SFBMSF.ORG

La Société Française de Bienfaisance Mutuelle (The French Mutual Benevolent Society) was founded in 1851 and formed as the first Health Maintenance Organization in America,... Today, our mission is to carry forward the philanthropic vision on which our organization was founded and to advocate French Heritage and tradition in our community. We seek to invest our resources in caring for the culture, historical legacy and well-being of the Bay Area's French Community... The discovery of gold at the race-mill at Coloma, CA, generated great interest in France. This was the magnet that attracted some 20,000 French settlers to the San Francisco Bay Area between 1849 and 1851.

Primary location: San Francisco United States