Caring for the community is at the heart of what we do at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). Our participation in activities that benefit the communities we serve goes well beyond the walls of our health care centers, reaching out to those who need us the most. In 2008-09, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation has provided $15 million in services for the poor and underserved and $11.6 million in community benefits for the broader community. PAMF funds a spectrum of services that communities need but are seldom profitable – such as medical research, care for the chronically ill, and services for the poor and uninsured. Additionally, our physicians and staff have donated hundreds of hours to community service.

PAMF has Community Advisory Councils in the following communities: Dublin, Fremont, Mountain View/Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Santa Cruz and Southern San Mateo County (Redwood City, San Carlos). Council members provide advice and information about the health needs of the community, existing health-related programs that merit Foundation support, the need for new community programs, opportunities for collaboration on health-related community programs, ways to promote our community programs and evalutaing outcomes of Foundation community programs.

Supporting Community Well-Being
This 2009 community benefit report offers an overview of the kinds of free programs and services the Palo Alto Medical Foundation provides. It is a collection of stories and snapshots that describe the types of programs, donations and outreach that reflect the spirit and intent of our community benefit efforts. View a pdf of the the 2009 report.

The following is a list of organizations to which the Palo Alto Medical Foundation has given in-kind or financial support in the past year.

• Children
• Chronic Disease
• Community
• Schools and Education
• Seniors
• Support Services
• Underserved

Children

• Achieve Kids
  
• Children's Health Council
  
• Friends of Children with Special Needs

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Chronic Disease

• American Cancer Society – Relay for Life
  
• American Diabetes Association
  
• Arthritis Foundation
  
• Breast Cancer Connections
  
• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
  
• HERS Breast Cancer Foundation
  
• Hope Hospice, Inc.
  
• Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services
  
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  
• National Kidney Foundation of Northern California & Northern Nevada
  
• Lupus Foundation of Northern California
  
• Pathways Hospice Foundation
  
• Peninsula Stroke Association
  
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure

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Community

• Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA)
  
• Community Services Agency
  
• Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence
  
• Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County
  
• OUTLET (CHAC/Outlet)
  
• Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA)
  
• Rotary Club – Dublin, San Carlos
  
• YMCA – San Jose, Palo Alto and Sequoia

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Schools and Education

• Education Foundations of Fremont, Mountain View and Redwood City
  
• Foundation for a College Education
  
• Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf
  

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Seniors

• Afghan Elderly Association
  
• Peninsula Volunteers, Inc.
  
• Tri-City Elder Coalition

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Support Services

• Abilities United
  
• Adolescent Counseling Services
  
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  
• American Red Cross
  
• Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
  
• Family Caregivers Alliance
  
• Family Connections
  
• Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments (SAVE)
  
• Samaritan House
  
• Teen Pregnancy Coalition
  
• The Wellness Community
  
• Women's Recovery Association

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Underserved

• Alameda County Community Food Bank
  
• Davis Street Family Resource Center
  
• Habitat for Humanity- East Bay
  
• Healthy Kids - Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties
  
• Mayview Community Health Center
  
• Padua Dining Room at St. Anthony's Church
  
• Ravenswood Family Health Center
  
• Sacred Heart Community Service
  
• Santa Clara Family Health Foundation
  
• Second Harvest Food Bank
  
• Service League of San Mateo County
  
• Sunnyvale Community Services
  
• Sustainable Valley Foundation
  
• Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.

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