TCE Headquarters
TCE opened it's downtown LA headquarters as an anchor to statewide conferencing facilities, 125,000+ community/nonprofit leaders use our facilities to advance health equity every year.
The first of The Center for Healthy Communities’ venues, the Los Angeles facility was built in response to the growing need for convening space by non-profit organizations engaged in health issues.
Conference facilities are provided free of charge to organizations whose programs advance The California Endowment’s mission to expand access to affordable, quality healthcare for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.
Bordering Chinatown and Olvera Street, two of the oldest and most culturally significant neighborhoods in the city, the LEED-certified building was designed to embody the values of wellness, diversity, and accessibility.
Anchored by a central courtyard, the campus reflects a distinctly Californian sense of space, emphasizing the relationships possible between indoor and outdoor environments. Architectural references to Union Station, Terminal Annex and Mission design; site specific, locally-themed art; and gardens that reflect a connection to the riparian ecology of the nearby Los Angeles River Greenway express the campus’ identification with the natural and cultural landscapes of Southern California.
The Los Angeles conference center is a multisector, multicultural cross section of the community it serves. Use of The Center for Healthy Communities venues are open to the following eligible organizations:
- Nonprofit organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are classified as “not a private foundation” under Section 509(a)
- Independent, sponsored projects of a nonprofit Section 501(c)(3) organization acting as a fiscal sponsor
- Government and public agencies
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125,000+
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LEED-Certified
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Meeting Spaces Available w/ Capacity for Between 16 and 500 People
“In the decade ahead, I invite philanthropic leaders – Boards & Executives – to emphasize transformation over the transaction, support ecosystems of community power, contribute to replacing rapacious capitalism with inclusive capitalism, and recognize that being neutral on matters of race is the equivalent of complicity with racial injustice.”
DR. ROBERT K. ROSS President & CEO, The California Endowment
Browse Other Changes Planted by Dr. Ross
Building Healthy Communities $1B invested over 10 years
Health4All 38.6 million lives impacted
Youth Awards 37 total awards given
Schools Not Prisons & BMOC Millions reached since 2016
Farmworker Health $50M initiative
TCE Grant Making 2023 $381M awarded
Parks for All Hundreds of millions leveraged for parks investments in CA
Youth on the Board 1st of large foundations in US to have youth on the board
Childhood Obesity & Freshworks $272M to expand access to fresh and healthy foods in low-income communities
CHIS 20,000 households interviewed annually to find health gaps in CA
Kids Health Coverage Campaign $4M to help enroll children in health programs
Cultural Competency/Health Workforce/PRIME $78.2M to CA organizations working to boost the size and diversity of the state's healthcare workforce
Wishing Wall
Dr. Ross,
Best wishes on your journey. Thank you for everything!
-SAJE
Thank you for your leadership and keeping justice at the center of LA philanthropy!
Thank you for believing in us and the opportunities your faith in us have afforded so many. We wish tenfold those blessings on you.
- Alf LaMont
Thank you for seeding so much change in the world, Dr. Ross!
Dr. Ross,
Thank you for all that you have done to advance justice and equity in our communities.
With deepest gratitude for all of your service, your love, & leadership. May you have abundant joy and connection and all good things.
- Sharon
Dear Bob,
Well done, good and faithful servant! Remember: you don’t get to retire from Saint Marks - ever.
- Carri
Bob -
I love you and always will. Now come and join my board!
- Kim Lewis
Dr. Ross,
I hope this next chapter fills you up as you get to witness the work and people you have nurtured for all these years.
Dr. Ross,
Deep gratitude for your leadership and commitment to equity and justice.
It’s been a blessing to us and the movement to have you. Wishing you lots of love in your next chapter.
Congratulations Dr. Ross (aka 007) on 24 years of making a change in CA’s future.
Best,
- Dolores Estrada
Best wishes for the next act!
- Joel
Best wishes to you and your family.
Blessings,
Mykol Lewis
Brotherhood Crusade
Dr. Ross -
I want to thank and appreciate you for being an advocate for our most underserved communities and our boys of color. It is with deep gratitude that I can say that your investments have given me a career and supported my healing journey.
- Omar Torres
For many years, I have known how special you are! Thanks.
Best wishes!
Enjoy & have fun. God bless you!
- Elizabeth Tabita
Dearest Bob,
Thank you for the opportunity of a lifetime to work with you! An honor and a privilege.
Love always.
Hey Bob!
Best wishes for what’s next! Love you!
Unveiling Our
2025 Annual
Report
The California Endowment is proud to present our 2025 annual report. Read about the work we are supporting and our partners who are changing California to a state of belonging and inclusion.
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