September 3, 2020
The Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ) recognized Premera as one of the top corporate philanthropists. Each year, the PSBJ honors 75 companies as part of this list, broken down by company size. Read the news article.
In 2019, Premera Social Impact granted or invested almost $45 million across Washington and Alaska to address issues of behavioral health, homelessness, health equity, and health access in rural areas.
More than $17.5 million of those dollars went toward grants to more than 40 organizations or collaboratives working to combat homelessness or improve access to behavioral health resources. These organizations include Cocoon House, Catholic Charities of Spokane, Lydia Place, Juneau Housing First Collaborative, March of Dimes, United Way of King County, Volunteers of America Western Washington, Wellspring and more.
The PSBJ Corporate Philanthropy list makers donated a total of $185.6 million.
Qualified donations for this list are made without any commercial incentives and without benefits or advantages received by the donor company. They don't include sponsorships, table purchases or any other contribution made in return for access to the commercial potential associated with an organization or event.