Alliance Healthcare Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Alliance Healthcare Foundation's priority area is San Diego and Imperial, and its work focuses on health equity, economic mobility, housing, youth opportunity, nonprofit capacity building and sustainable health innovation, so a good fit is a nonprofit working on those themes in that priority area.
- Most grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 232 grants fall between $1,000 and $50,000, with a median grant of $25,000, so a request in that range is realistic; for Mission Support specifically, grants are stated at $25,000 to $35,000, and organisations interested should contact grants@alliancehf.org.
- One grant, $7,500,000, went to an organisation that regrants to other organisations, so this is not a guide to what a typical applicant might expect.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
- Only 17% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two previous filings, so it is not purely relationship-led and appears open to new applicants, and its overall giving has grown substantially over the three years shown, from $2,495,220 to $2,835,774 to $9,401,490.
Overview
Alliance Healthcare Foundation is a US private foundation based in San Diego, CA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Alliance Healthcare Foundation funds and invests in projects and organisations whose programmes benefit the most under-resourced populations in San Diego and Imperial counties. It advances health and wellness for people facing significant barriers through collaborative funding, convening and advocacy. Its work addresses root causes of health and wealth inequities, including economic security and mobility, housing and youth opportunity. It supports the safety net through multi-year unrestricted core operating grants, short-term interventions and capacity-building grants. The foundation also invests in sustainable solutions to health and wellness challenges. Across this work, it emphasises equity, community voice and trust-based philanthropy, partnering with organisations closest to community needs and allowing flexible use of core support.
Themes
- Health equity
- Economic mobility
- Housing
- Youth opportunity
- Nonprofit capacity building
- Sustainable health innovation
Geographic Focus
Priority: San Diego; Imperial.
How to apply
For Mission Support, organisations interested in funding can contact grants@alliancehf.org.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 17% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 232 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- It invests in organisations closest to community needs.
- It prioritises strategic, upstream social determinants of health, including economic security and mobility, housing, and the racial wealth and income gap.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 51% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 17% of grant dollars went to organisations Alliance Healthcare Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 56% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 86 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Imperial Valley Wellness Fund · Strategic grant - imperial valley wellnes fund endowment transfer$7,500,0002024 tax year
- Urban Restoration Counseling Center · 2022 i2 milestone grant tranche #4 (final)$170,0002024 tax year
- Promises2Kids Foundation · Strategic grant - economic mobility & security$105,0002024 tax year
- Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties · Capacity building grant$75,0002024 tax year
- Casa Familiar · Capacity building grant$75,0002024 tax year
- County of San Diego - Live Well Advance · Lwa sponsorship$55,3962024 tax year
- Youth Empowerments Finest · Responsive grant - partially recoverable grant$50,0002024 tax year
- University of San Diego · Capacity building grant$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Sarah Lyman — Executive Director
- Rodney Hood — Secretary
- Rob McCray — Trustee
- Killu Sanborn — Trustee
- Julie Howell — Trustee
- Joe Ramsdell — Trustee
- Jeffrey Willmann — Trustee
- James Beaubeaux — Trustee
- Ilene Klein — Vice Chair
- Elizabeth Dreicer — Trustee
- Dwight Smith — Trustee
- Dale Fleming — Chair
- Atul Patel — Treasurer
- Arthur Roke — CFO, CIO
- Alethea Arguilez — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $5,183,173 | $2,495,220 | $80,338,603 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $5,301,950 | $2,835,774 | $85,505,150 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $12,173,286 | $9,401,490 | $82,366,225 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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Applying to Alliance Healthcare Foundation?
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Contact
- (858) 678-0974
- i2@alliancehf.org
- grants@alliancehf.org
- San Diego, CA
- alliancehf.org
Applying to Alliance Healthcare Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (858) 678-0974
- i2@alliancehf.org
- grants@alliancehf.org
- San Diego, CA
- alliancehf.org