Unihealth Foundation grantees are more than just healthcare providers and partners – they build healthy communities, train an evolving and diverse workforce, and tackle local healthcare challenges.
UniHealth Grantee Spotlight
Bet Tzedek’s Aging with Dignity Medical-Legal Partnership Project
Bet Tzedek provides free legal services to those who need them most. Their attorneys help people of all communities and generations secure life’s necessities and its core services provide stability and hope. In 2018, UniHealth awarded Bet Tzedek funding to partner with Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s Geriatrics Program to provide integrated medical-legal services to hundreds of the county’s most vulnerable seniors. The project addressed issues such as elder abuse, public/disability benefits appeals, caregiving needs, and advance planning. Watch the video to learn more about the success of this project.
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The Cambodian Family Community Center
Santa Ana, California
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Population & Community Health
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Collaboration
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, California
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Healthcare Delivery Systems
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Inspiration
LA Bioscience Hub
Los Angeles, California
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Healthcare Workforce
UniHealth Grantee Spotlight
Bet Tzedek’s Aging with Dignity Medical-Legal Partnership Project
Bet Tzedek provides free legal services to those who need them most. Their attorneys help people of all communities and generations secure life’s necessities and its core services provide stability and hope. It has grown from a small volunteer-run operation to one of the nation’s premier poverty law organizations. Harnessing an award-winning pro bono model, Bet Tzedek has assisted more than 500,000 people since 1974.
In 2018, UniHealth awarded Bet Tzedek $500,000 over 2 years to establish the Aging with Dignity Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) Project, the region’s first senior-focused MLP. Bet Tzedek partnered with Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s Geriatrics Program and other county hospitals to provide integrated medical-legal services to hundreds of the county’s most vulnerable seniors, addressing common needs such as elder abuse, public/disability benefits appeals, caregiving needs, and advance planning. Please watch this video to learn more about the success of this project.
In 2020 UniHealth Foundation awarded
nearly $13.5 million
in funding to organizations across California.
Recent Funding
UniHealth Foundation Committee a Third Round of $1 million in Funding to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
We remain committed to being a responsive funder focused on increasing healthcare access to the underserved. We are proud to announce that we have committed $3 million in emergency response funding to the COVID-19 pandemic. These dollars will be distributed through pooled funds and directly to community-based organizations addressing the impact of the pandemic on our most vulnerable.
