A Message from Our Leaders
As we release our 2019 Community Health Snapshot amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and a renewed struggle for racial equity and social justice across the United States, we recognize our communities face significant, unprecedented challenges. This is a critical time for the health of our nation.
The public health crisis brought on by the pandemic and the response around the world to the tragic killing of George Floyd are shining a spotlight on what we already know. Systemic racism and lack of economic opportunities prevent communities of color, especially Black communities, from creating the conditions and environments people need to achieve total health. The pandemic is also clearly demonstrating the health inequities that exist in our nation, with data showing that Latinx and Black Americans are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and its economic impacts.
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Tom Hanenburg
President, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan
Yvette Radford
Vice President, External & Community Affairs
Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Our Unique Approach
While many businesses and nonprofit hospitals make philanthropic donations to support the community, Kaiser Permanente leverages a full range of assets, investing in our communities to improve the conditions that determine health. Through our resources, reach, and partnerships with other organizations, we are uniquely able to make long-term, sustainable change to improve health for all.
Provide charitable care and share our expertise with community health providers
Partner with other organizations to affect positive change
Engage our leaders and employees in community activities
Hire and advance to promote equity, diversity, and reentry into the job market
Invest grants and donations to advance health equity
Buy supplies and materials from diverse local businesses
Build facilities to promote healthy environments and local economies
Our Impact
Improving
Heart Health
in the Community
For 14 years, Kaiser Permanente has been sharing and growing its PHASE program in the community, lowering blood pressure and saving lives.
Investing in
Better Health
through Housing
Victor Nelson is one of more than 500 formerly homeless seniors in Oakland who now have housing, thanks to a Kaiser Permanente program.
Rebuilding a
Healthy North Bay
The joyful reopening of a Sonoma County health clinic is one of many stories of our ongoing commitment to disaster recovery in the North Bay.
Empowering Schools
to Promote Mental
Health and Wellness
Students at an Antioch middle school enjoy the benefits of a mindfulness program, one of many investments supporting emotional health in schools.
By the Numbers
2019 Northern California
Community Benefit Investment
$1.37B
Total Community Investment
Hospitals
Health Plan
*As reported in SB 697, a state-required report for all nonprofit hospitals.
$780M
Medi-Cal and other
government programs
$243M
Philanthropy
$235M
Charitable health
coverage and care
$68M
Health professions
education
$22M
Research
$24M
Other
Making Lives Better
186K
youth and adults reached
through Educational Theatre
$243M
in grants, donations,
and direct support
$5.4M
to support Sonoma and Napa
County fire recovery efforts
86K
people received
Medical Financial Assistance
$1.37B
total community
investment
2,562
employee and physician
volunteers put in
20,187 hours
$3M
in employee and corporate
donations to nonprofits
through KP Gives
1,727
medical residents trained
in our Graduate Medical
Education program
282
people trained at
our School of Allied
Health Sciences
186K
youth and adults reached
through Educational Theatre
$243M
in grants, donations
and direct support
$5.4M
to support Sonoma and Napa
County fire recovery efforts
86K
people received
Medical Financial Assistance
$1.37B
total community
investment
2,562
employee and physician
volunteers put in
20,187 hours
$3M
in employee and corporate
donations to nonprofits
through KP Gives
1,727
medical residents trained
in our Graduate Medical
Education program
282
people trained at
our School of Allied
Health Sciences