473 private foundations reported health & medical grants in California on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2022–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Themes are derived from the free-text purpose each foundation wrote on its own Part XV filing, so a grant is classified by what the funder said it was for. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2022–2025, 473 private foundations reported 1,633 grants for health & medical totaling $306,341,341 to 1,211 organizations in California. The most-funded California communities were Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland. The California Endowment reported the most health & medical giving — $73,811,506 across 398 grants. The median grant was $25,000.
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| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| The California Endowment | 398 | $73,811,506 |
| Gates Foundation | 40 | $60,221,990 |
| Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust | 4 | $36,360,500 |
| DR Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation | 6 | $12,471,632 |
| Freedom Together Foundation | 9 | $10,020,000 |
| Waverley Street Foundation | 2 | $5,500,000 |
| Clif Family Foundation | 44 | $4,623,500 |
| Qualcomm Charitable Foundation | 2 | $4,452,656 |
| Nora Eccles Treadwell Charitable Trust | 1 | $4,220,000 |
| The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation | 11 | $3,425,000 |
| Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation | 5 | $3,225,000 |
| Irvine Health Foundation | 3 | $2,950,000 |
| Recipient | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Gary and Mary West Health Institute | 1 | $36,000,000 |
| Regents of the University of California SAN Francisco the | 5 | $10,397,828 |
| Open Philanthropy Advisors Inc | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University the | 7 | $6,615,216 |
| Caption Health Inc | 1 | $6,500,000 |
| Hatch Technologies | 1 | $5,609,374 |
| University of California LOS Angeles | 1 | $4,982,102 |
| Building Decarbonization Coalition | 1 | $4,500,000 |
| Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program | 7 | $4,400,000 |
| University of Southern California | 8 | $4,224,730 |
| The Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation | 1 | $4,220,000 |
| Maisha Meds Inc | 1 | $3,819,048 |
| Tides Foundation | 9 | $3,789,062 |
| City of Hope | 15 | $3,552,150 |
| Community Partners | 11 | $3,506,000 |
473 private foundations reported health & medical grants in California on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $306,341,341. The largest by reported dollars were The California Endowment, Gates Foundation, Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
1,211 distinct organizations appear as recipients in California, led by Gary and Mary West Health Institute, Regents of the University of California SAN Francisco the, Open Philanthropy Advisors Inc. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported health & medical grant in California was $25,000, and the largest single reported grant was $36,000,000. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
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Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2022–2025). Theme classification is derived from the funder’s own purpose text and is a summary, not a legal categorization. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed.
