As a non-profit organization, serving the community is at the core of the Scripps Health mission. In keeping with this commitment, Scripps provides a wide range of community benefit programs and services including:

• Uncompensated care (i.e., charity care)
• Community-based health improvement (i.e., community screenings, health education and support groups)
• Professional education and research

Last year, Scripps devoted more that $249 million to community benefit programs and services, $237 million of which went to providing uncompensated care.

• 2008 Executive Summary Report (PDF, 456.4 KB)
• 2008 Community Benefit Plan and Report (PDF, 3 MB)

Community Benefit Fund

At Scripps we believe that the growing and diverse health care needs in San Diego County can best be served by partnering with organizations that share our values. With this in mind, the Scripps Health Community Benefit Fund was established to support initiatives that meet community health care needs and promote the mission and values (quality, efficiency and respect) of the Scripps Health system.

In 2007, Scripps Health awarded a total of $300,000 in community grants to programs based throughout San Diego County. Scripps awarded eight grants ranging from $15,000 to $75,000 each.

The projects that received funding address access to health care and include:

• Family Health Centers of San Diego – Hillcrest Counseling Center
• The Whittier Institute for Diabetes – Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy in High Risk San Diegans
• Consumer Center for Health Education and Advocacy (CCHEA) – Benefits Advocacy Project
• Norman Park Center – Senior Wellness Project
• INFO Line/2-1-1 San Diego
• Trilateral Partnership – Partnership For Smoke-Free Program
• San Ysidro Health Center – Chronic Disease Management Project
• Catholic Charities – Case Management Services: Shelter Support for Medically Fragile