California Health Care Foundation

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California Health Care Foundation

1438 Webster Street, location of CHCF's Oakland office
Founded	1996
Type	Social Welfare Organizations
Tax ID no.	95-4523231
Focus	Improving access to coverage and care for low-income Californians, ensuring high-value care, and informing decisionmakers
Location	Oakland, California Sacramento, California
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.chcf.org

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.^[1]

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.^[2]