24 Years of Planting Change

Kids Health Coverage Campaign

Kids Health Coverage Campaign

Our first step into how local and regional advocacy efforts can fuel a statewide policy effort, and it did.

Kids Health Coverage Campaign

TCE helped fund the outreach efforts for Healthy Kids throughout the state of California, which focused on enrolling uninsured children from birth through age five in families with incomes below 300 percent of the federal poverty level in health coverage.

A coalition of organizations, supported by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and TCE, engaged in outreach efforts targeting families with uninsured children to offer support in navigating the application process for various health programs, such as Healthy Kids, Medi-Cal, and Healthy Families.

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  • $4M

    in grants to Healthy Kids programs throughout the state

“It is a travesty that thousands of eligible children lack healthcare coverage because barriers in our healthcare system prevent them from enrolling in public health insurance programs.”

DR. ROBERT K. ROSS President & CEO, The California Endowment
  • Kids Health Coverage Campaign
  • Kids Health Coverage Campaign
  • Kids Health Coverage Campaign
  • Kids Health Coverage Campaign
  • Kids Health Coverage Campaign
  • Kids Health Coverage Campaign

Browse Other Changes Planted by Dr. Ross

Building Healthy Communities

Building Healthy Communities $1B invested over 10 years

Health4All

Health4All 38.6 million lives impacted

Youth Awards

Youth Awards 37 total awards given

Schools Not Prisons

Schools Not Prisons & BMOC Millions reached since 2016

Farmworker Health

Farmworker Health $50M initiative

TCE Grant Making 2023

TCE Grant Making 2023 $381M awarded

Parks for All

Parks for All Hundreds of millions leveraged for parks investments in CA

Youth on the Board

Youth on the Board 1st of large foundations in US to have youth on the board

Childhood Obesity Freshworks

Childhood Obesity & Freshworks $272M to expand access to fresh and healthy foods in low-income communities

CHIS

CHIS 20,000 households interviewed annually to find health gaps in CA

Cultural Competency

Cultural Competency/Health Workforce/PRIME $78.2M to CA organizations working to boost the size and diversity of the state's healthcare workforce

TCE Headquarters

TCE Headquarters 125,000+ use our facilities every year

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Wishing Wall

Miyihah-Tlakilte Dr. Ross -
On behalf of Anawakalmekak and the Gabrielino shoshone nation. Much love on your journey.

Love you, Bob! Keep killing the game!

Dr. Ross,
I love you!! Thank you for being a servant to the people. Lives are better because you came into the world.

Thank you for seeding so much change in the world, Dr. Ross!

May the force be with you in your new journey!
- Revolve Impact

With deepest gratitude for all of your service, your love, & leadership. May you have abundant joy and connection and all good things.
- Sharon

Dr. Ross! You are a blessing and have changed the world we live in. Thank you.
- H.S.F.

Dear Bob,
Well done, good and faithful servant! Remember: you don’t get to retire from Saint Marks - ever.
- Carri

Happy times and thanks for all you have done for me.

Thank you for all of the years of big ideas and humble connection.

Bob,
Thank you for all the good trouble you made and extending a hand to join you.
With love,
- Hanh Cao Yu

Bob,
May your love, kindness and humor grow in retirement.
Love you,
- Steve & Victoria

We wish you well wishes.
- Brotherhood Crusade

Bob -
We’ll miss you so much. You’ve been a force of nature and a force of beauty.
Love you,
- Jim Mangia

Celebrate your new life!!
Our very best,
- Lew & Mary

Thank you, Bob! THis Center for Strategic Partnership thrives because you helped nurture the value of partnerships. I will be forever grateful to you and for you. Plus I love that you are not shy about spirituality.

I wish you all the best. Hopefully I will see you around the bowl more!
- Virginia Mosqueda

Thanks for everything!!! Best of luck!

Dearest Bob,
Thank you for the opportunity of a lifetime to work with you! An honor and a privilege.
Love always.

Thank you for all your support for the ACA, #Health4All, and everything else.

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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