Archstone Foundation

What Archstone Foundation does

Archstone Foundation is a private charitable foundation established in 1985 (per firmographic records; one internal source notes 1988) and headquartered in Long Beach, California. Its mission is to improve health and social care for older adults in California through grantmaking, partnership, and advocacy. The foundation focuses on integrating healthcare and social services for approximately 1.5 million Medi-Cal-eligible older adults in the state, using a strategic framework organized around three pillars — Aging, Health Equity, and Social Justice — and three operational priorities referred to as the 'Three Ts' (Teams, Training, Technology).

The foundation's core product surface is structured grantmaking, delivered through Letters of Inquiry, full proposals, and a self-service online grant portal that has administered more than 1,250 grants totaling over $130 million since inception. It complements grants with operational products including a public Grants Database, the Point of View thought-leadership blog, a Resources & Publications library, an annual Award for Excellence in Program Innovation (running since at least 2001), and the multi-stakeholder CalAIM Statewide Older Adult Collaborative led by California Health Policy Strategies (CalHPS) with Foundation support.

The business model is endowment-funded: Archstone is a 501(c)(3) private foundation that does not sell products or services, raises no commercial revenue, and prices no offerings. Customer-facing activity is purely nonprofit grant distribution, technical assistance, convening, and policy advocacy. The foundation operates with 11–50 employees, a board chaired by President and CEO Rigo J. Saborio, MSG, and a network spanning academic medical centers (UCSF, USC Keck, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Davis, University of Washington), managed care plans (CalOptima), community-based organizations (Partners in Care Foundation, LeadingAge California, Alzheimer's Los Angeles, San Ysidro Health Center, Jewish Home Family, Lifespan of Greater Rochester), and government agencies (California Department of Aging, California Department of Health Care Services, CalOHII).

Name

Archstone Foundation

Legal name

Archstone Foundation

Website

https://archstone.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Archstone Foundation is a private California-based charitable foundation that funds and advocates for improved health and social care systems serving older adults, awarding more than 1,250 grants totaling over $130 million since inception through a Teams, Training, and Technology strategy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aging Services Philanthropy

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAKAL

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

SECONDARYBPAGAKAN

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

SECONDARYBPAGAKAI

Research & Science Grantmaking Foundations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

Keywords

• Aging services philanthropy
• Grantmaking foundation
• Health equity funding
• Elder care grants
• Older adult advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grantmaking: Archstone Foundation operates as a private grantmaking foundation dedicated to improving health and social care for older adults in California. The foundation receives its capital from an endowment and distributes grants through a structured application process. Since its inception, it has awarded more than 1,250 grants with a total value over $130 million.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Archstone Foundation is a private charitable foundation that provides grant funding, convening, advocacy support, and technical assistance to improve health and social care for older adults in California. Its grantmaking is structured around a Three Ts strategic framework (Teams, Training, and Technology) and two core aims: Mobilizing Communities/Amplifying Voices and Building Adaptability of Organizations. The foundation channels funding to community-based organizations, healthcare providers, government agencies, and academic institutions, and supports the CalAIM Statewide Older Adult Collaborative to integrate community-based organizations into California's Medicaid transformation.

Product overview

Archstone Foundation is a philanthropic organization dedicated to improving health and social care for older adults in California, operating through grantmaking rather than a traditional product platform. The Foundation's core offerings include the CalAIM Statewide Older Adult Collaborative, which supports integration of community-based organizations into California's Medicaid transformation; the Award for Excellence in Program Innovation recognizing outstanding aging services programs; a Grants Database tracking over 1,250 grants worth over $130 million; an Online Grant Portal for applications and reporting; the Point of View Blog for thought leadership; and a Resources & Publications Library with reports and newsletters. The Foundation's strategic framework centers on three pillars—aging, health equity, and social justice—and three strategic priorities known as the 'Three Ts': Teams, Training, and Technology, which guide grantmaking toward integrated, person-centered care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CalAIM Statewide Older Adult Collaborative A learning collaborative led by California Health Policy Strategies (CalHPS) with Archstone Foundation support, designed to help community-based organizations integrate into California's CalAIM Medicaid transformation initiative. It focuses on Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports for Medi-Cal eligible older adults at high risk of institutionalization, and includes a commissioned UCSF report on how CalAIM supports best practices in dementia care.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 1,250 grants awarded totaling over $130 million since inception
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

43 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The California EndowmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Signed joint statement with other California health funders responding to federal government's delay in payment of $1.1 billion in Medicaid funding
• The California Wellness FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Signed joint statement with other California health funders responding to federal government's delay in payment of $1.1 billion in Medicaid funding
• Metta FundcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Signed joint statement with other California health funders responding to federal government's delay in payment of $1.1 billion in Medicaid funding
• AltaMedminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 May 2026Co-creator of 'Someone I Love' statewide campaign to mobilize Californians on health care cuts
• California Primary Care AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 May 2026Co-creator of 'Someone I Love' statewide campaign to mobilize Californians on health care cuts
• Disability Voices UnitedminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 May 2026Co-creator of 'Someone I Love' statewide campaign to mobilize Californians on health care cuts
• Connecting for Better HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Facilitated multi-session Community Design Studio with Foundation on data sharing challenges for older adults
• Metta FundcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations to discuss achieving health equity and aging issues
• The California Wellness FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations to discuss achieving health equity and aging issues
• The California EndowmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations to discuss achieving health equity and aging issues
• Sierra Health FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations to discuss achieving health equity and aging issues
• Blue Shield of California FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations to discuss achieving health equity and aging issues
• The SCAN FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations to discuss achieving health equity and aging issues; also signed joint statement on Medicaid funding deferral
• California Health Care FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations
• LA84 FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations
• IEHP FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations
• Inland Empire Community FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations
• Capitol ImpactcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Co-funders of nonpartisan gubernatorial forum with eleven California health foundations
• Greater Good StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025Engaged to help Foundation begin a learning journey across California communities to hear directly from older adults about their experiences
• California Health Policy Strategies (CalHPS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Leading the CalAIM Statewide Older Adult Collaborative (formerly CalAIM Statewide Dementia Care Learning Collaborative) with Archstone Foundation support
• California Department of AgingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Partner in CalAIM Statewide Older Adult Collaborative with support from California Department of Health Care Services
• California Department of Health Care ServicescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Partner in CalAIM Statewide Older Adult Collaborative providing policy guidance and ECM resources
• The SCAN FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 April 2023Co-sponsored webinar on Navigating Medi-Cal's PATH CITED capacity building grants program with Archstone Foundation
• CalOptimaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 April 2023Panelist in PATH CITED webinar representing Medi-Cal managed care plan perspective
• Alzheimer's Los AngelesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 April 2023Panelist in PATH CITED webinar representing community-based organization perspective
• Dayle McIntosh CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 April 2023Panelist in PATH CITED webinar representing disability community perspective
• Partners in Care FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaborating on CHW training program with Los Angeles Valley College; also leading Community Care Hub for data exchange initiatives
• Los Angeles Valley CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partner with Partners in Care Foundation on CHW training program; using government workforce development funding for free training
• Justice in AgingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partner in advocacy and policy defense work protecting Medicaid for older adults
• California Office of Health Information Integrity (CalOHII)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2021Led publication of State Health Information Guidance Volume 2 addressing food and nutrition insecurity data sharing; also funded by Foundation, CHCF, CMS, CommonSpirit Health, and Nourish California
• Nourish CaliforniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2021Collaborated with CalOHII and Primary Care Association on State Health Information Guidance Volume 2
• Primary Care AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2021Collaborated with CalOHII and Nourish California on State Health Information Guidance Volume 2
• UCSFcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partner in developing elder abuse curriculum for medical residents; also contributed to Care Partners depression initiative
• CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative CarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partner in palliative care education and training initiatives
• Coalition for Compassionate Care of CaliforniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partner in palliative care and advance care planning initiatives
• University of Southern California Keck School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Leading development of elder abuse curriculum for medical residents in collaboration with UC Irvine, UCSF, and UC San Diego
• University of California, IrvinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaborating on development of elder abuse curriculum for medical residents
• University of California, San DiegocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaborating on development of elder abuse curriculum for medical residents
• Ventura County Area Agency on AgingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Implemented automatic electronic notification system to alert when older adults have fallen, enabling proactive outreach for services
• LeadingAge CaliforniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2020Received $50,000 COVID-19 Emergency Response Grant for CNA training, recruitment, and hand sanitizer distribution to Skilled Nursing Facilities
• University of WashingtoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Led Depression in Late-Life Initiative with UC Davis on Care Partners project testing collaborative care for late-life depression
• University of California, DaviscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Partnered with University of Washington on Care Partners project for late-life depression care
• City of HopecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Led End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project with Foundation support; has prepared over 40,000 trainers reaching 1.4 million clinicians

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Metta Fund: California foundation focused on healthy aging, joining Archstone in the gubernatorial forum and Medicaid funding statements; direct peer in aging-focused grantmaking within California.
• The California Wellness Foundation: California health-focused grantmaker partnering with Archstone on the gubernatorial forum and Medicaid defense statements; comparable in mission, advocacy posture, and statewide grantmaking scale.
• California Health Care Foundation (CHCF): Large California health philanthropy funding integrated care, older adults, and Medi-Cal transformation — including co-funding of CalOHII's State Health Information Guidance alongside Archstone. Direct peer in mission and CalAIM-aligned grantmaking.
• The SCAN Foundation: California-focused independent foundation dedicated to advancing quality of life and dignity for older adults; co-funds Archstone's PATH CITED webinars and signed joint Medicaid defense statements — a near-perfect peer in mission, geography, and grantmaking model.
• Sierra Health Foundation: California-based health philanthropy with overlapping health-equity and aging priorities; co-funder of the California health funders' gubernatorial forum alongside Archstone.
• The California Endowment: Major California health foundation co-funder of the 'Someone I Love' campaign and gubernatorial forum with Archstone; comparable mission on health equity and systems change though with a significantly larger endowment.
• Blue Shield of California Foundation: California health foundation funding domestic violence, health, and community resilience, including older-adult services; co-funder with Archstone on the California health funders' gubernatorial forum.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Largest U.S. health philanthropy funding health equity, healthy aging, and systems change; broader portfolio but overlapping priorities with Archstone's aging and health-equity pillars.
• John A. Hartford Foundation: National foundation dedicated to improving care for older adults through geriatric workforce, age-friendly health systems, and family caregiving — overlapping significantly with Archstone's Three Ts focus on Teams and Training, with a national rather than California footprint.
• AARP Foundation: National foundation serving vulnerable older adults with programs in food insecurity, income, and caregiving; broad incumbent with overlapping beneficiary population but a much larger scale and national footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ArchstoneFdn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/archstone-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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