Sierra Health Foundation
Sacramento, CA · EIN 68-0050036. Reported 690 grants totalling $14.5M to 451 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$14.5Mgranted, 2020-2024
451organizations funded
39%of grantees funded again the next year
$58.7Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sierra Health Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $2,051,479. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 451 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Mgmt | Sacramento, CA | $2,482,165 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shf Properties | Sacramento, CA | $2,051,504 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sierra Nevada Journeys | Reno, NV | $1,509,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Health Program Management | Sacramento, CA | $875,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Health Program Mgmt | Sacramento, CA | $590,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grants Awarded (see Attached) | Sacramento, CA | $542,060 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Matching Gifts and Donations (see Attached) | Sacramento, CA | $450,728 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency | West Sacramento, CA | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way California Capital Region | Sacramento, CA | $195,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Social Finance | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mutual Assistance Network of Del Paso Heights | Sacramento, CA | $113,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross Sac-Gold Country | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Latino Community Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Redf | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Northern California | Redding, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ca Budget & Policy Center | Sacramento, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catalyst California | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sierra Business Council | Truckee, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian Health Services | Oakland, CA | $70,500 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation | Truckee, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colour of Music Inc | Charleston, SC | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capital Public Radio Inc | Sacramento, CA | $63,966 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Filipino Community of Sacramento and Vicinity | Sacramento, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Sacramento Christian Center Church | Sacramento, CA | $55,700 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $55,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Health Access Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grantmakers in Health | Washington, DC | $50,475 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Consortium for Urban Indian Health | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humboldt Area Foundation | Indianola, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Public Policy Institute of California | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Funders Network Inc | Coral Gables, FL | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St John's Program for Real Change | Sacramento, CA | $40,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern California Grantmakers | San Francisco, CA | $39,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Insure the Uninsured Project | Sacramento, CA | $38,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | Davis, CA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Improve Your Tomorrow | Sacramento, CA | $37,020 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Metropolitan | Sacramento, CA | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Immigrant Legal Resource Center | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness | Sacramento, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roberts Family Development Ctr | Sacramento, CA | $33,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sacramento County Office of Education | Sacramento, CA | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Common Ground a Covenant Church | Sacramento, CA | $31,606 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holding Space | Elk Grove, CA | $31,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Sacramento Christian Center Church M4L Program | Sacramento, CA | $30,800 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Community Health & Well-Being Inc | Sacramento, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Academic Youth Corps | Sacramento, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Literacy Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valley Vision Inc | Sacramento, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Council on American-Islamic Relations California | Anaheim, CA | $26,250 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Empowerment | Sacramento, CA | $25,900 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross Sacramento | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California State Protocol Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Fathers and Families | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission | Fresno, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fresno Metropolitan Ministry | Fresno, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hispanas Organized for Political Equality-California | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mlk Committee | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regenerate California Innovation | Fresno, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacramento Asian-Pacific Chamber of Commerce | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Latinos Promoviendo Accion | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wind Youth Services | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yolo County Office of Education | Woodland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Leadership Forum | Sacramento, CA | $24,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Forward | Sacramento, CA | $23,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Sacramento Urban League | Sacramento, CA | $21,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| 21 Reasons Scholarship Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hmong Nurses Association | Elk Grove, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanford Sierra Youth & Families | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Studios for the Performing Arts | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christian Brothers High School of Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $18,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Morehouse School of Medicine | Atlanta, GA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders | Santa Barbara, CA | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Immersion Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Always Knocking | Sacramento, CA | $17,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Latino Leadership Council | Auburn, CA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grant Drum Line Music Assoc | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lift Up Love Always | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Norcal Resist | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Juneteenth | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Self Awareness and Recovery | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Hope Academy | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stanford Settlement Inc | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey High School | Sacramento, CA | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pride Industries | Roseville, CA | $14,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| My Sister's House | Sacramento, CA | $13,750 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greg Najee Grimes 212 Anchor Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Superior California | Sacramento, CA | $12,744 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| 916 Ink | Sacramento, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| El Dorado Community Health Center | Placerville, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gifts to Share Inc | Sacramento, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Keaton's Child Cancer Alliance | Roseville, CA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| I Am Sac Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Area Congregations Together | Sacramento, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arab Community Center for Integration Services | Sacramento, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asian American Liberation Network | Elk Grove, CA | $10,750 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Indigenous Justice | Sacramento, CA | $10,650 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $10,600 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food Literacy Center | Sacramento, CA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iu-Mien Community Services | Sacramento, CA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Lgbt Community Center | Sacramento, CA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Youth Symphony | Sacramento, CA | $10,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valley Hi Covenant Church | Sacramento, CA | $10,036 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Academy Stay | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alchemist Community Development Corporation | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anti Police-Terror Project | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe | South Lake Tahoe, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Butte County Local Food Network | Chico, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Association of Nonprofits | Capitola, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Budget & Policy Center | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Immigrant Policy Center | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| County of Tehama Dba Tehama County Community Action Agency | Red Bluff, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| El Dorado Community Foundation | Placerville, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of El Dorado County | Cameron Park, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gateway Mountain Center | Truckee, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run Greater Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gold Country Community Services | Grass Valley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants & Refugees | Petaluma, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Help Central | Chico, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hijas Del Campo | Brentwood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hui International | Davis, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impact Justice | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inside-Outside Circle Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kno'qoti Native Wellness Inc | Lakeport, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Live Violence Free | South Lake Tahoe, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Care | Jackson, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Organization of Chinese Americans - Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| People Resources Dba Meals on Wheels Yolo County | Woodland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Placer Independent Resource Services | Auburn, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo Dba Planned Parenthood Northern Ca | Concord, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plumas Crisis Intervention & Resource Center | Quincy, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plumas Crisis Intervention and Resource | Quincy, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sacramento NAACP | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Regional Coalition to End | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Joaquin County Office of Education | Stockton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Manteca, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association | Redding, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Short Term Emergency Aid Committee | Davis, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Siskiyou County Arts Council | Mount Shasta, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwest Fresno Development Corp | Fresno, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spirit Peers for Independence and Recovery | Grass Valley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stand Up Placer | Roseville, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stonewall Alliance of Chico | Chico, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sunburst Projects | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Switch Community Outreach Association | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sikh Center | Anderson, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Training Employment and Community Help | Alturas, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United and Guided | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of the Pacific | Stockton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voice of Youth Inc | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wild Iris Family Counseling & Crisis Center | Bishop, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yolo County Children's Alliance | Davis, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yuba-Sutter Gleaners Food Bank Inc | Yuba City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lgbtq Collaborative | Modesto, CA | $9,999 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tracy Community Connections Center | Tracy, CA | $9,999 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Calaveras County Public Health | San Andreas, CA | $9,948 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Accrual to Cash Adjustment | Sacramento, CA | $9,761 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra | Placerville, CA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Madrone Hospice | Yreka, CA | $8,990 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California State University Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paul Hom Asian Free Clinic | Sacramento, CA | $8,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Willow Clinic | Sacramento, CA | $8,425 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healthy Aging Association | Modesto, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Pasadena, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Rios Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $8,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Triumph Cancer Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Primary Care Association | Sacramento, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Business Journal | Charlotte, NC | $6,830 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ceaze the Moment | Sacramento, CA | $6,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sacramento Housing Alliance | Sacramento, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Als Association | Citrus Heights, CA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Weave | Sacramento, CA | $6,395 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kidsfirst Child Abuse Prevention Council | Roseville, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| One Step Above Parent Club | Mather, CA | $5,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Against Sexual Harm | Sacramento, CA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Virginia Organizing | Laurel, MD | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ball-Out Academy Inc | Sacramento, CA | $5,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Native American Health Center | Sacramento, CA | $5,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Best Buddies | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Calstart Inc | Pasadena, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cameron Champ Foundation | San Ramon, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Campaign for College Opportunity | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cchat Center | Rancho Cordova, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Care Innovations | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Valley Workers Center | Fresno, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children Now | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clara's House | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Climate Resolve | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Environmentalism Through Inspiration & Non-Violent Action | Marina Del Rey, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Ucp of Greater Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fresno Housing Education Corp | Fresno, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Sacramento Arts | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Juma Ventures | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Center of Arts and Culture | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Fresno, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| League of California Community Foundations | Sonora, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mlk 365 | Elk Grove, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Movement 4 Life Inc | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAACP Sacramento Branch | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Council of Negro Women | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Youth Employment Coalition | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northern Ca Grantmakers | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern California Education Foundation | Elk Grove, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paratransit | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pure Youth Group | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reimagine Mack Road Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rise Economy | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safety Center | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Study Center | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Self Awareness & Recovery | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sheba Farms Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Freedom Bound Center | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sacramento Observer | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Champaign, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vision Y Compromiso | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yours Mine Ours Creative Community Solutions | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centro La Familia Advocacy Services Inc | Fresno, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American River Parkway Foundation | Carmichael, CA | $4,400 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $4,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Biomedical Research | Washington, DC | $4,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Physicians for a Healthy California | Sacramento, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Center for Violence-Free Relationships | Placerville, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Perseverance Project | Sacramento, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacred Heart Community Service | San Jose, CA | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Armstead Academic Project | Sacramento, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Women United | Sacramento, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California State National Action Network Education Fund | Sacramento, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
138 of 451 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 39%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Shf Properties
PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT AND TRANSFER CARMICHAEL PROPERTY - Sierra Nevada Journeys
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT - Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Mgmt
YOUTH, BOYS AND MEN OF COLOR, BUILD BLACK, SJVIIF, CFBMOC MEMBERSHIP BOARD, ALHAMBRA BLVD. BUILDING - Grants Awarded (see Attached)
VARIOUS - SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTIONS - Community Partners
THE CALIFORNIA ACCOUNTABLE COMMUNITIES FOR - Capital Public Radio Inc
PRESIDENT'S DISCRETIONARY, PUBLIC POLICY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 485 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | $2,492,788 | $542,060 |
| 2021 | 95 | $5,370,689 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 144 | $2,332,785 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 199 | $1,891,402 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 249 | $2,424,986 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Sierra Health Foundation has 27 of them, worth $3,119,957. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management | Sacramento, CA | $732,165 |
| Center for Health Program Management | Sacramento, CA | $500,000 |
| Center for Health Program Management | Sacramento, CA | $350,000 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $300,000 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $200,000 |
| Social Finance | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 |
| Center for Health Program Mgmt | Sacramento, CA | $117,046 |
| Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency | West Sacramento, CA | $115,000 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $100,000 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | $50,000 |
| Redf | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Latino Community Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 86% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sierra Health Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1321 Garden Highway, Sacramento, CA, 95833. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 68-0050036 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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