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St John's Community Health

Public charity · Grantmaker Los Angeles, CA EIN: 95-4067758 Website

St John's Community Health is a public charity based in Los Angeles, California. It provides community health services and, in 2024, reported giving 12 grants totaling $708,824. Its 2025 filing, the latest on this page, reports 19 grants totaling $6.3 million.

St John's Community Health at a glance

In short: St John's Community Health gave $6.3M across 19 grants in 2025 (avg $333K), mostly in California. 68% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$6,326,251
+792.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
19
+58.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$332,961
+463.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$10,000
Total assets
$177,918,888
+28.3% vs 2024
New grantees (estimate)
68% first-time grantees (13 of 19, 2025; small sample)
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated November 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

How to apply to St John's Community Health

Contact

Mailing address: 808 W 58Th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90037
Phone: (323) 541-1600
Website: https://sjch.org

Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.

Who St John's Community Health funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Health Justice Action Fund: $6.0MHealth Justice Action Fund$6.0MCompton Unified School District: $90KCompton Unified SchoolDistrict$90KRainbow Pride Youth Alliance: $50KRainbow Pride Youth Alliance$50KCommunity Initiatives: $35KCommunity Initiatives$35KBlack AIDS Institute: $25KBlack AIDS Institute$25KFoundation for the Compton Community College District: $15KFoundation for the ComptonCommunity College District$15KProgram for Torture Victims: $15KProgram for Torture Victims$15KAlianza Translatinx: $10KAlianza Translatinx$10KBrotherhood Crusade: $10KBrotherhood Crusade$10KCompton Run Club Inc: $10KCompton Run Club Inc$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Health Justice Action Fund ($6.0M). Together the top 10 received $6.3M.

Grant Size Distribution

66 grants across all recorded years

39<$50K8$50–100K15$100–250K2$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M1$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 39 grants of 66 (59%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The organization describes its care as serving underserved communities in Los Angeles and says it has expanded into Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Its 2024 grants included recipients in California, including Alianza Translatinx in Santa Ana.

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 19 itemized grants.

Cities

Los AngelesComptonPasadenaBellflowerPalm SpringsSanta AnaWest HollywoodArletaCommerceHollywoodIndioInglewoodLong BeachOaklandSan BernardinoSan FranciscoSt. LouisTorranceVeniceWest Covina

Is St John's Community Health open to new grantees?

68%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 13 of 19 grantees (68%) were first-time recipients. With only 19 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $475K; repeat grants $26K. How we count

Medians: $10K first-time, $13K repeat.

  • 26% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 757% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M$8M10 grants2019 11 grants2020 12 grants2021 7 grants2022 16 grants2023 12 grants2024 19 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $709K (2024) to $6.3M (2025). In 2025 it made 19 grants totaling $6.3M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Health Justice Action Fund Los Angeles, CASupport$6,000,000
Compton Unified School District Compton, CASupport$90,000
Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance San Bernardino, CASupport$50,000
Community Initiatives Oakland, CASupport$35,000
Black AIDS Institute Los Angeles, CASupport$25,051
Foundation for the Compton Community College District Compton, CASupport$15,000
Program for Torture Victims Los Angeles, CASupport$15,000
Alianza Translatinx Santa Ana, CASupport$10,000
Brotherhood Crusade Los Angeles, CASupport$10,000
Compton Run Club Inc Los Angeles, CASupport$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$177,918,888$244,972,558$213,291,836$6,326,25119$1,495,698
2024$138,689,538$187,492,916$164,016,986$708,82412$1,272,824
2023$104,810,716$151,282,798$132,367,674$1,492,31616$956,298
2022$88,864,364$137,528,341$130,195,826$737,8237$129,146
2021$79,729,504$133,112,962$128,011,338$1,242,63212$1,071
2020$72,019,151$99,102,893$90,403,032$1,499,38511$38,381
2019$59,693,036$82,342,337$79,710,558$1,082,70410$168,267

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization’s stated mission is to improve community health and reduce health disparities by delivering high-quality, comprehensive services and impacting health and social policy. Its 2024 filing describes primary and preventive medical care, comprehensive dental and behavioral health services, and enabling services such as case management, outreach and health education, youth development, community resources, and reentry services.

The 2024 grants included support for a school district, a primary care association, community organizations, and health and social-service organizations. One recipient, Alianza Translatinx, describes its own mission as protecting, defending, and advocating for the needs and rights of the transgender Latinx community and others in Orange County.

Grantmaking

In 2024, the organization gave 12 grants totaling $708,824. Grants ranged from $10,000 to $387,660, with a median grant of $22,822. The largest awards included $387,660 to Compton Unified School District, $100,000 to California Primary Care Association, $49,500 to Friends of Compton Community College District 2024, $30,218 to Unique Woman’s Coalition, and $25,001 to Program for Torture Victims. Other listed recipients included Experts United for Homelessness ($25,000), Black AIDS Institute ($20,645), Transgender Health and Wellness Center ($20,500), and Alianza Translatinx ($10,000). The filing lists “support” as the purpose for these grants. Its 2025 filing, the latest on this page, reports 19 grants totaling $6.3 million.

The organization’s website describes an RFP process for vendors, consultants, and organizations. Listed opportunities concern procurement and services, including healthcare operations consulting and pharmacy supply; the website does not describe a process for applying for charitable grants.

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2024 filing lists Lilia Garcia as chair, Christopher Callahan as vice chair, Lin Tien as treasurer, and Carmen J Cole as secretary beginning in July 2024. Joanna Mimi Choi MD is listed as secretary through June 2024. Other listed board members are Bill Dawe, Cecilia Sibley, Ernesto Gonzales (through February 2024), George Harris, and Jamal McCree.

St John's Community Health is led by James Mangia, Chief Executive Officer since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 15 of 29 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • James Mangia

    Chief Executive Officer

    CEO & President → Chief Executive Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $574K (2019) → $857K (2025)

  • Lilia Garcia

    Chair

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elena Fernandez

    Chief Programs Officer

    Chief of Programs → Chief Programs Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $253K (2019) → $319K (2025)

  • Elizabeth Meisler

    Chief Financial Officer

    CFO → Chief Financial Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $337K (2019) → $417K (2025)

  • Michael Beral

    Chief Dental Officer

    Director of Dental Clinic → Chief Dental Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $294K (2019) → $394K (2025)

  • Rolando Barahona

    Chief Strategy & Development Officer

    Chief Operating Officer → Chief Development Officer, 2021

    Chief Development Officer → Chief Strategy & Development Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $253K (2019) → $415K (2025)

  • Saifei Wu

    Family Medicine Physician

    Family Practice Physician → Family Medicine Physician, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $272K (2019) → $330K (2025)

  • Sushant Bandarpalle

    Chief Medical Officer

    Regional Medical Director → Chief Medical Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $277K (2019) → $428K (2025)

  • Ana R. Barahona

    Chief Operating Officer

    Chief Operations Officer → Chief Operating Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $195K (2021) → $293K (2025)

  • Alexis Gomez

    Family Nurse Practitioner

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $299K (2023) → $339K (2025)

  • Alexis Jurow Gordon

    Internal Medicine Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $289K (2023) → $325K (2025)

  • Darryn Harris

    Chief Government Affairs & Community Relation

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $256K (2024) → $289K (2025)

  • Maria S. Genie

    Chief Administrative Officer

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $276K (2024) → $290K (2025)

  • Sharon Marie Correa

    Chief Information Officer

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $268K (2024) → $294K (2025)

  • Melinda S. Gilmore

    Ob & Gyn Physician

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $351K (2025)

  • Pedro Cepeda

    Ob & Gyn Physician

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $325K (2025)

  • Bill Dawe

    Board Member

    Treasurer → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leonor Guzman

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lin Tien

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martha Ortiz

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patricia Escamilla

    Board Member

    Vice Chair → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cecilia Sibley

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sandra Weathersby

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carmen J. Cole

    Secretary

    Board Member → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher Callahan

    Vice Chair

    Board Member → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • George Harris

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jamal McCree

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Juana Calel

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hector Ayon

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (22)
  • Former: Joanna Mimi Choi MD (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Mohsen Jamei (2019–2024) — Physician
  • Former: Ernesto Gonzales (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Mark William Ralph (2022–2024) — Family Medicine Physician
  • Former: Rene Padaparampil Eapen (2022–2024) — Internal Medicine Physician
  • Former: Thu Thi Huynh-Vien (2024) — Chief Hr, Legal & Compliance Officer
  • Former: Timothy D Neiman (2019–2023) — Chief Administrative Officer
  • Former: Anitha Lakshmi Mullangi (2019–2022) — Chief Medical Officer
  • Former: Cindy Nakhla (2021–2022) — Ob & Gyn
  • Former: Matthew Welzenbach (2020–2021) — Regional Medical Director
  • Former: Mario Chavez (2021) — Director of Govt Affairs
  • Former: Padma Venkataraman (2021) — Internal Medicine Physician
  • Former: Saghar Saber (2021) — Internal Medicine Physician
  • Former: Alyssa Ognenovski (2020) — Family Medicine Physician
  • Former: Jonathan Oluwarimitan Olumoya (2020) — Physician
  • Former: Kathy Truong (2020) — Pharmacist in Charge
  • Former: Sam Choodar Badianat (2020) — Director of Pharmacy
  • Former: Aela Paiz (2019) — Ob Gyn
  • Former: Donald Young (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Gilda Haas (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Glenn Lopez (2019) — Family Practice Physician
  • Former: Jonathan Oluwarimitan (2019) — Physician

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

James Mangia — Chief Executive Officer: $857KJames MangiaChief Executive Officer$857KSushant Bandarpalle — Chief Medical Officer: $428KSushant BandarpalleChief Medical Officer$428KElizabeth Meisler — Chief Financial Officer: $417KElizabeth MeislerChief Financial Officer$417KRolando Barahona — Chief Strategy and Development Officer: $415KRolando BarahonaChief Strategy and Development…$415KMichael Beral — Chief Dental Officer: $394KMichael BeralChief Dental Officer$394KMelinda S Gilmore — Ob/Gyn Physician: $351KMelinda S GilmoreOb/Gyn Physician$351KAlexis Gomez — Family Nurse Practitioner: $339KAlexis GomezFamily Nurse Practitioner$339KSaifei Wu — Family Medicine Physician: $330KSaifei WuFamily Medicine Physician$330KAlexis Jurow Gordon — Internal Medicine Physician: $325KAlexis Jurow GordonInternal Medicine Physician$325KPedro Cepeda — Ob/Gyn Physician: $325KPedro CepedaOb/Gyn Physician$325KElena Fernandez — Chief Programs Officer: $319KElena FernandezChief Programs Officer$319KSharon Marie Correa — Chief Information Officer: $294KSharon Marie CorreaChief Information Officer$294KAna R Barahona — Chief Operating Officer: $293KAna R BarahonaChief Operating Officer$293KMaria S Genie — Chief Administrative Officer: $290KMaria S GenieChief Administrative Officer$290KDarryn Harris — Chief Government Affairs & Community Relation: $289KDarryn HarrisChief Government Affairs &…$289K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $857K, to James Mangia (Chief Executive Officer). 15 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about St John's Community Health

How much does St John's Community Health give each year?

St John's Community Health gave $6.3M across 19 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $709K across 12 grants.

What is St John's Community Health's typical grant size?

St John's Community Health's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $332,961, across 19 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from St John's Community Health that year got $475K on average.

Where does St John's Community Health give grants?

St John's Community Health gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Los Angeles, CA (8 grants) and Compton, CA (2 grants).

Does St John's Community Health give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 19 grants with a stated purpose on St John's Community Health's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Support" (19 grants).

Who are St John's Community Health's largest grantees?

St John's Community Health's largest 2025 grantees include Health Justice Action Fund ($6,000,000), Compton Unified School District ($90,000) and Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance ($50,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 97% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is St John's Community Health?

St John's Community Health reported $177.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $245.0M.

What does St John's Community Health fund?

The organization’s stated mission is to improve community health and reduce health disparities by delivering high-quality, comprehensive services and impacting health and social policy. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from St John's Community Health?

St John's Community Health has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check sjch.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is St John's Community Health's EIN?

St John's Community Health's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-4067758. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated November 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS September 14, 2026)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 21, 2020)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 28, 2021)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 23, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 29, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 27, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 30, 2025)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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Cite this profile

Grantable. (2026). St John's Community Health funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/st-john-s-community-health-morg_9859ca56173c4d008a67754a2746f7b4

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