Sutter Health
Sacramento, CA · EIN 94-2788907. Reported 122 grants totalling $9,306,764 to 65 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Sutter Health, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E21) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 65 distinct organizations, with 19% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 59% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,716. Half of what it reported fell between $11,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,715 and the largest $1,750,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
8 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $501,867 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Community Meals | Davis, CA | $1,750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Presidio Tr | San Francisco, CA | $1,433,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Wellness Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $810,754 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medshare International | Decatur, GA | $690,156 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science | Los Angeles, CA | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ambulatory Surgery Access Coalition | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey High School Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $257,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sutter Valley Medical Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $247,023 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coalition for Compassionate Care of California | Sacramento, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anamatangi Polynesian Voices | E Palo Alto, CA | $136,657 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | Wailuku, HI | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $100,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Best Buddies International Inc | Miami, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Lesbian Gay Freedom Day Parade & Celeb Committee Inc | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $87,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Honolulu, HI | $86,790 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | Rockville, MD | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Road Runners Club of America | Sacramento, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Alameda County Community Food Bank Inc | Oakland, CA | $57,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| River City Food Bank | Sacramento, CA | $54,645 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest of the Greater Valley | Manteca, CA | $54,645 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Food Bank Contra Costa and Solano | Concord, CA | $50,145 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Davis | Davis, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Contina Impact | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County | Watsonville, CA | $49,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yolo County Childrens Alliance | Davis, CA | $49,134 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valley Consortium for Medical Education | Modesto, CA | $46,243 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Matter | St Louis Park, MN | $41,629 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Physicians for a Healthy California | Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tracy Interfaith Ministries | Tracy, CA | $39,645 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pcoe Placer County Office of Education | Auburn, CA | $37,411 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding the Foothills | Roseville, CA | $36,645 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| La Clinica Del Valle Family Health Care Center Inc | Medford, OR | $35,493 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Davis Street Community Center Incorporated | San Leandro, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sutter Bay Hospitals | Sacramento, CA | $31,432 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elk Grove Food Bank Services | Elk Grove, CA | $27,645 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yolo Food Bank | Woodland, CA | $27,645 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Forward | Hercules, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Legislative Lgbt Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gallo Center for the Arts Inc | Modesto, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Alameda County | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Okizu Foundation | Novato, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United States of Care Campaign | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Council of Amador | Jackson, CA | $20,145 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Kidney Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ceres Community Project | Santa Rosa, CA | $18,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | Santa Rosa, CA | $18,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sutter Bay Medical Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $17,794 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Sacramento, CA | $17,145 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Methodist Church of Los Banos | Los Banos, CA | $17,145 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alainas Voice Foundation | Yountville, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Issues Forum | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gay Pride Celebration Committee of San Jose | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sutter Valley Hospitals | Sacramento, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clear Lake Gleaners Inc | Finley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rotts of Friends | Woodland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California | Oakland, CA | $6,465 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
30 of 65 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 of 65 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $2,745,530 | $18,215 |
| 2022 | 41 | $2,140,925 | $18,931 |
| 2023 | 32 | $1,636,736 | $18,215 |
| 2024 | 18 | $2,783,573 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
78% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,716 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sutter Health's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 18 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2300 River Plaza Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95833.
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