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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 82-1511283

Carestar Foundation

A private foundation in Berkeley, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 38 grants and $5.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Carestar Foundation
921 Ensenada Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707
(510) 717-4249
Form and materials
The application is located on the website
Deadlines
Rolling grant award schedule (though deadlines for specific grants such as tii)
Restrictions
Grants awards focused on northern california in racial equity in the field of prehospital care. Grant awards vary is size and duration

Assets and giving by year

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $5,274,463

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $61,244,592

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,155,000

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $62,671,015

  • Tax year 2022

    $3,341,667

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $62,153,575

Grants paid in 2024

38 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Public Health AdvocatesDavis, CA

    Seizing the moment: a statewide campaign to transform first response in california cities

    $750,000
  2. Lundquistharbor UCLATorrance, CA

    The south la CPR initiative

    $333,333
  3. Lundquistharbor UCLATorrance, CA

    The south la CPR initiative

    $333,333
  4. Loma Linda UniversityLoma Linda, CA

    Emergency management strategies to decrease opioid deaths

    $250,000
  5. National Indian Justice CenterSanta Rosa, CA

    Cultivating climate ready tribal community health representatives

    $250,000
  6. Nuestra ComunidadSanta Rosa, CA

    Project lifeline: 911 awareness and equity

    $250,000
  7. Sutter Coast HospitalCrescent City, CA

    Community crisis response collaborative (CCRC)

    $233,333
  8. Ca Emergency Medical Services AuthorityRancho Cordova, CA

    Access & equity project

    $200,000
  9. City of EurekaEureka, CA

    Crisis alternative response of eureka

    $200,000
  10. Regents of the University of California UCSFLos Angeles, CA

    New EMS behavioral crisis curriculum

    $158,333
  11. Regents of the University of California UCSFLos Angeles, CA

    New EMS behavioral crisis curriculum

    $158,333
  12. Health Resource in Action (hria)Jersey City, NJ

    Health resources in action, inc. Havi support

    $150,000
  13. Health Resource in Action (hria)Jersey City, NJ

    Health resources in action, inc. Havi support

    $150,000
  14. Kings ViewFresno, CA

    People and communities transformed

    $150,000
  15. San Ramon Valley Fire ProtectionSan Ramon, CA

    Public safety for behavioral health

    $150,000
  16. California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (cpehn)Oakland, CA

    Calfornia pan-ethnic health network (cpehn)

    $125,000
  17. San Francisco EmsaSan Francisco, CA

    Community paramedicine and triage to alt destination - san francisco EMS

    $125,000
  18. Possibility LabBerkeley, CA

    Gender and racial equity in emergency medical services (EMS)

    $115,866
  19. Possibility LabBerkeley, CA

    Gender and racial equity in emergency medical services (EMS)

    $115,866
  20. Hope & Heal FundLos Angeles, CA

    Gun violence prevention in california

    $100,000
  21. Sfary (support for Actively Rising Youth)Benecia, CA

    Support for actively rising youth

    $100,000
  22. Tower Foundation of SjsuSan Jose, CA

    EMS data equity conference

    $79,182
  23. Exhaling InjusticeSan Diego, CA

    Exhaling injustice

    $75,000
  24. North Valley Labor Federation (united Way of Merced)Modesto, CA

    NVLF alternative emergency response project

    $75,000
  25. Still I Rise FilmsOakland, CA

    In the red: part II

    $75,000
  26. TabimomsVallejo, CA

    Tabimoms

    $75,000
  27. Bay Area Youth Emt ProgramOakland, CA

    Bay emt program

    $66,666
  28. Prehospital Care Research Forum-UclaLos Angeles, CA

    Carestar-pcrf EMS equity research workshop

    $65,000
  29. Healing Grace Studios LLCElk Grove, CA

    Equity consulting to emsa

    $59,400
  30. Cristo Rey de La SalleOakland, CA

    Corporate work study program

    $50,000
  31. Public Health AdvocatesDavis, CA

    Seizing the moment: a statewide campaign to transform first response in california cities

    $50,000
  32. SF Fire Youth AcademySan Francisco, CA

    SF fire youth academy

    $50,000
  33. Stanislaus CountyModesto, CA

    Stanislaus county transport to alternate destination

    $50,000
  34. San Francisco Fire DepartmentSan Francisco, CA

    EMS data equity conference

    $45,818
  35. Anti Police-Terror ProjectOakland, CA

    Anti police-terror project and mental health first

    $20,000
  36. College for Behavioral HealthMesa, AZ

    Fellowship sponsorship

    $15,000
  37. Days with ZahrahSan Lorenzo, CA

    Behind the station door

    $15,000
  38. Cristo Rey de La SalleOakland, CA

    Board discretionary grant

    $10,000

Approved for future payment

10 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. Public Health AdvocatesDavis, CA

    Seizing the moment: a statewide campaign to transform first response in california cities

    $750,000
  2. Public Health AdvocatesDavis, CA

    Seizing the moment: a statewide campaign to transform first response in california cities

    $510,000
  3. The Lundquist InstituteTorrance, CA

    The south la CPR initiative: an innovative community-based approach to improving cardiac arrest survival in southern california

    $333,333
  4. Youth Recovery ConnectionsHollister, CA

    Tri-county EMS buprenorphine collaborative

    $333,333
  5. Sutter Coast HospitalCrescent City, CA

    Community crisis response collaborative (CCRC)

    $233,333
  6. Crisis Alternative Response of Eureka - City of EurekaEureka, CA

    Crisis alternative response of eureka

    $200,000
  7. San Ramon Valley Fire Protection DistrictSan Ramon, CA

    Public safety for behavioral health

    $150,000
  8. Kings ViewFresno, CA

    Signet-care (self-initiating guide to non-emergency treatment)

    $150,000
  9. California Emergency Medical Services AuthorityRancho Cordova, CA

    Comprehensive access and equity project

    $140,600
  10. North Valley Labor Federation (united Way of Merced County)Modesto, CA

    NVLF alternative emergency response project

    $75,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health2 grants $800,00059% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $316,66623% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $150,00011% of the total
  4. Civil rights2 grants $95,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California35 grants $4,959,463
  2. New Jersey2 grants $300,000
  3. Arizona1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

11 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Sandra ShewryBOARD CHAIR Hours 1.5Pay $0
  • Joseph Chiang MDVICE CHAIR/TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jane SmithSCRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Fatima AngelesBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.75Pay $0
  • Shani BuggsBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.75Pay $0
  • Sarah de GuiaBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.75Pay $0
  • Kenneth MeehanBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.75Pay $0
  • Michael RodriguezBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.75Pay $0
  • Eric RudnickBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.75Pay $0
  • Tanir AmiCEO Hours 40Pay $314,075
  • Dion GriffinCFO Hours 8Pay $78,900

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