How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in California?

Start with the funders already giving to health in California, currently Dignity Health, Community Hospital of the Monterey, Dignity Community Care. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in California?

Dignity Health gives the most to health organizations in California, $477M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in California?

$6.5B reached 1,328 health organizations in California, from 4,938 funders. 82% came from funders also based in California.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · California · Health

Who funds health in California

Health funding in California is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Dignity Health Medical Foundation leads, and the money reaches 1,328 groups. It is overwhelmingly local money: 82% comes from funders based in California.

$6.5B

granted

1,328

organizations

82%

from in-state

The short version

4,938 funders gave $6.5B to 1,328 health organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
82% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in California is Dignity Health, at $477M.
The health organization drawing the most is Dignity Health Medical Foundation, at $605M.

Largest funders of health in California

The funders giving the most to health organizations in California, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Dignity Health$477M 2Community Hospital of the Monterey$421M 3Dignity Community Care$325M 4Rady Children's Hospital Foundation$225M 5John Muir Health$222M 6Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's$217M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$176M 8Feather River Hospital$166M 9Kaiser Foundation Hospitals$146M 10Front Porch Communities and Services$129M

Health organizations in California that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

1,318 other health organizations$3.8B

Dignity Health Medical Foundation$605M Montage Health$415M

How to find health funders in California

1
Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to health in California are Dignity Health, Community Hospital of the Monterey, Dignity Community Care. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
18% of health money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to health in California, currently Dignity Health, Community Hospital of the Monterey, Dignity Community Care. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in California?: Dignity Health gives the most to health organizations in California, $477M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in California?: $6.5B reached 1,328 health organizations in California, from 4,938 funders. 82% came from funders also based in California.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.