About Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
The Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford directs its philanthropic dollars primarily toward local safety-net health providers and child- and family-focused social services across the Bay Area. Its grants emphasize improving access to primary and preventive healthcare, maternal and child supports, nutrition/food security, youth mental-health and educational attainment, and services for unhoused families. Funding is place-based and operationally focused—supporting community clinics, mobile and school-based health programs, case navigation, and supportive housing/ wraparound services that reduce barriers to children's health. The hospital frequently makes repeat, multi-grant investments in the same nonprofits, signaling multi-year partnerships with frontline service organizations.
Focus Areas
Community-based primary care clinics and mobile health for low-income families (e.g., Ravenswood, Roots, Santa Cruz Community Health Centers)Child and adolescent mental-health and counseling services (e.g., Adolescent Counseling Services, Shine Together, Teen Success)Food security and nutrition programs serving families with children (e.g., Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, Fresh Approach)Perinatal, maternal and pediatric supports including housing/overnight family services (e.g., Ronald McDonald House, LifeMoves)Legal and case-navigation services that remove barriers to healthcare and stable housing (e.g., Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, Puente de la Costa Sur)
About Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
A defining pattern in Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford’s recent grantmaking is repeat support for frontline community health providers, especially Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto. That relationship appears across multiple years and at the top end of its grant sizes, alongside other Bay Area organizations working on primary care, behavioral health, food security, housing-linked services, and family support. The hospital’s giving is place-based and operational: it backs clinics, counseling programs, food access efforts, and organizations that help families navigate barriers to care and stability. In the recent grants list, Ravenswood received $300,000 in 2023 and $250,000 in both 2024 and 2025, while Second Harvest of Silicon Valley received $250,000 in 2025. Those awards sit within a broader portfolio that also includes Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area, Santa Cruz Community Health Centers, Adolescent Counseling Services, and Lifemoves. The funding pattern suggests a funder focused on strengthening service capacity for low-income families, children, and youth through sustained local partnerships rather than one-time project grants.
What Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Funds
Primary care access is a clear theme. The hospital gave $250,000 in 2024 and again in 2025 to Ravenswood Family Health Center to improve the health status of the community, and it awarded $100,000 in 2024 and $100,000 in 2025 to Santa Cruz Community Health Centers for access to care. Behavioral health is another recurring area: Adolescent Counseling Services received $90,000 in 2023 for social-emotional support and safe, accepting communities, plus $100,000 in 2024 and 2025 for youth empowerment. Food security shows up through Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, which received $250,000 in 2025, and Fresh Approach, which received $60,000 in 2023 for long-term change in local food systems. Housing and family support also appear in grants to Lifemoves and Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area.
How Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Gives
Typical awards cluster around the middle of the six-figure range: p25 is $51,000, median is $75,000, and p75 is $100,000. The recent grants list shows repeated support to the same organizations across years, including Ravenswood Family Health Center, Adolescent Counseling Services, Santa Cruz Community Health Centers, Lifemoves, Puente De La Costa Sur, Fresh Approach, Roots Community Health Center, Sonrisas Dental Health Inc, and Shine Together Inc. That pattern points to multi-year relationships rather than isolated gifts. Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a pure DAF provider and does not make program-related investments or grants to individuals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.2M
Total Assets
$4.9B
Total Revenue
$2.9B
Total Expenses
$2.7B
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $51K and $100K, with a median of $75K.
25th Percentile
$51K
Median
$75K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
PAUL KING
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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