The California Endowment Grants

Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-4523232 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications

The California Endowment is a private foundation based in Los Angeles, CA (EIN 95-4523232). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $357.4M paid in 1,970 grants, with a median grant of $100K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $4.5B. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.

Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · calendow.org

Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/the-california-endowment-954523232

Total grants paid: $357.4M
Grants reported: 1,970
Typical grant: $100K
Future commitments: $252.5M
Total assets: $4.5B

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax year	Grants paid	Amount
2024	845	$141.5M
2023	1,125	$215.9M

Where The California Endowment gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

California$315.6M New York$15.3M District of Columbia$12.1M Massachusetts$2M Maryland$1.8M

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-california-endowment-954523232

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	Location	Purpose
San Francisco Foundation	San Francisco, CA	Catalyzing california's narrative infrastructure to advance health justice: to advance health justice for all californians by developing robust health justice metrics and growing narrative infrastructure and capacity.	Tax year 20232023	$9.8M
California Primary Care Association	Sacramento, CA	Supporting civic engagement capacity in health community: to build and establish a new infrastructure to support ongoing statewide civic engagement capacity, with the goal of comprehensively reaching community health center (chc) patients, staff and communities in an efficient and sustainable way that considers feasibility, long term sustainability, and power and capacity building needs in california.	Tax year 20232023	$3.5M
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science	Los Angeles, CA	Promoting diversity and social consciousness within healthcare	Tax year 20242024	$2.8M
California Primary Care Association	Sacramento, CA	Strengthening community health center infrastructure to advance health: to support a project that bridges community clinics, health centers, and networks to communities through advocacy, education, and civic engagement to improve health equity across california.	Tax year 20232023	$2.6M
California Primary Care Association	Sacramento, CA	Strengthening community health center infrastructure to advance health	Tax year 20242024	$2.6M
California Calls Education Fund	Los Angeles, CA	General operating support: to support an organization that advances health equity in california through community organizing, civic engagement and capacity building of local power building organizations.	Tax year 20232023	$2.5M
California Community Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	Powerful innovations for voter organizing and transformation - promoting health: to advance the medium- and long-term power building infrastructure in california by engaging in collaborative, co-governed funding with the philanthropic field and community organizing field fighting for health and justice for all.	Tax year 20232023	$2.5M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc	Washington, DC	Decolonizing wealth project - building resilience and health in california	Tax year 20242024	$2.4M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation	Mountain View, CA	California black freedom fund - advancing health equity: to support a pooled fund designed to help build and sustain the power of black-led organizations, coalitions and networks and bolster the infrastructure of black-led organizations working to build power, advance health equity and transform inequitable systems across california.	Tax year 20232023	$2.4M
Pico California	Los Angeles, CA	General operating support	Tax year 20242024	$2.2M
Pico California	Los Angeles, CA	General operating support: to support a statewide organizing and power building organization whose core work is focused on building power and long-term systems transformation to advance health equity in california.	Tax year 20232023	$2.2M
Liberty Hill Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	Promoting health equity through community organizing: to improve the health outcomes of youth of color in los angeles county by supporting a community-driven, equity initiative led by community organizing and policy advocacy organizations advancing health and racial justice efforts.	Tax year 20232023	$2.1M
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program	Sacramento, CA	Advancing wellness by leveraging public funding for healing justice	Tax year 20242024	$2M
The Children's Partnership	Los Angeles, CA	Protecting medi-cal health coverage in california: to support a network of organizations working to protect health coverage and other benefits for individuals impacted by the ending of the federal public health emergency in california.	Tax year 20232023	$2M
California Community Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	Advancing health justice through civic engagement in california	Tax year 20242024	$2M
Silicon Valley Community Foundation	Mountain View, CA	California black freedom fund - advancing health equity	Tax year 20242024	$2M
Community Partners	Los Angeles, CA	California accountable communities for health initiative - improving health: to support the scaling of a model that links health care systems, providers and health plans with public health, community and social services organizations, and residents across california.	Tax year 20232023	$2M
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention	Los Angeles, CA	General operating support: to support an organization working to build power among youth and adult residents and train community organizers to advance health and racial justice efforts across southern california.	Tax year 20232023	$2M
Acce Institute	Los Angeles, CA	General operating support	Tax year 20242024	$1.9M
Neo Philanthropy Inc	New York, NY	California power building infrastructure center - implementing health equity: to provide a bridge grant to support planning, piloting, refinement, and launch required to turn a power building infrastructure center from concept to real infrastructure for advancing health equity in california, including designing governance, a network of center hub core functions and overall programming, and a 5-10 year resourcing plan.	Tax year 20232023	$1.9M
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice	Oakland, CA	Supporting youth power building and healing for health and justice: to support the acquisition and construction of a space for young people to develop as leaders to create safety, healthy communities and advance justice for families in alameda county.	Tax year 20232023	$1.8M
Acce Institute	Los Angeles, CA	General operating support: to support a multi-issue, individual membership-based power building community organization that fights for grassroots-led, transformative community change to promote health equity across california.	Tax year 20232023	$1.6M
San Joaquin Community Foundation Inc	Stockton, CA	Building a healthy and inclusive economy	Tax year 20242024	$1.6M
Neo Philanthropy Inc	New York, NY	Movement innovation collaborative - advancing health justice in california	Tax year 20242024	$1.6M
The Regents of the University of California (Unive	Los Angeles, CA	Center for health policy research - supporting survey development: to support the development of a statewide population health survey that provides statewide, county and sub-county data on a variety of health topics and social determinants used by policy makers and health leaders to benefit the health of all californians.	Tax year 20232023	$1.6M

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The California Endowment's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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