Grantee announcements

As part of our Designing the Future of Health initiative, the Foundation is excited to support sixteen new projects focused on creating healthier communities by exploring the value of prevention and

These grants include funds for culturally-focused prevention efforts and community engagement.

A key focus of this funding is to promote innovative, value-based service-delivery integration for healthcare, domestic violence, and other social services to ensure effective, coordinated care.

These fourth-quarter grants include $1.46 million to support community organizations working to connect mental health services and primary care for low-income patients.

Third-quarter funding is focused on improving patient-provider relationships and communication, ensuring cultural responsiveness and strengthening team-based care to ensure success in a value-based care system.

Second-quarter grants include core operating funding and support for innovation in the healthcare safety net.

The awards include a continued investment in electronic consultation projects to better provide access to specialists for low-income patients.

Blue Shield of California Foundation awards $7.6 million to ensure health and safety for vulnerable Californians.

This funding brings the Foundation’s 2015 giving to more than $22 million and includes a new initiative that will facilitate collaboration between government and private charitable funders.

These grants will help support organizations working to advance healthcare and domestic violence services for the Californians most in need.