Panorama City Medical Center
As the nation's largest nonprofit, integrated health care system, Kaiser Permanente seeks to make positive contributions to health and wellness in the community as part of our social mission. Kaiser Permanente addresses needs and priorities identified locally which affect overall community health and the health care system. This is accomplished, in part, by supporting partnerships with community-based organizations through our community grants program.
The Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area Community Benefit Grants Program provides opportunities to respond to grant requests from nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies whose work aligns with our key funding priorities.
Guidelines and application instructions for this funding are provided below. The limited availability of funds restricts our ability to act favorably on many deserving requests. Please review the guidelines carefully to assess the potential fit between your organization's objectives and Kaiser Permanente's funding priorities before submitting a proposal.
Grants are provided on a calendar year basis and are up to $30,000. Requests are typically funded in the range of $5,000 to $20,000. Larger grant requests require a very strong objective, impact, and scope of outreach to the community.
The deadline for submitting your grant application is April 27, 2011. Every required document must be submitted by this date. Incomplete applications will not be eligible for funding consideration. All submitted grant proposals and supplemental documents become the property of Kaiser Permanente. You are encouraged to keep copies of all submitted documents for your records.
If you have any questions about Kaiser Permanente's grants program, please contact Amy Wiese, Sr. Community Benefit Health Specialist, at Amy.C.Wiese@kp.org or 818-375-2217.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a 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 services to disadvantaged and/or underserved populations that address funding priorities identified in the Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area Needs Assessment
- Provide services within the geographic boundaries of Kaiser Permanente Panorama City and Antelope Valley Medical Centers' service area, which includes the entire eastern San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, and Antelope Valley, specifically Arleta, Lakeview Terrace, Mission Hills, North Hills, North Hollywood, Northridge, Pacoima, Panorama City, San Fernando, Sepulveda, Sherman Oaks, Sunland, Sun Valley, Sylmar, Toluca Lake, Tujunga, and Van Nuys in the East San Fernando Valley, Canyon Country, Castaic, Newhall, Santa Clarita, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch, Val Verde, and Valencia in the Santa Clarita Valley, and Acton, Lake Hughes, Lancaster, Little Rock, Llano, Palmdale, and Pearblossom in the Antelope Valley in Southern California.
- Address critical public health needs among vulnerable populations
- Have submitted progress and/or final reports for all previous grants
Needs Assessment Funding Priorities
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area provides grants to local nonprofit health and human service organizations that address these needs among vulnerable populations:
- Need I: Improved Access to Health Insurance and Health Care Services for the Uninsured and Underserved. Focus is on improving access to health insurance and health care services, specifically primary care, specialty care, vision, dental, and mental health, for the uninsured and indigent in an effort to enhance the safety net providers in the area.
- Need II: Chronic Disease Prevention, Education and Management. Focus is on improving education, prevention, early detection, and treatment of chronic diseases with an emphasis on heart disease, diabetes, asthma, cancer, and HIV/AIDS.
- Need III: Reducing Obesity and the Onset and Complications of Diabetes. Focus is on initiatives and partnerships that promote healthy eating and active living to combat increased obesity rates through medical, environmental, and social changes.
Funding Restrictions
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area 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 April 27, 2011. Grant requests will be reviewed only once during the 2011 calendar year by the grant review committee. The reviews will be completed by the end of June. Proposals will 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.
All requests for information should be directed to Amy Wiese, Sr. Community Benefit Health Specialist, at Amy.C.Wiese@kp.org.
Online Submission Process
You can start the online application for Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area Community Benefit grants program.
In addition to this online grant proposal submission process, you should have received these two documents:
When you are working in the online application form, you have the option to save your work and return to the application at a later time through the account you created. In addition you:
- Can view a history of submissions
- Will receive a submission acknowledgement
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 So.Cal.Grants@kp.org with "Panorama City Medical Center Area Online Application Password Reset" in the subject line to reset your password.
