Our Vision
The CARESTAR Foundation’s vision is that all Californians will benefit from a more coordinated emergency response system, sustained by a deeply connected network of partners, shared best practices, and innovative solutions for injury and trauma prevention.
Focus Areas
To achieve our vision, we provide grants that support:
- Partnership-based Injury Prevention
- Inter-agency Communication Systems
- Connection-focused Quality and Access Improvement
Our Approach to Funding
The CARESTAR Foundation is committed to partnering with, and providing support to our grantees to enable strong and meaningful work that transforms and enhances the field. This includes considering multi-year funding, and/or core operating support, in lieu of traditional project-based grants when it makes sense and can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
General Guidelines
The following list describes our eligibility requirements for funding. Please make sure your organization meets these guidelines before applying.
- Geography: Organizations and programs should be based in California. We will consider requests outside of California if there is an explicit focus on the California landscape.
- Tax-Exempt Status: We support organizations that are tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporations, as well as state and local public agencies. We are open to considering funding for-profit, private organizations that directly support our mission, vision and values and are committed to work within one or more of our focus areas.
- Organizational Leadership: Organizations must be able to fully execute the intent of the grant from a leadership perspective. We are particularly interested in supporting organizations that currently have, or are working toward, diversity that reflects the constituents the organization serves.
- Financial Stability: Organizations must be financially stable, or working towards financial stability with appropriate internal financial systems.
We do NOT provide support:
- To influence the outcome of any specific public election or to participate or intervene any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
- For any purpose other than charitable or educational.
Next steps
If you meet the basic criteria described above, and believe that there is alignment with our mission, vision and one or more focus areas, we encourage you to apply to the CARESTAR Foundation for funding. Instructions on how to apply, and the link to our online grant application portal is described in the “How to Apply” section of this website. You are also welcome to contact us at any point to discuss your organization and ideas.