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CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $456,144 to it, the largest being CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY ($456,144). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$24M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$456k
Net assets
$79M
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn does

Programs

  1. Daylight design llccontract 1288 - changing the conversation campaign 2024dvam campaign and journalist playbook launchin the first half of 2024, daylight collaborated with the blue shield of california foundation and a six-member advisory group formed with the help of the california partnership to end domestic violence (cpedv) to co-design and develop version one of a journalist playbook for covering domestic violence. This playbook is the foundation of blue shield of california foundation's participation in the annual domestic violence awareness month. This approach serves two goals:-a dvam campaign that works in service of 'changing the conversation' about domestic violence and engaging with how it's covered in the media. -the refinement and distribution of the journalist playbook.

    $378,500 spent
  2. Perry undem llccontract 1296 - public opinion poll - california surveythe eds is spearheading the next round of the public opinion poll and will partner with perryundem to commission this project. The overarching goal is to conduct a statewide survey to assess public opinion that will enable blue shield of california foundation (bscf) to help partners, advocates, influencers, and decision-makers understand what californians want and need. This also offers bscf an opportunity to use learnings to inform their decision-making for strategies and build evidence that can support their work.this contract will support the development and execution of the survey that aligns with the topics and questions of interest of the foundation and their staff. This scope ensures quantitative methods will take place and results will provide updated/new data. In addition, the teams are exploring opportunities to bring in qualitative work to inform the survey instrument and/or supplement the survey.

    $360,000 spent
  3. Impact justicecontract 1263 - restorative justice cohort evaluationimpact justice (ij) will support the foundation in conducting a cross-cohort evaluation that defines and documents organization's implementation/model of restorative practices and assesses the promising practices of their restorative responses that promote healing, safety, and accountability to end and prevent domestic violence, while also providing evaluation technical support to grantees. The scope of this evaluation is designed to strengthen community-based practices and build evidence for the prevention of domestic violence with restorative principles. Ij will develop and conduct a learning evaluation that will inform grantees, funders, and the field of violence prevention about using restorative responses as an alternative solution to address and end domestic violence. During the duration of the contract, ij will support grantee's evaluation and learning activities to assess key objectives and outcomes at the

    $346,020 spent
  4. Bright research groupcontract 1302- brg dev eval yr 3brg will design and implement a grantee-centered evaluation to achieve the following goals: 1) design an inquiry that is actionable for grantees and provides insights to aligning systems with community priorities approach area; 2) disseminate learnings from the ecosystem mapping and other evaluation activities that tell the story of how systems change contributes to health equity and community impact; 3) build the capacity of aligning systems with community priorities approach team to test their hypothesis and tell the story of grantee impact.

    $127,500 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($37M) Expenses 100 ($29M) Net assets 100 ($64M)2018 Revenue 110 ($41M) Expenses 102 ($30M) Net assets 117 ($75M)2019 Revenue 113 ($42M) Expenses 127 ($37M) Net assets 130 ($83M)2020 Revenue 138 ($51M) Expenses 135 ($39M) Net assets 140 ($89M)2021 Revenue 106 ($39M) Expenses 119 ($35M) Net assets 153 ($98M)2022 Revenue 52 ($19M) Expenses 123 ($36M) Net assets 112 ($72M)2023 Revenue 59 ($22M) Expenses 81 ($24M) Net assets 119 ($76M)2024 Revenue 65 ($24M) Expenses 78 ($23M) Net assets 124 ($79M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (65)Expenses (78)Net assets (124)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $111M to $73M (−34%).

$71M
$90M
$103M
$103M
$111M
$73M
$77M
$81M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

Chief executive

Deborah I Chang

President and CEO

Board chair

Sharon Kimberly Belshe

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed9999991010
Joined·+1+0+2+1+2+2+0
No longer listed·1021210
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $456k → $0.

Funder
'17
'21
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.

Where its funders are

100% of CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN's revenue fell 35% between 2017 and 2024.

Months of reserve2.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Organizations like CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN?
CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $456,144 to it, the largest being CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY ($456,144). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $456,144 in grants to CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN.
Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN?
CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $456,144 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing