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Learn more about what is happening at UniHealth Foundation. We are excited to share with our partners recent and upcoming changes here.
New RFP Alert: Healthy Neighbors Small Grants Program
UniHealth Foundation is excited to launch our Healthy Neighbors Small Grants Program. Our new initiative will fund nonprofits focused on enhancing community health and wellness in Pasadena, Altadena, Sierra Madre, and South Pasadena. Grant awards will range from...
New Staff Announcement: Rosa Benitez Joining UniHealth in July 2026
UniHealth Foundation is pleased to announce that Rosa Benitez will be joining our staff in July 2026 as our Senior Program Manager. Benitez will serve as a key leader in UniHealth’s grantmaking, working with hospitals, universities, and community-based organizations...
Welcome New Board Member Kathleen Gilmore, CFP®!
Join us in welcoming Kathleen Gilmore, CFP®, to the UniHealth Foundation Board of Directors! Gilmore is a Principal and Chair of Board for Clifford Swan Investment Counselors, a Pasadena-based independent wealth management firm founded in 1915. In her role, she...
Welcome New Board Member Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA!
UniHealth Foundation is excited to announce the most recent addition to our Board of Directors: Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA. Dr. Watson is an attending cardiologist and Professor of Medicine/Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine. She is Director...
UniHealth Foundation Welcomes New Member of the Board of Directors, Michael Galper!
We are thrilled to share that Michael Galper, MPH, CPA, has been elected to the UniHealth Foundation Board of Directors as its newest member. Galper is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health,...
Meet UniHealth’s New Program Manager, Tara Pak
We are excited to welcome Tara Pak, who joined UniHealth Foundation in October 2025 as a Program Manager. She comes to UniHealth from PATH, a statewide homeless services and housing agency, where she most recently served as the Senior Director of Strategic...
Welcome New Director of Accounting and Finance, Moxie Wong!
UniHealth Foundation is excited to announce that Moxie Wong has joined the team as the new Director of Accounting and Finance. Wong served as the former Director of Finance at the non-profit Pasadena Center Operating Company, a 501(c)4 that oversees the Pasadena...
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS | Community Healing & Restoration Wildfires Recovery Fund
The California Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery Fund (WRF) in partnership with Pasadena Community Foundation and UniHealth Foundation is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations, grassroots groups, healing practitioners, and community-led...
IN MEMORIAM | David R. Carpenter CEO and Chairman Emeritus
In July 2025 The founding CEO and Chairman of the Board of UniHealth Foundation passed away in his sleep. David R. Carpenter had an illustrious career before joining UniHealth and leading it through its conversation to a philanthropic foundation.
