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The California Endowment (CA)
The California Endowment is a private, statewide health foundation that was established in 1996 through Blue Cross of California's WellPoint Health Network.
The mission of California Endowment is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.
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www.calendow.org
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Facebook - www.facebook.com/HealthHappensHere
Twitter - @CalEndow
Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/calendow/
YouTube - www.youtube.com/healthhappenshere
The mission of California Endowment is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.
Web Address
www.calendow.org
Social Media Links
Facebook - www.facebook.com/HealthHappensHere
Twitter - @CalEndow
Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/calendow/
YouTube - www.youtube.com/healthhappenshere
Foundation Grants and Resources
Recent News from California Endowment
More Catalytic Capital: A New $33M Guarantee Pool Aims to Encourage Community Investment
Foundation: Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Annie E. Casey Foundation, California Endowment, Kresge Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Weingart Foundation
A new $33M Guarantee Pool Aims To Encourage Community Investment.To boost investments in areas deemed too risky by most traditional financial folks, foundations and other like-minded impact investors...more
Foundation: Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Annie E. Casey Foundation, California Endowment, Kresge Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Weingart Foundation
A new $33M Guarantee Pool Aims To Encourage Community Investment.To boost investments in areas deemed too risky by most traditional financial folks, foundations and other like-minded impact investors...more
Marguerite Casey Foundation Develops Philanthropy Leaders of Color
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, California Endowment
Marguerite Casey Foundation helps develop future philanthropic leaders by funding one or two fellows a year as they participate in peer learning...more
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, California Endowment
Marguerite Casey Foundation helps develop future philanthropic leaders by funding one or two fellows a year as they participate in peer learning...more
Salinas nonprofit could lose financial support after employee caught "flaunting the gang lifestyle'
Foundation: California Endowment
Salinas nonprofit could lose financial support after employee caught ... “We are concerned, management is concerned about the incident and...more
Foundation: California Endowment
Salinas nonprofit could lose financial support after employee caught ... “We are concerned, management is concerned about the incident and...more
The Week in impact investing: Mobilizing for transformative change
Foundation: California Endowment
Farewell to serial social entrepreneur, development critic and advocate for the poor Paul Polak, who died last week… Economists Abhijit Banerjee...more
Foundation: California Endowment
Farewell to serial social entrepreneur, development critic and advocate for the poor Paul Polak, who died last week… Economists Abhijit Banerjee...more
Cynthia Telles: Education and Wellness are Keys to Community Transformation in Los Angeles
Foundation: California Community Foundation, California Endowment
Additionally, she has chaired the boards of the California Endowment, and the California Community Foundation. For over three decades, Dr....more
Foundation: California Community Foundation, California Endowment
Additionally, she has chaired the boards of the California Endowment, and the California Community Foundation. For over three decades, Dr....more
California Gender Justice Funders Launch $10 Mil Culture Change Fund
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation, California Endowment, Women's Foundation of California
... California Endowment, Fondation CHANEL, Women's Foundation of California, and Philanthropy California), along with several national...more
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation, California Endowment, Women's Foundation of California
... California Endowment, Fondation CHANEL, Women's Foundation of California, and Philanthropy California), along with several national...more
The Brief: Reverse the polarity, aging in place, Indian agribusiness, off-grid refrigeration, affordable ...
Foundation: California Endowment
Reverse the polarity is at the top of ImpactAlpha's list of themes and memes with which we try to make sense of impact investing news. We reviewed...more
Foundation: California Endowment
Reverse the polarity is at the top of ImpactAlpha's list of themes and memes with which we try to make sense of impact investing news. We reviewed...more
Calistoga students complete Latina Youth Leadership Program
Foundation: California Endowment
Four Calistoga Junior-Senior High School students have successfully completed the HOPE Youth Leadership Program (HYLP), a six-month...more
Foundation: California Endowment
Four Calistoga Junior-Senior High School students have successfully completed the HOPE Youth Leadership Program (HYLP), a six-month...more
Dear Colleagues: An Urgent Open Letter to the Philanthropic Community
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, California Endowment
There is a lot of talk about data in philanthropy and how essential it is to gauge impact and effectiveness. There is also a lot of talk about...more
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, California Endowment
There is a lot of talk about data in philanthropy and how essential it is to gauge impact and effectiveness. There is also a lot of talk about...more
Don't Trust the Messenger: Forget Profit
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Sunlight Foundation
According to the authors, the “great majority” of nonprofit media outlets “rely heavily on foundation grants for their revenue.” And in their...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Sunlight Foundation
According to the authors, the “great majority” of nonprofit media outlets “rely heavily on foundation grants for their revenue.” And in their...more
Illustrative Grants from California Endowment
Matching Gifts-$113,040
Art Share Los Angeles, Inc.-$10,000
Black Dot Artists, Inc.-$15,000
CommuniCare Health Centers-$62,437
Lighthouse Recovery Club of Hanford-$25,040
LPC Consulting Associates, Inc.-$51,679
NAMI Urban Los Angeles-$100,000
Prevent Blindness Northern California-$15,000
Public Health Institute-$95,473
San Diegans for Health Care Coverage-$61,068
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Social Enterprises: Key to Enhancing a Nation’s Health
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has launched a series of noteworthy research projects to learn if social enterprises can help Scotland lose its “sick man of Europe” label and boost the nation’s overall health.