Healthcare company-building profile
Blue Shield of California Foundation Health Equity Grants
Blue Shield of California Foundation
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- Blue Shield of California Foundation
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Oakland, California
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Not publicly documented
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; philanthropic grants, no equity taken
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2002
Public description
About the program
Blue Shield of California Foundation is an independent foundation that funds work to make California the healthiest state and end domestic violence, with a strong health equity orientation. It has historically funded community clinics, health centers, networks and consortia, and publishes open funding opportunities. It is a grantmaker with structured funding cycles rather than a startup accelerator.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Health equityDomestic violence preventionCommunity healthSafety net
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; philanthropic grants, no equity taken
Sources
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