Sierra Health Foundation promotes health, racial equity and racial justice in communities in 26 Northern California counties, while The Center at Sierra Health Foundation works with local, state and national partners throughout the state. Learn about our programs below.
Sierra Health Foundation
Through our foundation programs, we provide nonprofit health and human service organizations meeting space for education and collaboration, strengthen the leadership
abilities of nonprofit health and human service managers and executives, and respond to health needs and concerns in urban and rural communities.
The Center: Community and Economic Development
We lead and advocate for emerging economic development projects in California by adding value to communities’ commitment to develop and implement inclusive economic growth strategies in underinvested neighborhoods.
- ACEs Aware Trauma Informed Network of Care Collaborative
- Black Child Legacy Campaign
- Build.Black. Coalition
- California Mortgage Relief Program
- Community Economic Mobilization Initiative
- Community Inclusive Economic Development Projects
- Community Responsive Wellness Program for the African American/Black Communities of Sacramento
- Cultural Broker Program
- Donate4Sacramento COVID-19 Regional Response Fund
- Doula Community Health Advocate Pilot
- Healing the Hood
- Health Equity Task Force
- Sacramento County COVID-19 Collaborative
- Steering Committee on Reduction of African American Child Deaths
- Unemployment Language Opportunity Program
- Youth and Community PopUp Program
The Center: Health Equity and Access
Our Health Equity and Access programs and initiatives are creating a California where every person has access to culturally responsive healthcare by ensuring health equity among populations disproportionately impacted by health disparities.
- Asthma Mitigation Project
- Behavioral Health Recovery Services Project
- California COVID-19 Outreach Project
- California COVID-19 Public Awareness Campaign
- California Equitable Recovery Initiative
- COVID-19 Mitigation Project
- Health Ambassadors for People Experiencing Homelessness
- Integrated Care Options
- Medi-Cal Health Navigator Project
- Medication Assisted Treatment Access Points Project
- Sacramento Geographic Managed Care
- Vaccine Equity Campaign
The Center: Healthy Youth Development
Our Healthy Youth Development team organizes resources to invest in change driven in partnership with California’s youth of color and their communities to shift power and align systems to center youth opportunity, health and well-being.
- California Funders for Boys and Men of Color
- Elevate Youth California
- Justice Reinvestment Partnership
- Kings and Queens Rise
- My Brother’s Keeper Sacramento Collaborative
- Northern California COVID-19 Response Fund
- Parents Advocating for Student Success (PASS)
- Positive Youth Justice Initiative
- Restorative Youth Justice
- Sutter County Expanded Learning Initiative
The Center: San Joaquin Valley Health Fund
Our San Joaquin Valley team ensures nonprofit partners and grassroots community leaders are supported through funding, technical assistance, training, networking and data to build capacity to advance health and racial equity and racial justice through community organizing, civic engagement, power building, narrative, and policy and systems change advocacy.
San Joaquin Valley Impact Investment Fund
The Fund and its partners are working to make the San Joaquin Valley a healthier place to live, work and prosper by investing in organizations and entrepreneurs whose activities promote community health and well-being for all.
Learn more about the San Joaquin Valley Impact Investment Fund
Fiscal Sponsorships
The Center serves as a fiscal sponsor for programs that work to improve health and racial equity in California. In this role, The Center provides fiduciary oversight, financial management, human resources support and other administrative services to help build the capacity of organizations and help them fulfill their missions. The Center currently is a fiscal sponsor for the following programs:
- Building Healthy Communities
- California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice
- Central Valley United for Power
- Fresno County Legal Defense Fund
- Fresno County Table for Civic Engagement
- Movement 4 Life
- Roberts Family Development Center
- Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Funding Opportunities
We publish grant funding opportunities on this website and in our monthly Partnerships electronic newsletter.
Nonprofit Event Sponsorships
We accept requests from qualifying nonprofit organizations in our funding region for event sponsorships that are compatible with the foundation’s mission and programs.
Previous Programs and Initiatives
Please contact us if you would like information about our past programs.
- brightSMILES Dental Partnership
- Community Partnerships for Healthy Children
- Grizzly Creek Ranch
- Healthier U
- Healthy Sacramento Coalition
- Leadership Development for Racial Equity
- Managed Care
- Minority-Led Organization Capacity Building and Leadership Development Program
- Nonprofit Innovation Center
- Northern California AIDS Initiative
- Office of Health Equity
- Organizational Development
- Prenatal Care Access Initiative
- REACH Youth Program
- Respite Partnership Collaborative
- Sacramento Creating Community Solutions Network
- Sacramento Region Health Care Partnership