OUR MISSION:
TO BUILD HEALTH EQUITY
IN SILICON VALLEY
We believe that everyone in our community should have the opportunity to be healthy. That a person’s income, race, immigration status, language, age, or zip code should never act as a barrier to health.
In 1996, ÄûÃʵ¼º½ was formed from the sale of a local nonprofit hospital system to a for-profit corporation. Since then, we have served the Silicon Valley community as a nonprofit operating foundation. ÄûÃʵ¼º½ is what’s known as a “hospital conversion foundation” or “health care conversion foundation.”
We’ve ensured that health related grants, and policies exist to help give everyone the opportunity to be healthy – especially those who need it most. That’s what building health equity means to us.
It’s a mission driven by our core values, and one that we try to achieve as a local funder, and advocate. But we can’t do it alone. With the support of our funders, and donors, and by partnering with community-based organizations, policymakers, and local leaders, together we can build the equity we seek.
Because everyone’s health matters.