Achievable Health (formerly The Achievable Foundation), a model nonprofit community health center that provides high-quality, integrated health care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and other community members with complex health needs, received a $2 million gift from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Open Call, a game-changing initiative.
This marks the largest gift received in Achievable Health’s 11-year history and is double the amount of the grant request submitted. The gift also gives a big boost to the organization’s hopes to expand their health center.
“Thank you, Mackenzie Scott, for recognizing the critical service Achievable Health provides to a sorely underserved community who, like everyone else, deserve to have access to high quality health care,” said Carmen Ibarra, CEO of Achievable Health. “Achievable Health has worked diligently since our inception to close the health disparities gap that exists in our community. We want to serve as an example for others so that one day soon our healthcare delivery system embraces the tenets of health equity in order to better serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”
Historically, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have experienced health disparities due to a lack of access to high quality, affordable medical care, inadequate training of health care providers to meet their needs, and other economic and societal factors. Achievable Health is first-of-its kind community health center in California and one of only a handful in the United States. Today, it provides holistic healthcare services for more than 2,400 patients.
Last year, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving launched an open call for community-led, communityfocused organizations whose explicit purpose is to enable individuals and families to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being through foundational resources. The open call received 6,353 applications and initially planned for 250 awards of $1 million each. In the Fall of 2023, organizations top-rated by their peers advanced to a second round of review by an external Evaluation Panel recruited for experience relevant to this cause, and underwent a final round of due diligence.
Considering the incredible work of these organizations, as judged by their peers and external panelists, the donor team decided to expand the awardee pool and the award amount.
“We are excited that our partnership with Yield Giving has resonated with so many organizations,” said Cecilia Conrad, CEO of Lever for Change. “In a world teeming with potential and talent, the Open Call has given us an opportunity to identify, uplift, and empower transformative organizations that often remain unseen.”
