UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

What UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity does

The UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity is a nonprofit academic research center housed within the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and operating in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente. Its stated mission is to advance equity in incidence, prevalence, mortality, and disease burden among disadvantaged and underserved populations, with a primary focus on community-partnered intervention research to mitigate health disparities. The center fosters community-academic partnerships, trains the next generation of health equity scientists, and assists community partners in implementing evidence-based programs; its annual symposium series has run for at least 26 years and the Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture for 51 iterations, indicating a long-established programmatic cadence.

The center's portfolio spans grantmaking, research, education, and convening. The flagship Community Grants Program distributes up to $5,000 per grant to 501(c)(3) community organizations in Los Angeles County and surrounding Southern California counties (Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange); 11 organizations were funded through the 2023 cycle. Research programs include the NCI Cancer Center Support Grant Supplement Award supporting multi-channel cancer-screening communication campaigns in Latinx and Indigenous Mexican immigrant communities. Educational outputs include the free Our Voces community toolkit for cancer screening, health education workshops and trainings (with 54% delivered in Spanish, reaching 160 individuals and distributing over 700 educational materials in a recent reporting period), and events such as the Annual Health Equity Symposium and the Breslow Lecture. The center maintains formal strategic alliances with the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Antelope Valley Partners for Health, Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP), and The California Endowment.

The center does not sell commercial products or services. Its revenue model is grant-funded: primary disclosed sources are the National Cancer Institute (Cancer Center Support Grant Supplement), Kaiser Permanente programmatic support, and private donations including a named contribution from Doctora Monica Salinas to the Community Grants Program. Its geographic footprint is regional Southern California, with all disclosed activity concentrated in and around Los Angeles County. Marketing and distribution occur through the center's website (healthequity.ucla.edu), LinkedIn, webinars, the annual symposium, and direct engagement with Community Health Workers (Promotores) and community partner networks. A small operational team is disclosed, including named research staff and health educators.

Name

UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

Legal name

UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

Website

https://healthequity.ucla.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity is a nonprofit academic research center within UCLA Fielding School of Public Health that advances health equity among disadvantaged and underserved populations through community-academic partnerships, grant programs, cancer-screening campaigns, and annual symposia across Southern California.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Research and Health Equity Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Equity & Social Determinants Program Funding (HLAJALAK), Health Equity, Access & Social Determinants Programs (BPAIAJAO), Community Health, Health Promotion & Behavior Change (SBCC) (BPADAIAL), Health Promotion & Public Health Education (Community Workshops) (EDAAAFAG), Health Equity, SDOH & Disparities Measurement (HLAJANAJ)

Keywords

• Health equity research
• Community health programs
• Cancer screening campaigns
• Public health education
• Health disparities intervention

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: As a university research center, the UCLA KP Center for Health Equity operates primarily through grant funding from organizations such as the National Cancer Institute (NCI Cancer Center Support Grant Supplement). It also receives contributions from private donors such as Doctora Monica Salinas to fund community grants programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity is an academic research center that conducts community-partnered intervention research to mitigate health disparities, administers annual community grant programs funding local organizations, delivers community health education workshops and trainings (including Spanish-language sessions), and trains the next generation of health equity scientists. It produces culturally and linguistically appropriate resources such as the Our Voces cancer screening toolkit and runs NCI-supported cancer screening communication campaigns targeting underserved Latinx and Indigenous Mexican immigrant populations in Southern California.

Product overview

UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity operates as an academic research and community outreach center rather than a technology product company. Its portfolio consists of grant programs supporting community health equity initiatives (with annual Community Grants Programs offering up to $5,000 per grant), educational resources and toolkits (including the Our Voces cancer screening toolkit), annual events (the Health Equity Symposium and Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture series), and direct health education workshops and trainings for community members and Community Health Workers. The center also conducts research programs such as the NCI Cancer Center Support Grant initiatives focused on cancer screening in underserved populations.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• 2024 Community Grants Program Grant funding program offering up to $5,000 per grant to local 501(c)(3) community organizations for health equity projects in Los Angeles County. Supports needs assessment, patient screening, educational materials development, and evidence-based interventions.
• 2025 Community Grants Program Annual grant program supporting community organizations addressing health disparities among underserved populations in Los Angeles County, with grants of up to $5,000 each.
• NCI Cancer Center Support Grant Supplement Award program Multi-channel communication campaigns to promote cancer screening among high-need Latinx communities, including culturally and linguistically appropriate materials, radio PSAs, and Community Health Workers in the Antelope Valley and Indigenous Mexican immigrant populations of Ventura County.
• Our Voces Toolkit A free community toolkit developed to increase cancer screening tests and raise awareness for relevant cancers throughout Southern California communities, featuring engagement strategies and multi-media channels for use by community organizations and Promotores.
• Health Education Workshops and Trainings Community health education workshops and trainings delivered to community members, Community Health Workers, and Promotores covering topics including e-cigarette/vaping, colorectal cancer, general cancer, and alcohol use; 54% of workshops and trainings are delivered in Spanish.

Quantifiable outcome

• 11 organizations funded in 2023 Community Grants Program
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) is a key strategic collaborator with the Center for Health Equity on community outreach and engagement initiatives, including joint cancer screening communication campaigns and the Community Grants Program co-administered by both organizations.
• Antelope Valley Partners for Health (AVPH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAVPH is a community partner in NCI-funded cancer screening communication campaigns targeting Latinx communities in the Antelope Valley. The partnership involves co-developing culturally and linguistically appropriate materials, radio PSAs, and community health worker engagement.
• Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMICOP is a community partner in cancer screening campaigns targeting Indigenous Mexican Immigrant populations of Ventura County. The partnership involves developing culturally appropriate materials and engaging Community Health Workers to increase cancer screening awareness.
• The California EndowmentminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe California Endowment serves as the venue host for the Annual UCLA Health Equity Symposium (e.g., 26th Annual Symposium on April 23, 2026) in downtown Los Angeles.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UCSF Center for Health Equity: University of California, San Francisco's health equity center, similarly focused on community-engaged research to reduce health disparities among vulnerable populations across California. Operates as a direct comparator within the UC system for grant-funded health equity research and CBO partnerships.
• Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity: Johns Hopkins' university-based health equity research center with parallel mission of advancing equity through intervention research, training, and community partnerships. Directly comparable as an academic health equity center operating grant-funded research and community engagement programming.
• Prevention Institute: Nonprofit that advances health equity through community-based prevention research, capacity-building, and grantmaking to CBOs. Highly comparable as a health equity grantmaking and community partner intermediary with overlapping methodology around SDOH and structural disparities.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The largest US philanthropy dedicated to health and health equity, funding community-based research, advocacy, and grant programs. Comparable as a grantmaking entity shaping the health equity research agenda, though operating at far greater scale and national scope.
• CDC Foundation: Nonprofit partner to the CDC that mobilizes philanthropic and private resources for public health programs and community-based interventions. Comparable operating model of brokering funding between federal agencies and community partners.
• Trust for America's Health: Nonprofit policy organization focused on public health and health equity through advocacy, research, and convening. Comparable to the center's policy-oriented programming and engagement with state/national health equity conversations.

Regional players

• Morehouse School of Medicine - Prevention Research Center: HBCU-based prevention research center focused on health disparities in underserved Black and minority communities in the Southeast. Comparable as an academic-community partnership research center addressing racial/ethnic health disparities via grant-funded community interventions, though regionally distinct.

Emerging players

• National Association of Community Health Workers: Membership organization advancing the community health worker (Promotor) workforce, which is central to the center's Promotores-based intervention model in Latinx communities. Comparable focus on community health worker capacity-building.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ucla-kaiser-permanente-center-for-health-equity

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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