Jeffrey S. Kim is a program director at The California Wellness Foundation for the Economic Security & Dignity portfolio. His responsibilities include reviewing letters of interest, requesting and evaluating grant proposals, conducting site visits, making funding recommendations and monitoring active grants. He also oversees the Economic Security & Dignity portfolio’s higher education initiative.
Prior to joining Cal Wellness in April 2005, Kim was associate director of development for the National Conference for Community and Justice – Los Angeles Region. Before that, he worked for the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center as deputy director for the legal services department.
Kim serves on the board of directors of the Asset Funders Network, as well as the steering committee of the Bay Area AFN regional chapter. Previously, he was appointed by the Speaker of the California State Assembly to the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs. He also served on the board of directors of Grantmakers In Aging as well as the steering committee of the Los Angeles chapter of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, and served on the steering committee of the Funders Oral Health Policy Group, a national network of funders in oral health.
A member of the State Bar of California, Kim earned his law degree from the University of Michigan and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University.
jkim [at] calwellness.org
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