California · Nonprofit
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,503,573 to it, the largest being EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($6,362,500). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Alameda Health System Foundation does
Mission
Alameda Health System Foundation's mission is to advance health equity in the communities served by alameda health system (ahs).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Increasing access to quality care:in fy25, Alameda Health System Foundation invested $2,513,362 to expand access to quality care across alameda health system. Of this, $1,863,178 supported direct program services, including patient assistance, diagnostic care, and trauma services. Funds helped cover transportation, prescriptions, and essential medical equipment, while also providing tangible supports such as car seats.
$2,513,362 spentof which $1,865,869 as grants$3,766,086 earned by the program68% of program spendingHealth equity: ahsf directed $1,067,451 in fy25 to advance health equity. This included $376,753 in direct program support for culturally responsive care, language access, and community-based services. Funds supported staffing, equipment, and patient-centered resources such as care coordination and essential items like car seats.
$1,067,451 spentof which $379,586 as grants$1,330,705 earned by the program29% of program spendingWorkforce development:in fy25, ahsf invested $127,760 to strengthen the healthcare workforce. Funds supported training, stipends, and workforce pathway programs that provide hands-on experience for youth and individuals from underrepresented communities.
$127,760 spent$191,440 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,708,573.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $15M to $21M (+38%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 3% · 2021 0% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Melanie M Shelby
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 24 funders, grant income fell $6.3M → $3.1M.
12 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 30% · 2019 72% · 2020 62% · 2021 49% · 2022 21% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
82% of ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION?
- ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,503,573 to it, the largest being EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($6,362,500). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $19,503,573 in grants to ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION?
- EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,362,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 56 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing