About Saint John's Health Center Foundation
To empower Providence Saint John’s Health Center and its affiliates to deliver exceptional and compassionate patient care, advance innovative medical research, and improve the overall health of our community.
Focus Areas
HealthcareMedical researchPatient careCancer research and treatmentCardiovascular careNeuroscienceOrthopedics and spineWomen's health and wellnessDigestive healthNursingCommunity healthLegacy and planned giving
Who They Fund
unhoused and housing-insecure individuals
About Saint John's Health Center Foundation
A defining feature of Saint John's Health Center Foundation is its repeated support for Providence Saint John's Health Center itself, including a $25,383,553 grant in 2025 for various programs and services. The foundation's grantmaking is built around Providence Saint John's Health Center and its affiliated entities, with large commitments also going to Saint John's Cancer Institute and Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation for research. That pattern shows a funder centered on patient care, medical research, and the institutions that deliver both. The recent record also includes support for specialized clinical training: the foundation has funded surgical oncology fellowship work, reflecting an interest in developing medical talent alongside program delivery. Other awards point to community-facing health support as part of the same portfolio, including homelessness care navigation, perinatal wellness, and speech therapy scholarships. Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears to prioritize a small set of closely connected organizations in Santa Monica and nearby Los Angeles-area partners, combining operating support, research funding, and targeted program grants within the same health system ecosystem.
What Saint John's Health Center Foundation Funds
In medical research, Saint John's Health Center Foundation gave $9,242,636 in 2023 to Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation for research, and it followed with $6,416,717 in 2024 and $5,831,476 in 2025 to the same grantee for research. Cancer-related support also runs through Saint John's Cancer Institute, which received $7,558,033 in 2024 and $6,456,645 in 2025 for research, plus $175,000 in 2023 for the surgical oncology fellowship program. Community health is another visible thread: The People Concern received $150,000 in 2024 for the Westside Interim Housing and Wellness Support Program and the Sojourn Domestic Violence Support Program, then another $150,000 in 2025 for the Westside Interim Housing and Wellness Program and the Sojourn Community Education Program. The foundation also backed perinatal wellness with $100,000 grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025 to Providence Saint John's Health Center Child and Family Development Center.
How Saint John's Health Center Foundation Gives
Saint John's Health Center Foundation's recent grants cluster around a small set of standard award sizes: the 25th percentile is $25,000, the median is $50,000, and the 75th percentile is $100,000. The distribution is pulled upward by a few very large institutional awards, while many other grants sit in the low-to-mid six figures. The record also shows repeat funding across multiple years for the same recipients, especially Providence Saint John's Health Center and related entities, as well as several research and fellowship commitments. The foundation is a classic grantmaking foundation rather than an individual-giving vehicle: it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$43.3M
Total Assets
$374.3M
Total Revenue
$47.6M
Total Expenses
$53.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
STELLA NICHOLS
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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