California Health Care Foundation
1438 Webster Street, location of CHCF's Oakland office | |
| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Type | Social Welfare Organizations |
| 95-4523231 | |
| Focus | Improving access to coverage and care for low-income Californians, ensuring high-value care, and informing decisionmakers |
| Location | |
Area served | Improving health care in California |
| Method | Grants to conduct research and analysis and program-related investments |
Key people | Dr. Sandra R. Hernández, President and CEO |
| Employees | 50 |
| Website | www |
Based in Oakland, California, the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that focuses on improving the health care system for the people of California, especially low-income Californians. The organization has three main goals: improving access to coverage and care, promoting high-value care, and investing in people, knowledge, and networks that help to make meaningful change possible in California’s health care system.
Established in 1996, CHCF operates with an endowment of more than $750 million in assets and has paid out more than $500 million to support its programmatic work.