Baldwin Park Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center provides grants to local nonprofit health and human service organizations that address the following needs among vulnerable populations:
- Need I: Improve access to health insurance and health care services. Programs that provide access to health insurance and basic health care services, including mental health, dental, and specialty care for uninsured individuals.
- Need II: Reduce obesity rates and the onset of complications from chronic conditions. Programs that reduce obesity and the onset of complications from chronic condition such as high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease through culturally and linguistically appropriate health education, increased physical activity, and better nutrition.
- Need III: Support social service programs. Programs that address at-risk youth, workforce development, and provision of basic needs from underserved individuals and families.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center Community Benefit grant, an applicant organization (or fiscal agent), must have operations in California and be a local, state, or federal government agency operating for public purpose, or one of the following types of nonprofit organizations:
- 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization with a 509 (a) designation indicating that the organization is not a private foundation
- 501 (c)(19)
- 501 (c)(8) or 501 (c)(10) operating under a lodge system and only if used solely for charitable purposes and serving the general community
- A local, state, or federal government agency, including any of its subdivisions that perform substantial governmental functions
In addition, organizations must:
- Provide direct services to disadvantaged and/or underserved populations that address funding priorities identified in the Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center Community Health Needs Assessment
- Provide services within the geographic boundaries of Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center's service area, which includes the communities of Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bradbury, Covina, Diamond Bar, Duarte, El Monte, Glendora, Hacienda Heights, Irwindale, Industry, La Puente, Monrovia, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Rosemead, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, San Gabriel, South El Monte, Temple City, Valinda, Walnut, and West Covina in Southern California
- Address critical public health needs among vulnerable populations
Have submitted progress and/or final reports for all previous grants
If you have any questions about Kaiser Permanente's grants program, please contact Gloria R. Bañuelos, Sr. Community Benefit Health Specialist at Gloria.R.Banuelos@kp.org.
Funding Restrictions
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center Community Benefit will generally not consider funding requests from international, social, recreational clubs, or for the following:
- Sports teams and tournaments (e.g., golf, tennis, walks, and runs)
Individuals - Religious purposes
- Partisan political activities
- Endowments or memorials
- Re-granting purposes to other organizations
Kaiser Permanente will not consider requests from organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or veteran status in their programs, services, policies, hiring practices, and administration. In addition, Community Benefit grants will not be awarded for activities, events, or programs organized or solely sponsored by alcohol, tobacco, or pharmaceutical companies.
We generally do not provide grants for academic research, capital campaigns, event sponsorships (including community health fairs), or political campaigns.
Filing Deadline
Grant requests must be submitted on or before December 30, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. (PST). Grant requests will be reviewed only once during the 2012 calendar year by the grant review committee. Proposals will only be forwarded to the committee if they meet funding criteria as outlined in this application, and if all necessary materials are included in the request. The reviews will be completed by the end of February of 2012.
All requests for information should be directed to Gloria R. Bañuelos, Sr. Community Benefit Health Specialist at Gloria.R.Banuelos@kp.org.
Online Submission Process
We suggest that you review the Kaiser Permanente FAQs before applying.
If you have already started an online grant application, please click Continue to proceed where you left off.
You can start the online application for Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center Community Benefit grants program.
Prior to submitting your online application, you will be able to review your grant application for completeness. Please note that once a grant application has been submitted, it cannot be edited or resubmitted.
Note: If you forget your account password, please follow the onscreen instructions from the account log-in page to retrieve your password. If this method does not work, please send an e-mail to KP-Community@kp.org with "Baldwin Park Medical Center Online Application Password Reset" in the subject line to reset your password.
