Press Releases
Below is a collection of recent Blue Shield of California Foundation press releases. For media inquiries regarding Foundation program areas and grantmaking, please email Rachael Kagan, Director of Communications and Public Affairs.
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards $6 Million to Nonprofits Statewide to Promote Health Care Access and Quality
Final Quarter Grantmaking Brings 2007 Total to Nearly $30 Million San Francisco, December 18, 2007 – Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) today announced fourth quarter grants of $6 million to... Read more
Blue Shield of California Foundation Launches Groundbreaking Clinic Leadership Institute
Program Will Develop a New Generation of Leaders for California’s Community Clinics San Francisco, September 6, 2007 – Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) today announced plans to spend up to... Read more
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards Nearly $4 Million to Nonprofits to Improve Health Care Access, Quality
$1.95 Million Goes to Support Research in Health and Technology San Francisco, August 28, 2007 – Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) today announced grants totaling $3.98 million. The grants... Read more
New Director for Blue Shield of California Foundation Health and Technology Program
Deborah Schwab Will Lead Innovative Program San Francisco, July 12, 2007 – Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) today announced Deborah Schwab, MS, ANP, will join the nonprofit as director of... Read more
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards $11.3 Million to Nonprofits Statewide to Promote Access to Health Care and Health Technology
$7 Million to Fund Community Clinics; Another $1 Million Goes to Rural Health Networks San Francisco, July 10, 2007 – Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) today announced grants totaling... Read more
Thousands of Californians To Participate In Unique Statewide Conversation On Health Reform
CaliforniaSpeaks will use high-tech forum to link eight sites together for non-partisan conversation on critical health care reform issues SACRAMENTO (JULY 2, 2007) - Thousands of Californians from... Read more
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards Nearly $7.2 Million to Nonprofits Statewide to Promote Health Care Reform and Protect the Safety Net
$1 Million Used to Promote Citizen Participation in Health Care Reform Debate San Francisco, March 8, 2007 – Blue Shield of California Foundation today announced grants of nearly $7.2 million,... Read more
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards $6.3 Million to Promote Health Care Access and Quality
$63,000 Will Fund Health Coverage for 50 San Luis Obispo County Children San Francisco, December 19, 2006 – As many as 50 children in San Luis Obispo County will receive health care coverage funded... Read more
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards $13.2 Million Statewide to Promote Health Care Access and Quality, and to End Domestic Violence
Giving for 2006 Expected to Reach Nearly $30 Million San Francisco, Sept. 5, 2006 – The Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) today announced grants of $13.2 million to 315 nonprofit... Read more