About Seattle Children'S Foundation
We provide hope, care and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.
Focus Areas
Pediatric healthcarePediatric medical researchUncompensated careMental health services for children and adolescentsClinical trials and translational therapeuticsCommunity fundraising and volunteer programs
Who They Fund
children and pediatric patientsmedical trainees (residents, fellows, students)pediatric healthcare providers and hospitals/institutions
Funding Style
direct service/clinical careresearch grants/funding for medical research
About Seattle Children'S Foundation
Seattle Children's Foundation directs its recent grantmaking almost entirely to Seattle Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's Healthcare System, with each award tied to pediatric care, medical research, and teaching. The largest recent grant in the record is $124,142,976 to Seattle Children's Hospital in 2025, followed by a $102,139,350 grant in 2023 and a $99,643,598 grant in 2024 to the same hospital. That repeated pattern points to a funder built around sustained support for a pediatric health system rather than a broad portfolio of unrelated nonprofits. Across the latest grants on file, the foundation also backed Seattle Children's Healthcare System with $11,867,638 in 2025, after $9,415,250 in 2024 and $4,347,331 in 2023. The stated focus areas include pediatric healthcare, pediatric medical research, uncompensated care, mental health services for children and adolescents, clinical trials and translational therapeutics, and community fundraising and volunteer programs. The beneficiary groups named in the taxonomy are children and pediatric patients, as well as medical trainees and pediatric healthcare providers and hospitals. Leadership is listed under Dondi Cupp.
What Seattle Children'S Foundation Funds
In pediatric healthcare delivery, the foundation’s recent grants center on Seattle Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's Healthcare System, both funded for pediatric care, medical research, and teaching. That combination links direct clinical services with the training and research functions of a pediatric institution. The taxonomy also points to support for pediatric medical research, including clinical trials and translational therapeutics. Those research-oriented grants sit alongside awards tied to medical education and training for residents, fellows, and students, showing that the foundation funds both discovery and the pipeline that supports pediatric specialties. Its stated focus areas further include uncompensated care and mental health services for children and adolescents. Those themes indicate attention to access to care and to service lines beyond routine treatment, within the same pediatric institutional setting.
How Seattle Children'S Foundation Gives
The grant-size distribution is large even at the lower end: p25 is $8,148,270, the median is $54,529,424, and p75 is $100,267,536. Recent awards cluster around a small number of institutional recipients, with repeated grants to the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025. Seattle Children's Foundation is classified as a regular funder, makes no program-related investments, and does not fund individuals. The pattern in the record is institutional and recurring rather than one-off.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$136M
Total Assets
$3.4M
Total Revenue
$155.3M
Total Expenses
$155.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8.1M and $100.3M, with a median of $54.5M.
25th Percentile
$8.1M
Median
$54.5M
75th Percentile
$100.3M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in WA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DONDI CUPP
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