Samueli Foundation

The Samueli Foundation is a California-based, Southern California-focused private family foundation with a vision of well-being for all. Our mission is to make Orange County a thriving mosaic of community well-being by supporting and uniting catalytic forces whose innovations yield a higher quality of life for everyone. Our values are integrity, gratitude, empathy, curiosity, creativity, and trust.

We strive to accomplish our mission through three main approaches:

• INVEST: Support catalytic forces whose innovations yield a higher quality of life for everyone
• UNITE: Cultivate multisector cooperation that generates the will and the ways to achieve lasting, equitable community well-being
• MODEL: Inspire adaptation by other communities to scale the impact of proven programs