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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.
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www.calwellness.org
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Twitter - @calwellness
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
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Recent News from California Wellness Foundation
Here's Time for Change Foundation's Community Health Champion Award winner
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
His philanthropy outside the foundation includes the Dream Project at Colton High School. For more than 10 years, the Dream Project has...more
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
His philanthropy outside the foundation includes the Dream Project at Colton High School. For more than 10 years, the Dream Project has...more
Social Enterprise Everytable Secures $2.5 Million in Program-Related Investments from ...
Foundation: Annenberg Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
Funding Will Support Development of Pioneering Social Equity Franchise Program. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Everytable,...more
Foundation: Annenberg Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
Funding Will Support Development of Pioneering Social Equity Franchise Program. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Everytable,...more
California Wellness Foundation Announces $13.4 Million in Grants and Names Alex M. Johnson ...
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
California Wellness Foundation awards $13.4 million in grants Nearly one-quarter goes to those taking a stand for their own...more
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
California Wellness Foundation awards $13.4 million in grants Nearly one-quarter goes to those taking a stand for their own...more
Announcing Our #PNW18 Keynote Speakers
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
Judy Belk is the President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation, a leader in the philanthropic sector with a strong commitment to...more
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
Judy Belk is the President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation, a leader in the philanthropic sector with a strong commitment to...more
All Hands on Deck: Foundations Start to go Big” in Impact Investing
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, Ford Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
There has never been a greater need for philanthropy to focus on equity, says David Bank.Ford Foundation has made important investments on their way to fulfilling their $1 billion commitment to...more
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, Ford Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
There has never been a greater need for philanthropy to focus on equity, says David Bank.Ford Foundation has made important investments on their way to fulfilling their $1 billion commitment to...more
All Hands on Deck: Foundations Start to go Big” in Impact Investing
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, Ford Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
There has never been a greater need for philanthropy to focus on equity, says David Bank.Ford Foundation has made important investments on their way to fulfilling their $1 billion commitment to...more
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, Ford Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
There has never been a greater need for philanthropy to focus on equity, says David Bank.Ford Foundation has made important investments on their way to fulfilling their $1 billion commitment to...more
Grants Support UCR Guardian Scholars and FastStart Summer Academy
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
Of the grant money, $250,000 will go to the Guardian Scholars Program in UCR's Office of Foster Youth Support Services and $200,000 will go to the FastStart Summer Academy in UCR's School of...more
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
Of the grant money, $250,000 will go to the Guardian Scholars Program in UCR's Office of Foster Youth Support Services and $200,000 will go to the FastStart Summer Academy in UCR's School of...more
A Health Funder Puts Women of Color Front and Center of Latest Work
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
Neither field is new to attention from philanthropy, but California Wellness is a rarity in focusing on how these plights affect women of color in particular. Criminal justice reform is an area...more
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
Neither field is new to attention from philanthropy, but California Wellness is a rarity in focusing on how these plights affect women of color in particular. Criminal justice reform is an area...more
Robby Poblete Foundation to Unveil Art Created from Decommissioned Guns and Hold a 'Healing ...
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
The Art of Peace unveiling ceremony is funded in part by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation (Cal Wellness). Created in 1992 as a private independent foundation, Cal Wellness' mission is...more
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
The Art of Peace unveiling ceremony is funded in part by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation (Cal Wellness). Created in 1992 as a private independent foundation, Cal Wellness' mission is...more
Cal. Wellness Foundation Grants $200K for Local Dental Care
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation (Cal Wellness) awarded Dientes Community Dental Care a $200,000 grant for core operating support to sustain comprehensive oral health services for uninsured and...more
Foundation: California Wellness Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation (Cal Wellness) awarded Dientes Community Dental Care a $200,000 grant for core operating support to sustain comprehensive oral health services for uninsured and...more
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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?
Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.