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Blue Shield of California Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
90
Grants FY2024
61
Organizations funded FY2023
30%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,500,000
Organizations funded a year
61 to 389
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$81M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Blue Shield of California Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyCivil RightsEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving65$15M15%
FY202361$17M30%
FY202281$35M21%
FY202183$25M29%
FY2020115$37M51%
FY201976$25M41%
FY201877$17M43%
FY2017389$24Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$48MPhilanthropy$41MCivil Rights$26MHuman Services$25MCommunity Improvement$17MEducation$15MCrime & Legal$10MArts & Culture$9.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Each grant at its grantee’s address, over the share of households in hardship around it.

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Public Health Institute$12,484,01072%
Women's Foundation of California$7,914,000618%
Prevention Institute$6,644,767817%
Futures Without Violence$5,400,000512%
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management$5,256,32062%
Mujeres Unidas y Activas$5,095,441620%
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence$4,600,000740%
Community Partners$4,318,00084%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$4,244,8337n/a
Policylink$2,850,00044%
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All grantees of Blue Shield of California Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Public Health Institute$12,484,01072%
Women's Foundation of California$7,914,000618%
Prevention Institute$6,644,767817%
Futures Without Violence$5,400,000512%
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management$5,256,32062%
Mujeres Unidas y Activas$5,095,441620%
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence$4,600,000740%
Community Partners$4,318,00084%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$4,244,8337n/a
Policylink$2,850,00044%
Valorus$2,280,000516%
Alliance for Girls$2,273,000349%
Jenesse Center Inc$2,094,39077%
My Sisters House$2,045,000524%
The Center for Cultural Power$1,925,00034%
Southern California Grantmakers$1,900,00079%
California Immigrant Policy Center$1,850,000520%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$1,850,00060%
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation$1,834,05051%
CalMatters$1,830,00057%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$1,683,9005n/a
PICO California$1,625,00034%
Freefrom$1,585,000510%
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$1,517,00069%
Family Values Work a Multi-State Consortium$1,500,00036%
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network$1,477,250430%
Gobee Group LLC$1,467,5052n/a
Downtown Women's Center$1,370,00052%
Weave Inc$1,350,00075%
Sbcs Corporation$1,316,00061%
California State University Fresno Foundation$1,295,00031%
East Los Angeles Women's Center$1,261,50059%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$1,250,00032%
San Francisco Study Center Inc$1,195,00045%
Health in Partnership$1,150,000316%
Fannie E Rippel Foundation$1,150,0003n/a
Public Health Advocates$1,150,00038%
Vision y Compromiso$1,130,00059%
County Supervisors Association of Calif$1,111,64837%
De Beaumont Foundation Inc$1,100,00035%
Catalyst California$1,100,00025%
Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc$1,080,31420%
Legal Aid at Work$1,030,00034%
California Budget & Policy Center$1,000,000411%
Vose River Charitable Fund$1,000,00015%
Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc$1,000,000338%
California Black Womens Health Project$985,000422%
Charitable Ventures of Orange County$960,00045%
Children Now$950,00036%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$950,00048%
Time For Change Foundation$945,70048%
California Primary Care Association$935,00036%
Willamette Partnership$910,000328%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$905,00033%
Alliance for Community Transformations$889,552610%
Young Women's Freedom Center$880,30044%
United Ways of California$875,00038%
California Forward$865,000417%
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties$850,000711%
Northern California Grantmakers$837,00075%
National Academy of Sciences$805,00080%
Aapi Equity Alliance$800,000264%
Small Business Majority Foundation Inc$800,00029%
California Consortium for Urban Indian Health$787,043327%
Institute for the Future$771,63825%
Equal Rights Advocates$750,000314%
East Bay Agency for Children$749,57423%
Social Finance Inc$748,68733%
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network$746,800110%
Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc$733,31040%
Compasspoint Nonprofit Services$726,995134%
Alliance for Justice$725,00044%
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collec$720,000411%
Deafhope$720,000263%
ChangeLab Solutions$700,00033%
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth Rjoy$700,000122%
Insure the Uninsured Project$700,000235%
Children's Council of San Francisco$680,00030%
Grantmakers in Health$625,00072%
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence$624,491216%
Third Sector New England Inc$600,00021%
University of Texas$600,0001n/a
Healing Together$600,0001n/a
California Community Colleges Calworks Association$565,183258%
Impact Justice$550,00041%
Urban Habitat Program$550,000215%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$550,00062%
The George Washington University$525,00040%
Asian Resources Inc$525,00026%
California Children and Families Foundation Inc$525,00039%
Homeboy Industries$514,00021%
Safe & Sound$504,13941%
Asian American Futures$500,000113%
Child Care Law Center$500,000219%
National Opinion Research Center$500,00010%
National Immigration Law Center$500,00013%
National Health Law Program Inc$450,00023%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$450,0002n/a
Lift Inc$450,00032%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$445,88040%
National Network to End Domestic Violence Inc$430,00014%
California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems$425,00027%
National Association of Community Health Centers Inc$424,06311%
The Tahirih Justice Center$400,00022%
Public Policy Institute of California$400,00021%
Nonprofit Finance Fund$400,00021%
Naleo Educational Fund$400,00022%
Children's Institute Inc$385,00030%
Pilipino Workers Center of Southern$375,00026%
Rainbow Services$360,65336%
Center for Community Change$350,00021%
The Aspen Institute Inc$329,67340%
The Center for Violence-Free Relationships$325,500120%
Common Cause Education Fund$325,00031%
California Health Foundation and Trust$320,00020%
Golden State Opportunity$300,00023%
Bluepath Health Inc$300,0001n/a
Ndn Collective Inc$300,00011%
Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas Inc$300,000214%
Californians Together$300,0001n/a
Partnership for Americas Children$300,00025%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$300,00031%
Civicpulse Inc$300,000143%
Native American Health Center Inc$271,00021%
Center for Domestic Peace$270,00026%
Stand Up Placer Inc$270,00028%
International Rescue Committee INC$265,23620%
Health Education Council$260,93728%
Economic Security Project Inc$260,00022%
The Children's Partnership$250,00035%
Evidence for Healthcare Improvement$250,00012%
New America Foundation$250,00011%
San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters$250,0001n/a
Candid$250,00011%
The California Health Care Safety-Net Institute$250,00027%
Mei Fong and Associates Aws$246,000110%
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation$240,85110%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$235,00021%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$225,00043%
Criterion Institute$225,000117%
Peace Over Violence$220,0002n/a
Institute for Healthcare Communication$202,803118%
Uc Law Sf Foundation$200,00012%
Somali Family Service of San Diego$200,000115%
Latino Health Access$200,00012%
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center$200,00016%
The Cambodian Family$200,000113%
Farmworkers Institute Educational Leadership$200,00012%
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander$200,00012%
Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno$200,00024%
Todec Legal Center Perris$200,000111%
Working Partnerships USA$200,00012%
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice$200,000114%
Reinvent Stockton Foundation$200,00011%
Community Forward SF Inc$200,00011%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$200,00060%
Korean Resource Center Inc$200,00019%
Access California Services$200,00019%
Chinese Progressive Association$200,00011%
Independent Arts & Media$200,00022%
Casa Familiar Inc$200,00015%
Dolores C Huerta Foundation$200,00014%
Fii - National$190,50010%
WOMAN Inc$180,000217%
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project$176,00023%
Growth Philanthropy Network Inc$175,00026%
Asian Health Services$171,00030%
The OpEd Project Public Knowledge Fund Inc$170,000155%
Center for the Pacific-Asian Family Inc$156,00013%
Joyful Heart Foundation$150,00013%
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation$150,00013%
The Watsonville Law Center$150,000112%
Museum of Childrens Art$150,0001n/a
California Association of Food Banks$150,00010%
Nourish California$150,00017%
Roadtrip Nation Ltd$150,00013%
Capital Link Inc$150,00015%
Movement Strategy Center$150,00011%
Merced County Department of Public Health$150,0001n/a
Alliance for Hope International$150,00014%
Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County$150,00013%
Siskiyou Community Services Council$149,050145%
Center for the Study of Social Policy$137,24711%
The Translatin Coalition$125,00012%
Korean American Family Services Inc$125,00013%
FUSE Corps$125,0001n/a
Bay Area Council Foundation$125,00013%
A Safe Place$115,0001n/a
Inter-Tribal Council of California Inc$111,0001n/a
California Black Media$110,00013%
Communities Lifting Communities$110,00016%
Black Women for Wellness$100,00014%
Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement$100,00014%
Success Stories Program$100,00017%
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recordercounty Clerk$100,0001n/a
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center$100,00019%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$100,00010%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$100,00011%
Alameda Health System Foundation$100,00014%
Community Health Partnership Inc$100,00013%
California Rural Indian Health Board Inc$100,00010%
Ccf Community Initiatives Fund$100,00011%
Faith in the Valley$100,00012%
Capital & Main$100,00013%
Michigan Public Health Institute$100,00010%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$100,00011%
Community Initiatives$100,00010%
Family Violence Appellate Project$100,00024%
Community Justice Center$100,000111%
Safe Alternatives To Violent Environments$95,00023%
Define American Inc$90,00012%
Family Violence Law Center$85,00021%
Sacred Heart Community Service$77,50010%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$75,00010%
Fund for Santa Barbara Inc$75,00022%
Healthy Black Families Inc$75,00018%
Positive Results Center$75,000115%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$71,00010%
North County Health Project Inc$71,00010%
Academyhealth$65,00020%
Healthright 360$57,00010%
Alliance for Health Policy$50,00011%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$50,00012%
Comite Civico del Valle Inc$50,00011%
Southern California Public Radio$50,00010%
Center for Health Care Strategies Inc$50,00011%
Faith in Action Network$50,0001n/a
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$50,00010%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$50,00010%
Access Reproductive Justice$50,00011%
Accelerator for America$50,00013%
Mary Ann Liebert Inc$50,0001n/a
Council on American-Islamic Relations California$50,00011%
Walking Iris Media$50,00013%
Health Level Seven International Inc$50,00010%
The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County Inc$41,00010%
Indian Health Council Inc$41,0001n/a
SafeQuest Solano Inc$40,00013%
Elica Health Centers$37,00010%
Urban Community Action Project Dba Health to Hope Clinics$37,00011%
St Vincent de Paul Village Inc$31,00020%
Gofundmeorg$30,00010%
AAPI Women Lead$30,00017%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$30,00010%
Social Action Partners$25,00017%
Healthbegins LLC$25,0001n/a
Palm Springs Air Museum Inc$25,00010%
Asian Law Caucus$25,00010%
Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric$25,00011%
United Way Inc$25,00010%
California Coverage & Health Initiatives$25,00011%
California Indian Legal Services Inc$25,0001n/a
Casa de Esperanza$25,0001n/a
The Praxis Project Inc$25,00011%
Wild Iris Family Counseling & Crisis Center$25,00012%
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation$25,00010%
Plumas Rural Services Inc$25,00011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25,00010%
Vista Rise Collective$25,00011%
Long Valley Health Center$21,00011%
Livingstone Community Development Corporation$21,00013%
The Jewish Community Free Clinic$21,000110%
Wilmington Community Clinic$21,00010%
Herald Christian Health Center$21,00010%
Gardner Family Health Network Inc$21,00010%
Camino Health Center$21,00010%
Big Sur Health Center Inc$21,00013%
Salud Para la Gente$21,00010%
Feather River Tribal Health Inc$21,0001n/a
Clinica Sierra Vista$21,00010%
Shingletown Medical Center$21,00011%
Antelope Valley Community Clinic$21,00010%
Altamed Health Services Corporation$21,00010%
The Clinic Inc$21,00010%
Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles$21,00010%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$21,00010%
All Care One Community Health Center$21,00019%
Venice Family Clinic$21,00010%
Ashland Free Medical Clinic$21,000153%
Santa Rosa Community Health Centers$21,00010%
Los Angeles Christian Health Centers$21,00010%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$21,00010%
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture Inc$21,00010%
Consolidated Tribal Health Project Inc$21,00010%
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics$21,00010%
San Francisco Free Clinic$21,00011%
Health and Life Organization Inc$21,00010%
Coastal Health Alliance$21,00010%
Curry Senior Center$21,00011%
Camarena Health$21,00010%
Jwch Institute Inc$21,00010%
Redwoods Rural Health Center Inc$21,00010%
Rotacare Bay Area Inc$21,00012%
The Achievable Foundation$21,00011%
Neighborhood Healthcare$21,00010%
Southern Indian Health Council$21,00010%
Lestonnac Free Clinic$21,00011%
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation$21,00011%
St Anthony Foundation$21,0001n/a
Family Healthcare Network$21,00010%
Southern California Medical Center Inc$21,00010%
San Diego American Indian Health Center$21,00010%
Omni Family Health$21,00010%
Community Health Alliance of Pasadena$21,00010%
Vista Community Clinic$21,00010%
Clinicas del Camino Real Inc$21,00010%
Via Care Community Health Center$21,00010%
Conejo Free Clinic$21,00013%
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers$21,00010%
Wellspace Health$21,00010%
Hurtt Family Health Clinic Inc$21,00010%
Community Medical Centers Inc$21,00010%
School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County$21,00010%
Nhan Hoa Comprehensive Health Care Clinic Inc$21,00010%
Karuk Tribe$21,0001n/a
Chinatown Service Center$21,00010%
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc$21,00010%
Samaritan House$21,00010%
Pit River Health Service$21,0001n/a
Arroyo Vista Family Health Foundation$21,00010%
Anderson Valley Health Center Inc$21,00011%
Pediatric and Family Medical Center Dba Eisner Health$21,00010%
Friends of Family Health Center$21,00010%
Round Valley Indian Health Center Inc$21,0001n/a
Mendocino Coast Clinics Inc$21,00010%
El Dorado Community Health Center$21,00010%
Western Sierra Medical Clinic Inc$21,00010%
Coppertower Family Med Ctr Inc Dba Alexander Valley Healthcare$21,00010%
MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity$21,00010%
Centro de Salud de la Comunidad de San Ysidro Inc$21,00010%
The Rector Wardens & Vestry of the Church of Our Saviour in San$21,0001n/a
Reproductive Health Care Center Inc$21,00011%
Alliance Medical Center Inc$21,00010%
Berkeley Community Health Project DBA Berkeley Free Clinic$21,00016%
Serve the People Inc$21,00010%
United American Indian Involvement Inc$21,00010%
American Indian Health & Services$21,00010%
CHICO FEMINIST WOMENS HEALTH CENTER dba WOMENS HEALTH SPECIALISTS$21,00011%
MACT Health Board Incorporated American Indian Tribal Organization$21,00010%
Northeast Community Clinic$21,00010%
Altura Centers for Health$21,00010%
Northeast Valley Health Corporation$21,00010%
Winters Healthcare Foundation Inc$21,00011%
Harbor Community Clinic Inc$21,00010%
Free Clinic of Simi Valley$21,00016%
Laguna Beach Community Clinic$21,00011%
Valley Community Healthcare$21,00010%
North East Medical Services$21,00010%
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families$21,00010%
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc$21,00010%
Sonoma Valley Community Health Center$21,00010%
Central Neighborhood Health Foundation$21,00010%
San Diego Family Care$21,00010%
South Bay Family Healthcare Center$21,00010%
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest$21,00010%
Mayview Community Health Center Inc$21,00010%
Garfield Health Center$21,00010%
Castle Family Health Centers Inc$21,00010%
All Inclusive Community Health Cent$21,00011%
Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc$21,00010%
Mendocino Community Health Clinic Inc$21,00010%
Korean Health Education Information and Research Center$21,00010%
Borrego Community Health Foundation$21,00010%
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center Inc$21,00010%
Slo Noor Foundation a Non-Profit Corporation$21,00012%
Chapa-De Indian Health Program Inc$21,00010%
Operation Samahan Inc$21,00010%
San Benito Health Foundation$21,00010%
Community Health Systems Inc$21,00010%
Equity Health$21,00010%
Aria Community Health Center$21,00010%
Sierra Family Medical Clinic Inc$21,00011%
Clinica Msr Oscar a Romero$21,00010%
La Clinica de la Raza Inc$21,00010%
St John's Community Health$21,00010%
Bay Area Community Health$21,00010%
Marin City Health and Wellness Center$21,00010%
Samuel Dixon Family Health Center Inc$21,00011%
Hill Country Community Clinic$21,00010%
Baart Community Healthcare$21,00010%
Ritter Center$21,0001n/a
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center Inc$21,00010%
Planned Parenthoodorange and San Bernardino Counties Inc$21,00010%
Golden Valley Health Centers$21,00010%
East Valley Community Health Center Inc$21,00010%
Sacramento Native American Health Center$21,00010%
Ampla Health$21,00010%
Alliance Health Clinic Inc$21,00014%
Imperial Beach Community Clinic$21,00010%
McLoud Healthcare Clinic Inc$21,00011%
Family Health Centers of San Diego Inc$21,00010%
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast$21,00010%
Petaluma Health Center Inc$21,00010%
Lifelong Medical Care$21,00010%
University Muslim Medical Association Inc$21,00010%
West County Health Centers Inc$21,00010%
Sonoma County Indian Health Project Inc$21,00010%
East Valley Community Clinic Inc$21,00011%
Westside Family Health Center$21,00010%
Comprehensive Community Health Centers Inc$21,00010%
Redwood Coast Medical Services Inc$21,00010%
Coalinga Valley Health Clinics Inc$21,00011%
Axis Community Health Inc$21,00010%
St James Infirmary$21,0001n/a
Livingston Community Health$21,00010%
Marin Community Clinic$21,00010%
Open Door Community Health Centers$21,00010%
St Anthony Medical Centers$21,00010%
Mathiesen Memorial Health Clinic$21,00011%
Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo Inc$21,00010%
Mountain Health & Community Services Inc$21,00010%
Mountain Valleys Health Centers$21,00010%
Greenville Rancheria$21,0001n/a
Communicare Health Centers$21,00010%
The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'$21,00010%
All for Health Health for All Inc$21,00010%
Pomona Community Health Center$21,00010%
Mission Area Health Associates$21,00010%
Ole Health$21,00010%
AAA Comprehensive Healthcare Inc$21,00012%
Alta Family Health Clinic Inc$21,00010%
Central City Community Health Center Inc$21,00010%
Shasta Community Health Center$21,00010%
Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health Inc$21,00010%
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation$21,00010%
Share Our Selves Corporation$21,00010%
Gracelight Community Health$21,00010%
La Maestra Family Clinic Inc$21,00010%
I'Sot Inc$21,00011%
Peach Tree Healthcare$21,00010%
Emmaus House$20,00017%
1736 Family Crisis Center$20,0001n/a
Maitri$20,0001n/a
Family Services of Tulare County Inc$20,00010%
YWCA of San Diego County$20,00011%
YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley$20,00010%
Catalyst Domestic Violence Services$20,00011%
Women's and Children's Crisis Shelter$20,00012%
Womens Crisis Shelter of Humboldt County$20,000143%
The Open Door Network$20,00011%
Women's Center-High Desert Inc$20,0001n/a
Community United Against Violence Inc$20,00014%
Shelter From the Storm Inc$20,0001n/a
Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House$20,00011%
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse$20,00010%
Community Resource Center$20,00011%
The People Concern$20,00010%
License to Freedom$20,000113%
Coalition for Family Harmony$20,00011%
Rural Human Services$20,00011%
Humboldt Domestic Violence Services$20,00013%
Su Casa - Ending Domestic Violence$20,00012%
The Young Women's Christian Association of Sonoma County$20,00011%
Interval House$20,0001n/a
Empower Yolo Inc$20,00011%
Ruby's Place Inc$20,00011%
Marjaree Mason Center Inc$20,00010%
Siskiyou Domestic Violence & Crisis Center$20,00013%
Womanhaven a Center for Family Solutions$20,00011%
Training Employment & Community Help Inc$20,00011%
Walnut Avenue Family & Womens Center$20,00011%
Center for Community Solutions$20,00010%
The Resource Connection of Amador and Calaveras Counties Inc$20,00010%
Human Response Network Inc$20,0001n/a
Southern California Alcohol and Drug Programs Inc$20,00010%
Community Solutions for Children Families and Individuals$20,00010%
Central California Family Crisis Center$20,00011%
The YWCA Monterey County$20,00012%
Community Action Partnership of Madera County Inc$20,00010%
Center for a Non Violent Community$20,00012%
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence$20,00011%
A Community for Peace$20,0001n/a
Prevail Ca$20,00010%
Haven Hills Inc$20,00011%
Shepherds Door$20,0001n/a
Lassen Family Services Inc$20,00011%
Donaldina Cameron House$20,0001n/a
Healthy Alternatives to Violent Environm$20,00011%
Korean Community Center of the East Bay$20,00013%
Good Shepherd Shelter of Los Angeles$20,00011%
Tri-Valley Haven For Women$20,00011%
Womens Resource Center$20,0001n/a
Round Valley Indian Tribes$20,0001n/a
Saint John's Program for Real Change$20,00010%
Stand for Families Free of Violence$20,00010%
Family Assistance Program$20,00011%
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles$20,00010%
Monarch Services-Servicios Monarca$20,00011%
Shasta Women's Refuge Inc Dba One Safe Place$20,00011%
YWCA of Glendale and Pasadena$20,00011%
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation$20,00010%
Womenshelter of Long Beach$20,00011%
Rise San Luis Obispo County$20,00011%
Narika$20,000111%
Project Sanctuary Inc$20,0001n/a
The Desert Sanctuary Inc$20,00012%
Laura's House$20,00011%
Kene Me Wu Family Healing Center$20,0001n/a
Community Homeless Solutions$20,00011%
Niswa Association Inc$20,000110%
Kings Community Action Organization Inc$20,00010%
Option House$20,00012%
Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County$20,00011%
South Asian Helpline and Referral Agency$20,00012%
La Casa de las Madres$20,00011%
Human Options Inc$20,00010%
Interface Children Family Services$20,00010%
News$20,0001n/a
YWCA of San Gabriel Valley$20,00010%
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul$20,00010%
Alpha House A Place for New Beginnings$20,0001n/a
Victor Valley Domestic Violence Inc$20,0001n/a
Doves of Big Bear Valley Inc$20,00012%
Antelope Valley Domestic Violence Council$20,00010%
Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County$20,00011%
House of Ruth Inc$20,00011%
Operation Care$20,00012%
Homeless Prenatal Program Inc$20,00010%
Riverside County Coalition for Alternatives to Domestic Violence$20,0001n/a
Lake Family Resource Center$20,00011%
Ltsc Community Development Corporation$20,00010%
Westside Domestic Violence Shelter$20,000114%
Safe Family Justice Centers$20,00013%
Morongo Basin Unity Home$20,00012%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation for Expanding Health Care Access$20,0001n/a
Womens Transitional Living Center Inc Radiant Futures$20,00011%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum$15,00010%
Anti Police-Terror Project Inc$12,34110%
The Ceres Community Project$10,00010%
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science$10,00010%
Neighborhood Associates Corporation$10,00011%
Mission City Community Network Inc$8,00010%
Families USA Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Ochin Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Blue Shield of California Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPublic Health Institute: $12,484,010 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetWomen's Foundation of California: $7,914,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetPrevention Institute: $6,644,767 over 8y, 17% of budgetFutures Without Violence: $5,400,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetSierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management: $5,256,320 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetMujeres Unidas y Activas: $5,095,441 over 6y, 20% of budgetCalifornia Partnership to End Domestic Violence: $4,600,000 over 7y, 40% of budgetCommunity Partners: $4,318,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetPolicylink: $2,850,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetValorus: $2,280,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetAlliance for Girls: $2,273,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetJenesse Center Inc: $2,094,390 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetMy Sisters House: $2,045,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetThe Center for Cultural Power: $1,925,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetSouthern California Grantmakers: $1,900,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetCalifornia Immigrant Policy Center: $1,850,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $1,850,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHenry J Kaiser Family Foundation: $1,834,050 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCalMatters: $1,830,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetPICO California: $1,625,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetFreefrom: $1,585,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetGrantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees: $1,517,000 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetFamily Values Work a Multi-State Consortium: $1,500,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetCalifornia Pan-Ethnic Health Network: $1,477,250 over 4y, 30% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $1,370,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWeave Inc: $1,350,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetSbcs Corporation: $1,316,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCalifornia State University Fresno Foundation: $1,295,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEast Los Angeles Women's Center: $1,261,500 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $1,250,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSan Francisco Study Center Inc: $1,195,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetHealth in Partnership: $1,150,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetPublic Health Advocates: $1,150,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetVision y Compromiso: $1,130,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetCounty Supervisors Association of Calif: $1,111,648 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetDe Beaumont Foundation Inc: $1,100,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetCatalyst California: $1,100,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetJsi Research & Training Institute Inc: $1,080,314 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLegal Aid at Work: $1,030,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCalifornia Budget & Policy Center: $1,000,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetVose River Charitable Fund: $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetFuller Project for International Reporting Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetCalifornia Black Womens Health Project: $985,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetCharitable Ventures of Orange County: $960,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetChildren Now: $950,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc: $950,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetTime For Change Foundation: $945,700 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetCalifornia Primary Care Association: $935,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Women's Foundation of CaliforniaCA240.6× affinity142 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Women's Foundation of California · California Healthcare Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Endowment · California Primary Care Association · Essential Access Health · Sunlight Giving · Weingart Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Direct Relief · Delta Dental Community Care Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Blue Shield of California Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Blue Shield of California Foundation

How much does Blue Shield of California Foundation give?
Blue Shield of California Foundation reported 90 grants totaling $16,626,371 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 389 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Blue Shield of California Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (22%), Philanthropy (19%), Civil Rights (12%).
Who are Blue Shield of California Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Public Health Institute ($12M), Women's Foundation of California ($7.9M), Prevention Institute ($6.6M).
Does Blue Shield of California Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Blue Shield of California Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Blue Shield of California Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Women's Foundation of California, California Healthcare Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation.
Where is Blue Shield of California Foundation based?
Blue Shield of California Foundation is based in San Francisco, CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 613 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024 (period ending 2024-12-31), released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object 202512739349101051 · view filing · blueshieldcafoundation.org

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