The California Wellness Foundation



The California Wellness Foundation is a private, independent foundation established in 1992 as a result of Health Net's conversion from nonprofit to for-profit status.


The foundation is committed to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness, education, and disease prevention.


The foundation focuses on eight health issues which include diversity in health professions; environmental health; healthy aging; mental health; teenage pregnancy prevention; violence prevention; women's health; and work and health.

Web Address

www.calwellness.org

Social Media Links

Twitter - @calwellness

Foundation Grants and Resources





    

Recent News from California Wellness Foundation


The California Wellness Foundation Announces Launch of its Advancing Wellness Grants Program
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation

The process for submitting letters of interest to the Foundation has been streamlined with the introduction of an online grants application process...more

Foundation funds sabbaticals for heads of health nonprofits in California
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation

The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF) Sabbatical Program Award — now in its 11th year — provides nonprofit organizations with grants of...more

Philanthropic Leader Judy Belk Elected as President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation
Foundation: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Surdna Foundation, California Wellness Foundation

Philanthropic leader, Judy Belk, will take a new leadership role as The California Wellness Foundation's next president and CEO, effective April 7, 2014. Belk is currently senior vice president...more

The California Wellness Foundation Announces 20th Annual California Peace ...
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation

The California Wellness Foundation is a private, independent foundation created in 1992, with a mission to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion,...more

TCWF President And CEO Diana Bonta Commends U.S. Supreme Court ...
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation

The California Wellness Foundation is a private independent foundation created in 1992 with a mission to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness...more

Georgia Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leaders to be Honored at 2012 Nonprofit Summit
Foundation: Healthcare Georgia Foundation, California Wellness Foundation

The Revolutions Awards and Evelyn G. Ullman Award, sponsored by Gifford Hillegass & Ingwersen, LLP are to be presented at the 21st Nonprofit Summit. Winners include: Chaiwon Kim, President & CEO...more

The John C. Fremont Healthcare District Receives Grant
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation

The John C. Fremont Health Care District was recently awardeed a three-year $150,000 grant. According to the CEO Charles E. Bill, the grant came from the California Wellness Foundation, wherein...more

Why Would We Oppose AB 624???
Foundation: Ahmanson Foundation, Ahmanson Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, California Endowment, James Irvine Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Irvine Foundation, California Wellness Foundation, Ahmanson Foundation

As a private foundation that has unabashedly embraced diversity and addressing the needs of communities of color, some question why The California Endowment has taken an ”oppose” position to AB...more

Medical Debt in California
Foundation: California Endowment, California Wellness Foundation

According to the comprehensive new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, more than 2.2 million California adults have medical debt and two-thirds incurred debt while insured. In...more



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