22 Redwood City Nonprofits Receive Kaiser Grants

announced Monday their annual Community Benefit Grant recipients yesterday, which included 22 Redwood City serving organizations and many other south- and mid-San Mateo county groups.

The following organizations received grants, ranging from $5,000 to $35,000:

1. Adolescent Counseling Services
2. Catholic Charities – San Carlos Adult Day Services
3. Collective Roots, East Palo Alto
4. Dreamer Hall of Fame
5. El Concillo of San Mateo County
6. Family Connections
8. Friends of the Veterans’ Memorial Center
9. International Institute of the Bay Area
10. Lewis & Joan Platt YMCA, East Palo Alto
11. Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
12. Peninsula Family Service Agency
13. Peninsula Volunteers
14. Ravenswood Family Health Center Pharmaceutical Practices – Access, Aging
15. San Mateo County Health Foundation
16. San Mateo Police Activities League
17. Sequoia YMCA
19. San Mateo County Sheriff’s Activities League
20. St. Francis Center of Redwood City
21. StarVista
22. Teen Talk Sexuality Education

For a complete list of all the nonprofits that received a total of $610,000, see the press release to the right.

“This funding will help provide a positive impact on our communities’ health,” said Kaiser Senior Vice President and Area Manager Frank Beirne. “Partnering with community based organizations is one way we help transform neighborhoods and communities into healthier places to live, work, and play." 

Grant applicants were required to address one of five health priorities: childhood obestiy, access to care, at-risk youth behavior, health of our aging population, and violence.

Kaiser's Community Benefit Advisory Board evaluated over 100 applications before awarding $610,000 in grants.

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