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Community Partnerships- Cal Endowment - Building Healthy Communities
- Encore Fellows Program
Civic Ventures program matching highly experienced professionals with nonprofit organizations in the Sacramento & Sierra regions - Generosity Project
- Placer Collaborative Network
- Strengthen Our Community
A leveraged media campaign to educate, connect and resource the community in support of the region’s nonprofit sector. - Website Development Project
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- About the Center

Western Health Advantage
The Local Health Plan
Western Health Advantage’s Mission
We are committed to improving the health and well-being of our community by expanding access to health care and responding positively to the changing needs of our members, providers and community, while delivering the highest level of service with integrity, accuracy and sincerity.
Wells Fargo
Committed to investing in community and empowering nonprofits
About Wells Fargo in Northern California
For more than 159 years, the stagecoach has stood out as a symbol of Wells Fargo’s image, heritage, and values. It also represents reliable and trustworthy service across the West. Wells Fargo stagecoaches have traveled across thousands of miles of desert, prairie, and mountain roads to deliver gold, mail and cash. And today, its home is right here in Sacramento where people in the community have many opportunities to see it at hundreds of parades and community events across the state every year.
Placer Community Foundation
Placer Community Foundation is a nonprofit community corporation created by and for the people of Placer County. Their mission is to encourage philanthropy for the betterment of communities in the region. They work to be the preferred conduit for donors and professional advisors interested in establishing charitable endowments.
Teichert Foundation
Teichert Foundation expresses the company’s commitment to build and preserve a healthy and prosperous region.
We make grants to organizations that create beauty, foster culture, nurture children, provide access to food and housing for those in need, preserve nature, increase awareness of our environment, build an educated citizenry and a well-prepared workforce, and strive to provide better health for all.
Sutter Health
Sacramento Sierra Region
Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region serves Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, Solano, Yuba, and Sutter counties with comprehensive health. They strive to provide access to primary care physicians and specialty services in each of our communities, and have a network of over 1,000 physicians locally and over 3,500 throughout the Sutter Health System.
U.S. Bank
All of us serving you
One bank has the expertise and stability to provide all of your company’s financial needs. That would be us.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), with $291 billion in assets, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the 5th largest commercial bank in the United States. The company operates 3,013 banking offices and 5,323 ATMs, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions.
The Sacramento Bee
California News, Local News
The Sacramento Bee has served northern California since 1857 and is the third largest newspaper of The McClatchy Company.
As the region’s leading provider of news and information, The Bee has won five Pulitzer Prizes and is consistently recognized with industry awards for superior journalism.
2100 Q Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
KVIE Public Television
KVIE is far more than television. In fact, we don’t think of ourselves as being in the business of television. Our business, rather, is really about ideas, learning, arts and culture, and citizenship. Television is simply the means by which we deliver these resources to our community.
As a public service, we profit by improving the community in which we depend for support. We succeed to the extent that our children learn, our viewers become engaged in matters that concern them, and those within our communities join together in a common cause.
Sierra Health Foundation
Sierra Health Foundation is a private philanthropy with a mission to invest in and serve as a catalyst for ideas, partnerships and programs that improve health and quality of life in Northern California. Sierra Health is committed to improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities in the region through convening, educating and strategic grantmaking.
Alliant International University
Alliant International University, a private not-for-profit institution, prepares students for professional careers of service and leadership, and it promotes the discovery and application of knowledge to improve the lives of people in diverse communities around the world.
Kiely Group
We are the Kiely Group. We specialize in customized organizational effectiveness solutions for all types of organizations. With our 25+ years of experience researching, developing, and delivering customized, measurable solutions for hundreds of customers around the world, we have learned that effective organizational change is not just for the here and now — it should prepare you and your employees to be ready –– in effective and nimble ways –– for whatever the future might hold.
KGi creates organizational effectiveness solutions, through:
Uptown Studios
Designs for Social Change
Sacramento website and graphic design firm, Uptown Studios, is all about creating websites, brochures, logo designs, videography and more, that get you the attention that you deserve! Uptown Studios is the place to come when you need a little excitement in your creative department.
City of Rancho Cordova
Association of Fundraising Professionals California Captial Chapter
The Association of Fundraising Professionals is an international organization committed to advancing philanthropy through effective and ethical fundraising. For over two decades, the California Capital Chapter has provided education, awareness, advocacy, and mentoring for the fundraising professionals of the north central valley region.
Every month, AFP California Capital Chapter presents a monthly program, luncheon or audio conference.
Capital Public Radio
Capital Public Radio is essential to the everyday lives and enriches the experiences of listeners in northern and central California and western Nevada, and increasingly, those listeners around the world who tune in through the Internet. Capital Public Radio strives to provide accessible programming consisting of engaging discussions and lively debates, cutting-edge multi-media arts programs, and the joys of music- classical, jazz and other genres.
Lester Consulting Group
The mission or sole purpose of Lester Consulting Group is to advance the standards and practice of effective management and philanthropy in the communities they serve.
Located in Sacramento, CA, Lester Consulting Group offers fund development, organizational development, board development and management services.
Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP
The Sacramento law firm of Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP focuses on the core areas of business and real estate transactions, healthcare, construction, labor and employment law, and tax and commercial litigation. Every partner brings years of experience in his or her area of expertise. Our attorneys practice in a wide variety of state and federal administrative settings, in the California state trial and appellate courts, and in the United States District Courts, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court.
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation is an advocate for quality of life, dedicated to connecting people who care with charitable causes. An effective steward of the region’s charitable assets since 1983, the Foundation’s mission is to serve as a leader and trusted partner in expanding philanthropic activity and enhancing its impact for the betterment of our communities. From charitable funds established by individuals, families, businesses and organizations, the Sacramento Region Community Foundation awards grants and engages in leadership activities to address a wide vari
AT&T
Strengthening Communities
Investment in people and communities around the world is vital to the success of our company. It means investing in our people by providing good jobs with competitive compensation and benefits. It also means investing in the communities in which we operate – be it through philanthropic giving or engaging employees in volunteerism initiatives. Recognizing the connection between success of our communities and the success of our company is one of the reasons why we have been around for generations, and why we’ll be here for many more to come.
The California Endowment
The California Endowment is a private, statewide health foundation that was created in 1996 as a result of Blue Cross of California’s creation of WellPoint Health Networks, a for-profit corporation. This conversion set the groundwork for our mission:
The California Endowment’s mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.
Comstock’s Magazine
Business insight for California's Capital Region
Comstock’s is the premier monthly business publication in California’s Capital Region. Serving Sacramento and the nine surrounding counties for more than 20 years, Comstock’s is the voice for business and quality of life in our region.
Digital Deployment
Digital Deployment, Inc is a highly collaborative website development company serving institutions, associations and nonprofits worldwide. Digital Deployment is headquartered in downtown Sacramento, California. It has been privately owned and debt-free since its inception in 2004. Today, Digital Deployment manages over 275 websites of institutions, nonprofits, and associations across the United States.
Citi
Citi never sleeps ®
Citi, the leading global financial services company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Through Citicorp and Citi Holdings, Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
FUEL Creative Group
FUELing your success!
FUEL Creative Group offers full-service graphic design services from a loft studio on 20th street in Midtown Sacramento, California. Clients look to FUEL to create and update their brand, communicate compellingly to diverse audiences and build excellent outcomes. Our seven staff members at FUEL handle any communication project with the creativity and attention to detail required to succeed in today’s competitive markets. We offer over 36 years of design and marketing experience in the Sacramento region. Both partners were born and raised in Sacramento.
Five Star Bank
At Five Star Bank, we understand what emerging businesses need to create new markets and what established companies need to stay competitive in today’s changing landscape. With special expertise in commercial and real estate finance, Five Star Bank is ready to partner with you to acquire, develop and finance property.
Whether you are looking for a banking partner to help you build your business, your real estate portfolio, or an addition to your home, look to Five Star Bank.
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
Great Art Makes a Great Community
The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC), established in 1977, is a public agency devoted to supporting, promoting and advancing the arts in the region. Funded by the City and County, we provide funding to local artists and arts groups; we promote the arts through marketing, outreach and education initiatives; we provide resources to support and increase regional arts education activities; and we serve as a community partner and resource.
First 5 Sacramento
The First 5 Sacramento Commission works to improve the lives of the county’s youngest children and their families through an effective, coordinated, and inclusive implementation of the California Children and Families Act also known as Proposition 10, which was enacted in 1998. The ultimate goal is to enhance the health and early growth experiences of children, enabling them to be more successful in school and to give them a better opportunity to succeed in life.
Gillbert Associates, Inc.
CPAs and Advisors
Gilbert Associates, Inc. has office locations in Sacramento and Folsom. Our primary services are audit, tax and accounting. In addition to these traditional services, we specialize in employee benefit plans, litigation support, estate and retirement planning, and business valuations. Formerly Gilbert Accountancy Corporation, we have been a licensed firm since July 3, 1984 (No. AC2642 California Board of Accountancy).
Community Involvement
You can feel good supporting our firm, which in turn supports the Sacramento community.
Weintraub Tobin
Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation
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Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield of California, an independent member of the Blue Shield Association, is a not-for-profit health plan dedicated to providing Californians with access to high-quality health care at an affordable price.
Visit the Community Involvement page to learn more about Blue Shield Cares, matching donations, corporate giving, board service, and scholarships.
Mercy Foundation
Inspiring philanthropy. Changing lives.
Inspired by the Sisters of Mercy mission to connect those with resources with those in need, Mercy Foundation raises philanthropic support and community awareness to enhance lives.
For Mercy Foundation, philanthropy is one of the most powerful expressions of compassion. Just as many people in the community need a hand, countless others are reaching out to them with comfort and hope. The Foundation strives to forge enduring connections between them, empowering the community to make a difference by giving.
Catholic Healthcare West
Excellent care, delivered with compassion, for all in need. It’s what we stand for.
We are dedicated to delivering high-quality, affordable health care services in a compassionate environment that meets each patient’s physical, mental and spiritual needs. Upholding the core values of dignity, justice, stewardship, collaboration, and excellence, our healing philosophy serves not just our patients, but our staff, our communities, and our planet.
Health Plan of San Joaquin
Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) is a local health plan located in the heart of the Central Valley. We provide access to high quality cost-effective health care to over 100,000 people – serving families in San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced Counties.
University of Phoenix
Earn your degree on your terms. Whether you choose to learn online or at a local campus, you can count on challenging curriculum and a supportive learning environment.
Pacific Coast Building Products Foundation
Pacific Coast has long encouraged and supported employee philanthropic activities, contributing money for fundraising campaigns and making contributions to numerous charities each year. In 1999, the board of directors formalized its philanthropic program with the creation of the Pacific Coast Building Products Charitable Foundation. A one million dollar initial contribution established the fund, which grew to over $2.2 million by the third year. The Sacramento Regional Foundation administers the funds.
Read more on their website.
Rex Moore
Electrical Contractors & Engineers
Rex Moore Electrical Contractors & Engineers is family owned and managed electrical and integrated systems engineering and construction company operating throughout seven western states. Since 1922, Rex Moore has flourished due to its experience and long term relationships with its clients, employees and community.
Community Involvement
Rex Moore has a philosophy of sharing success with the community. For years, Rex Moore has helped with the electrical and financial needs of many charitable organizations.
Stonebridge Properties
StoneBridge Properties is committed to the planning and development of sustainable communities that attract economic development, strengthen the fabric of our region, and enhance the overall quality of life. Embracing the environment and inspiring community are central to our design and planning approach.
Foord, Van Bruggen, Ebersole and Pajak Financial Services
Carol Van Bruggen
In 1986, Elfrena Foord, Carol Van Bruggen, Chuck Ebersole, and Laura Pajak, all CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioners, joined together to create the firm Foord, Van Bruggen, Ebersole and Pajak Financial Services.
Our mission is to provide personal financial planning services which enhance our clients’ quality of life. We created a process called The Wealth & Beyond Program. It is a system that provides clarity, confidence, and contentment to our clients.
Read more on their website.