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The California Endowment Now
The California Endowment, a private, statewide health foundation, was founded in 1996 by Blue Cross of California as a
result of its conversion from a nonprofit to for-profit corporation. Since its inception, The Endowment has awarded more
than 9,000 grants totaling nearly $1.7 billion to organizations in California.
The Endowment strongly believes that to fulfill its mission of creating a healthier California, we must all become more
effective leaders and catalysts for change. This "we" includes the Board and Staff of The California Endowment, community residents, policymakers and grant makers.
Another important factor in our work as a change agent is "grassroots-to-treetops" advocacy and mobilization. The Endowment
actively promotes and supports an array of grassroots coalitions (which are deeply rooted in communities and know best the
conditions that need to change), as well as statewide and, in some cases, national organizations. Together, these
individuals, organizations and coalitions act to influence health decision makers and shape policies and systems at all
levels so that they reflect ideas that emerge from the grassroots and work for everyone.
For more information on our current publications and programs, please visit our main Web site:
www.calendow.org.
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Our New Strategic Vision and Purpose
During the past year, The California Endowment's
Board of Directors and Staff have been engaged in a rigorous and
exhilarating strategic planning process that will define our focus for 2010-2020. While
our mission remains the same -- we are retooling our approach so that we can help make
the most impact to change the health and systems of communities.
We will prepare to "Build Healthy Communities"
(places where children and youth are
healthy, safe and ready to learn) by first selecting a limited number of targeted
geographic areas or communities impacted by poverty. These areas will be selected by
the end of 2008.
We plan to make deep, sustained and community-driven investments in these areas that
will build upon the wealth of experiences and successes of our partners, who are already
working to improve the health of children and their families. Wrapped around these
investments will be policy and systems-change goals to ensure that healthy communities
are sustainable for generations to come.
For more information please see our new and previous "Partner Letter"
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The California Endowment's Mission
The California Endowment's mission is to expand access to affordable, quality
health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental
improvements in the health status of all Californians.
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