Grants

• Funding Areas
• New Applicants
• Current Grantees
• Publicity and Promotion for your New Grant
• Progress and Final Report Templates

Last year Kaiser Permanente in northern California provided more than $40 million in grants and donations to non-profit, community based organizations and agencies. Organizations must fall within the grantmaking priority areas identified through our Community Health Needs Assessments and meet our basic eligibility requirements. To learn about local grants and sponsorship timelines, please visit the communities we serve page.

For unsolicited requests, the process starts with the submission of a letter of intent (LOI).

For invited proposals, a staff member of Northern California Community Benefit Programs will provide a specific online application link via email. To learn more about our application process, please complete our eligibility questionnaire.

Funding areas

Northern California Community Benefit Programs provides grants that meet the health needs outlined in areas listed below. We are particularly interested in evidence-based programs and services that can be replicated in other communities, to help more people.

Access to care and coverage: We believe that all people deserve access to high quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate health care services in coordinated delivery systems.

Healthy Eating Active Living: We invest in preventing and reducing the impact of chronic health conditions by helping people eat better and move more as part of daily life.

Mental health and wellness Our goal is that all community members experience social emotional health and wellbeing and have access to high quality behavioral health care services.

Community and family safety  We invest in building safe environments and expanding healing, supportive services that can break the cycle of violence.

For new applicants

You can learn more about the application process by completing our eligibility questionnaire or by contacting us at NCAL-CB-Programs@kp.org or call (510) 625-6370. For information about event sponsorships in Northern California please visit our visit our Sponsorships page.

Templates to complete and submit:
If you received an email from one of our staff members inviting you to apply for a grant you will also have received a link to our online application system, IGAM. When you complete your IGAM application, please also complete the following templates and include them with your submission. We suggest you download these files, complete them, and then attach them to the online application via the IGAM system.

• Workplan template
• Budget template
• Multiple year budget template
  You will also need to provide the following documents:
• Request on letterhead from the requesting agency and fiscal sponsor, if applicable. Note: Letter should include the legal name of organization, organization's address, requested amount, project summary and project title
• Copy of current IRS determination letter indicating tax-exempt status
• Organization's most recent Form 990
• Organization's most recent audited financial reports
• List of current board of directors and their affiliations
• Current itemized organization operating budget
• List of names, titles, and qualifications of key staff and volunteers

Please understand that our extensive review process can take two to four months to complete. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact your grant manager or NCAL-CB-Programs@kp.org.

General tips for a successful submission

• For frequently asked questions, you can refer to our online Application FAQ.
• Access the eligibility questionnaire (to determine which application is right for you) or click the URL e-mailed to you linking to a full application.
• Create one user account for the organization applying for funding. Once you create your user account you will be taken to the online application. This link provides you with access to our grant guidelines and instructions. Tip: Do not begin entering data into the application yet. Click on "Save & Finish Later."
• We suggest that you bookmark the "My Account" page URL, as you will be required to use it to complete and submit your application.
• In addition, through the "My Account" page you can view a history of open applications and completed submissions as well as email yourself a copy of a draft or completed submission.
• Prior to submitting your online application, you will be able to review your grant application. Please note that once a grant application has been submitted, it cannot be edited.

For current grantees

Congratulations on your Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional grant. We appreciate the opportunity to partner with you to help people learn about your important work. Below you can learn about:

• Grantee training presentation
• Publicity and promotion for your new grant
  
• Communications tips and templates
• How to acknowledge Kaiser Permanente
• Use of Kaiser Permanente logo

Publicity and promotion for your new grant

Your new grant provides an excellent opportunity to increase awareness about the important work your organization is doing in the community. There are many ways to communicate, including via a press release, newsletters, websites, social media, and donor communications. If you are interested in doing outreach or promotion, our communications team may be available to help. Please contact your grant manager to discuss.

Communications tips and templates

Reporting requirements for Kaiser Permanente grants ask for a story about your work midway and/or at the end of your grant. Use these tools to collect and share stories with us, your employees and supporters, partner organizations and the media.

• Story collection template
• Story telling tips and examples
• Press release template

How to acknowledge Kaiser Permanente

To make it easy to communicate about your grant, we have prepared language describing our partnership. This language can be used for newsletters, websites, or other communications. Please use one of these descriptions when acknowledging your Kaiser Permanente grant.

Short credit: The project is supported by Kaiser Permanente Northern California Community Benefit Programs.

Longer credit: Kaiser Permanente’s community involvement uniquely pairs grant funding with nearly 70 years of clinical expertise, medical research, and volunteerism to support prevention-focused, evidence-based programs that expand access to care,create healthy environments and advance health knowledge. Our Kaiser Permanente grant of $____ will help more people in this community get access to the resources they need to lead a healthy life with support for (info about the program supported by the grant).

Use of Kaiser Permanente logo

If you would like to use a Kaiser Permanente logo along with the credit line above, please contact your grant manager or NCAL-CB-Programs@kp.org. Let us know your requested file type (JPEG or EPS) and color (blue or black). As a nonprofit organization, Kaiser Permanente’s logo cannot be used on any materials that imply endorsement of legislation or a candidate.

Progress and final report templates

As mentioned in your award letter and grant agreement, you will have a progress report and/or final report due by specified dates (usually one month after the end of the grant period). Below are the report templates we use. You may be contacted by your grant manager with specific supplemental information during the course of the grant.

• • Final report template (includes budget expenditure report)
  • Budget expenditure report only
  • Electronic final report instructions

Questions?

Please contact your grant manager if you have any questions. You can also send general inquiries to NCAL-CB-Programs@kp.org or call (510) 625-6370.

Leadership Development

The need for innovative leaders trained in health system transformation and performance improvement has never been greater.

Kaiser Permanente Northwest provides scholarships and training support for safety net clinicians and leaders so that they can better access opportunities for networking, collaboration, and innovation. Leadership development opportunities include quality improvement seminars, forums and summits as well as attendance at national and regional conferences on oral health, safety-net innovation, school-based health centers and migrant and community health.

School-Based Health Centers

School-Based Health Centers provide comprehensive health services to young people in a trusted and familiar environment — their schools. These centers can be a one-stop location for primary care, mental health, oral health and health prevention services.

As part of our Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools initiative, we are actively developing new school-based health centers with partner schools while also expanding mental health services within existing school clinics.

Learn more about the role of school-based health centers on our Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools website.