Awarded March and June 2009

TCWF’s Board of Directors approved the following grants in support of the Foundation’s mission of improving the health of the people of California and to further its four goals: addressing the health needs of underserved communities; supporting and strengthening nonprofit organizations; recognizing and encouraging leaders; and informing policymakers and opinion leaders about important wellness and health care issues. For current application guidelines, please see the preceding How To Apply pages.

Alliance For Justice
Washington, DC
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the California office to continue to provide training and technical assistance on state and federal nonprofit advocacy laws and regulations applicable to California health nonprofits.

Area Agency On Aging - Serving Napa And Solano
Vallejo, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for Stop Falls Napa Valley to sustain a comprehensive falls prevention program for low-income seniors.

Aspiranet
South San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Experience Corps Bay Area volunteer-based, intergenerational tutoring and mentoring program to continue to improve the health of seniors in Alameda and San Francisco Counties.

Be A Mentor, Inc.
Hayward, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain mentoring services, as a teenage pregnancy prevention strategy, to high-risk youth at Castlemont High School in East Oakland.

Bethany Services
Bakersfield, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the Bakersfield Homeless Center Medical and Dental Program to improve the well-being, health and functional ability of the homeless population of Bakersfield.

A Better LA
Los Angeles, CA
$65,000 over one year
To support the Summer Night Lights Program, as a gang violence prevention strategy, in Nickerson Gardens, Jordan Downs and Imperial Courts, three public housing developments in Watts.

Building Opportunities For Self-Sufficiency
Berkeley, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health education and case management to homeless women in Alameda County.

Calexico New River Committee, Inc.
Calexico, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to inform policymakers, opinion leaders and community residents about health issues related to pollution in the New River.

California Consortium For Urban Indian Health, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to strengthen the development of the consortium and to continue to promote health and access to care for Native Americans living in cities throughout California.

California Council Of Churches
Sacramento, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to both inform policymakers and to mobilize community members of faith to be effective advocates for meaningful and universal health care coverage for all Californians.

California Council On Gerontology And Geriatrics
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
To inform policymakers and opinion leaders about the need to develop a more diverse student body to represent the health needs of the diverse aging population in the state.

California Health Advocates
Sacramento, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to both provide technical assistance to Medicare intermediaries throughout California and to inform policymakers about Medicare issues critical to California’s seniors.

California Institute Of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA
$210,000 over three years
To train students from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities for careers in community-based mental health.

California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain public policy advocacy efforts to inform policymakers and decision-makers about the health care needs of communities of color in California.

California Public Interest Research Education Fund, Inc.
Sacramento, CA
$165,000 over three years
For core operating support for a health care program to continue to research, inform policymakers and engage the public on issues related to health care access and delivery in California.

Camacho, Guillermo
West Covina, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2009 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award, to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to increasing the diversity of California’s health professions.

Catholic Charities Of Santa Clara County
San Jose, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the Older Adult Services Division’s nutrition and health promotion programs for low-income seniors in Santa Clara County.

Center For Community Health And Well-Being, Inc.
Sacramento, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide prenatal and well-woman care to underserved women in Sacramento.

Centro Cha, Inc.
Long Beach, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain employment training and intensive case management services, as a violence prevention strategy, to at-risk, formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated youth in Long Beach.

Children’s Hospital & Research Center At Oakland
Oakland, CA
$210,000 over three years
For core operating support for the FACES for the Future program to continue to provide comprehensive health professions pipeline programming for underrepresented minority high school students in Alameda County.

Childrens Hospital Of Los Angeles/Childrens Hospital Of Los Angeles, Division Of Adolescent Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
$400,000 over two years
For core operating support for the Division of Adolescent Medicine to continue to provide health services at its Teenage and Young Adult Health Center.

Chinese Progressive Association
San Francisco, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide occupational safety and health education and leadership training to immigrant Chinese restaurant workers.

Clinicas Del Camino Real, Inc.
Ventura, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of dental and medical services through mobile clinics to farmworkers and their families in Ventura County.

COFEM
Los Angeles, CA
$165,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue the Community Networks program to advocate for the health care needs of Latino immigrant communities in California.

Community Clinic Consortium Of Contra Costa
Richmond, CA
$280,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen public policy capacity and sustain the provision of medical and dental services for residents of Contra Costa and Solano Counties.

Community Health Systems, Inc./Fallbrook Family Health Center
Moreno Valley, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health services to low-income women in rural San Diego County.

Community Partners
Los Angeles, CA
$65,000 over one year
For project support to augment a current grant to develop, implement and evaluate TCWF statewide conferences on the issue of transition-age youth in 2008 and 2009.

County Of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency
Santa Cruz, CA
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the Teen Health Outreach Program serving high-risk youth and pregnant teens in the city of Watsonville.

Dental Health Foundation
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to inform policymakers and decision-makers about the oral health care needs of underserved residents of California.

Desertarc
Palm Desert, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide medical care to medically fragile adults with developmental disabilities participating in its programs.

Episcopal Community Service Of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health services to formerly homeless residents of supportive housing sites.

Exhale An After-Abortion Counseling Talkline
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide women in California with nonjudgmental postabortion support.

Families USA Foundation, Inc.
Washington, DC
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to inform federal and state policymakers, opinion leaders and health advocacy organizations about the impact of federal health policies on health and access to care for low-income Californians.

Flores Muñoz, Shirley
Aptos, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2009 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award, to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to increasing the diversity of California’s health professions.

Free Clinic Of Simi Valley
Simi Valley, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health, dental, legal and counseling services for uninsured and low-income residents of Simi Valley.

Garment Worker Center
Los Angeles, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide occupational health and safety education to garment workers.

Healthy Teen Network
Baltimore, MD
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen membership services in California and to continue to inform policymakers about comprehensive programs for pregnant teens in California.

Homeboy Industries
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over two years
For core operating support to sustain employment training and tattoo removal services, as a violence prevention strategy, to former gang-affiliated and previously incarcerated youth in Los Angeles County.

Inquilinos Unidos
Los Angeles, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide environmental health education to low-income tenants in Los Angeles.

Institute For Community Peace, Inc.
Washington, DC
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of technical assistance for California-based violence prevention organizations and to inform policymakers about promising violence prevention programs.

Jefferson Union High School District/Daly City Youth Health Center
Daly City, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Daly City Youth Health Center to sustain reproductive health services targeting teens in Daly City and surrounding communities.

Just Transition Alliance
Chula Vista, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain coalition-building efforts to protect Californians from the harmful health effects of toxic chemicals.

King, Brian
Fresno, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2009 California Peace Prize Award, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in his community.

Latino Community Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$225,000 over three years
For project support of teenage pregnancy prevention programs in San Francisco Bay Area counties through a regranting, technical assistance and convening program.

Laurel House, Inc.
Tustin, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain a supportive housing program, including counseling services, in Orange County for youth who are, or at high risk for becoming, homeless or runaways.

Liberty Hill Foundation
Santa Monica, CA
$225,000 over two years
For core operating support to sustain the Environmental Justice Fund, which provides grants and technical assistance to grassroots environmental justice organizations in Los Angeles County.

Lim, Phalen
Santa Ana, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2009 California Peace Prize Award, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community.

Los Angeles Youth Network/LA Youth
Los Angeles, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain a supportive housing program, including counseling services, in Los Angeles County for homeless and runaway youth.

Magaña, Tomas
Oakland, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2009 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award, to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to increasing the diversity of California’s health professions.

Maternal Outreach Management System
Santa Ana, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide perinatal case management to underserved women in Orange County.

Mayview Community Health Center
Palo Alto, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health care services for uninsured and low-income residents of Santa Clara County.

Meals On Wheels Of Salinas, Inc.
Salinas, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain a home-delivered meals program for low-income, homebound seniors throughout the Salinas Valley.

Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project
Oxnard, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain preventive health education for immigrant Oaxacan farmworkers in Ventura County.

National Immigration Law Center
Los Angeles, CA
$165,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to inform policymakers, advocates and opinion leaders about policies affecting immigrants’ access to health care services in California and to strengthen internal infrastructure.

Northeast Community Clinic
Alhambra, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide culturally appropriate health care to low-income populations in Los Angeles.

Oak Valley District Hospital/Family Support Network
Oakdale, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Family Support Network, a family resource center in rural eastern Stanislaus County, to continue to provide health promotion and case management services to underserved populations.

Open Door Community Health Centers
Arcata, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain teen reproductive health services for at-risk, underserved youth in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties.

Operation Safe House, Inc.
Riverside, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain a supportive housing program, including counseling services, in Riverside County for homeless and runaway youth.

Orange County Rescue Mission Health Care Services
Tustin, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide primary health care services to underserved women in Orange County.

Pacific Institute For Community Organizations/Pico California
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the PICO California project to continue working with its affiliates to increase access to health care at the local, state and federal levels.

Pacific News Service
San Francisco, CA
$175,000 over three years
For project support for the Environmental Health Newsbeat to expand the capacity of California’s ethnic media to cover environmental health issues.

People and Congregations Together For Stockton, Inc.
Stockton, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to mobilize the community to address issues related to health and health access in low-income communities in San Joaquin County.

People Resources, Inc.
Woodland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain an elderly nutrition program for low-income and rural seniors in Yolo County.

Program For Torture Victims
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to provide medical treatment and other services to immigrants suffering from physical and psychological injuries as a result of torture.

Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc./Access Health And Nutrition Services
City of Industry, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the ACCESS Teen Pregnancy Prevention program in Orange County.

Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc./Violence Prevention Coalition Of Orange County
City of Industry, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the Violence Prevention Coalition of Orange County.

Public Health Institute/Center For Civic Partnerships
Oakland, CA
$230,000 over one year
For project support to develop, implement and evaluate TCWF’s statewide conference on organizational learning and evaluation in 2010, for health and human service nonprofits in California.

Public Health Institute/Center For Collaborative Planning
Oakland, CA
$110,000 over one year
For the Center for Collaborative Planning to develop, implement and evaluate TCWF’s annual California health advocates retreat.

Public Health Institute/Center For Collaborative Planning
Oakland, CA
$50,000 over one year
For project support to augment a current grant to develop, implement and evaluate TCWF’s annual conference on increasing diversity in the health professions.

Redlands Community Hospital/Redlands Family Clinic
Redlands, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide primary care to underserved women of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

Regents Of The University Of California, Los Angeles/Southern California Education And Research Center
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Southern California Education and Research Center to continue to provide occupational safety and health education to low-wage workers in Southern California.

Regents Of The University Of California, Los Angeles/Sustainable Technology Policy Program
Los Angeles, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Sustainable Technology Policy Program to continue to provide technical assistance and information to policymakers, opinion leaders and others about the health impacts of chemicals and emerging technologies.

Regents Of The University Of California, Riverside/University Of California, Riverside, Division Of Biomedical Sciences
Riverside, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support for the FastStart Summer Academy to continue to provide academic and social support programming for disadvantaged students from the Inland area interested in health careers.

Sacramento Community Clinic Consortium, Inc.
Sacramento, CA
$230,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain ongoing network activities and to implement the Sacramento Healthcare Access Program in Sacramento County.

Sacramento Native American Health Center, Inc.
Sacramento, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide primary medical and dental services for residents of Sacramento.

Salvation Army A California Corporation
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Oxnard/Port Hueneme Corps Medical and Dental Clinic to continue to provide health care services for underserved residents of Ventura County.

San Diego Black Health Associates
San Diego, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue health promotion and education efforts for African-American communities in San Diego County.

Shasta Senior Nutrition Program
Redding, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain a nutrition program for elderly, low-income and rural seniors throughout Shasta County.

Shelter From The Storm, Inc.
Palm Desert, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health services for women who are survivors of domestic violence in the Coachella Valley.

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
San Jose, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of information to policymakers, opinion leaders and the public about the health risks of nanotechnology and other emerging technologies.

Simmons, Olis
Oakland, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2009 California Peace Prize Award, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community.

Six Rivers Planned Parenthood
Eureka, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide reproductive health services to underserved women in rural Northern California.

Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs See, Inc./Central Valley Air Quality Coalition
Los Angeles, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support for the project, the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition, to inform policymakers, opinion leaders and community residents about health issues related to air quality in the Central Valley.

Social Model Recovery Systems, Inc.
Covina, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the United Coalition East Prevention Project to prevent violence against youth in the Central City East area of downtown Los Angeles.

Soledad Community Health Care District Foundation
Soledad, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health care services for underserved, low-income residents of rural Soledad.

Sonoma County Community College District/Santa Rosa Junior College, Healthcare Workforce Development Project
Santa Rosa, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Santa Rosa Junior College’s Healthcare Workforce Development Project to continue to provide information about health careers and academic and social support to low-income and Latino students in Sonoma County.

South County Senior Services, Inc.
Laguna Woods, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide nutritious meals to seniors in their homes and at congregate sites throughout South Orange County.

Southside Coalition Of Community Health Centers
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to build infrastructure and capacity to strengthen the primary care safety net in South Los Angeles.

St. Vincent Senior Citizen Nutrition Program, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide meals to low-income, homebound seniors in Skid Row/downtown Los Angeles, Westlake and other parts of Los Angeles County.

Tahoe Youth And Family Services
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain a drop-in center and emergency shelter program, including counseling services, in the South Lake Tahoe region for homeless and runaway youth.

The Teen Project, Inc.
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
$150,000 over three years
For project support to provide safe housing, counseling and other supportive services in Orange County for emancipated foster youth.

Tides Center/Latino Coalition For A Healthy California
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California to continue to develop the capacity of its regional advocacy networks and to inform policymakers and opinion leaders about the health issues of Latino communities.

Tides Center/Youth Justice Institute
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Youth Justice Institute to sustain violence prevention programming to incarcerated youth in Alameda and San Francisco Counties.

Toussaint Youth Villages, Inc.
San Diego, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for Toussaint Academy to sustain a supportive housing program for homeless youth, including counseling services, in San Diego County.

Uncommon Good
Claremont, CA
$200,000 over two years
For core operating support for the Adopt an Angel program to continue to provide debt relief to minority physicians serving in community clinics in Los Angeles.

United Cambodian Community
Long Beach, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health education and promotion services for low-income Cambodian and Southeast Asian communities in Long Beach.

Valley Community Clinic
North Hollywood, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of peer-driven reproductive health services and education for teens in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.

Valley Health Team, Inc.
San Joaquin, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide primary health care services to low-income, uninsured residents in rural Fresno County.

Vision USA California
Sacramento, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide vision screening, education, care and referrals to low-wage workers and their families throughout California.

Worksafe, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of information to policymakers and opinion leaders about occupational safety and health issues affecting low-wage workers in California.

World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
$175,000 over three years
To support the Violence Prevention Alliance to inform California policymakers about violence prevention strategies and to support participation of California delegates in two Milestones in Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meetings.