness system funding | $1,148,864 |
| Prevention Institute | Oakland, CA | Building power for increased community wellness system funding | $1,102,620 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | Bay area health inequities initiative - advancing community wellness | $1,102,152 |
| Prevention Institute | Oakland, CA | Building power for increased community wellness system funding | $1,096,931 |
| Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network | San Francisco, CA | Dignity in schools campaign - california - improving health and justice | $1,000,000 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | California medicine program - building health career pathways | $806,816 |
| California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Berkeley, CA | Demystifying health care financing | $779,068 |
| Health Access Foundation | Sacramento, CA | General operating support | $700,000 |
| California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Berkeley, CA | General operating support | $600,000 |
| Youth Leadership Institute | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $600,000 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Equity research institute - building capacity for health equity | $557,982 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | Workforce for a healthy california - improving health workforce programs | $518,757 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | California medicine program - building health career pathways | $516,942 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees | Petaluma, CA | Promoting health equity for immigrants and refugees | $500,000 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | Center for collaborative planning - supporting respite for health leaders | $500,000 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | Center for collaborative planning - supporting respite for health leaders | $500,000 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | Center for collaborative planning - supporting respite for health leaders | $500,000 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | California medicine program - building health career pathways | $479,541 |
| Aclu Foundation of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Advancing community health and safety | $450,000 |
| Milpa | Salinas, CA | Advancing health and racial equity via leadership and cultural healing | $450,000 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | California medicine program - building health career pathways | $449,652 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | Latino coalition for a healthy california - advancing health reform | $440,501 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | Latino coalition for a healthy california - advancing health reform | $440,501 |
| The Translatin Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | Strengthening movement infrastructure to achieve health reforms in california | $440,000 |
| The Translatin Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | Strengthening movement infrastructure to achieve health reforms in california | $440,000 |
| The Translatin Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | Strengthening movement infrastructure to achieve health reforms in california | $440,000 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | Latino coalition for a healthy california - advancing health reform | $437,996 |
| True North Organizing Network | Eureka, CA | Organizing power and systemic change to advance health | $425,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California (Unive | San Francisco, CA | Healthforce center at ucsf - advancing health workforce in california | $421,994 |
| Southern California Center for Nonprofit Managemen | Los Angeles, CA | Improving the financial strength of health-serving organizations | $420,968 |
| Californians for Justice Education Fund Inc | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $400,000 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | Building native american power for health equity | $400,000 |
| Organizing Roots Inc | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $400,000 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | P3 lab at snf agora institute - building health equity | $399,681 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | Fund for an inclusive california - supporting health through housing | $375,000 |
| The Children's Partnership | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $375,000 |
| The Children's Partnership | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $375,000 |
| Valley Onward | Merced, CA | General operating support | $375,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $141,467,127 | 1,283 |
| 2023 | $215,917,483 | 1,511 |
| 2022 | $193,569,729 | 1,595 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 13, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202523179349103557
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 95-4523232
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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