About St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation’s largest recent grants go to St Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, with awards in the multi-million-dollar range supporting clinical care, facilities, pediatric research, clinic support, lectureships, fellowship awards, and other program services. That pattern makes the foundation’s role clear: it is a major local funder of pediatric hospital operations and academic medicine in St. Louis.
The foundation also backs patient care and community outreach at St Louis Children's Hospital, including equipment grants and clinical efforts. Its grantmaking connects hospital-based care with research and training, using both unrestricted and donor-restricted funding pathways. The recent grants list shows repeat support to core partners across multiple years, especially for the hospital and the medical school.
Smaller awards extend the same mission into related children’s services and community programs. Grants to BJC Home Care Services, Ronald McDonald House Charities, and Wyman Center show support for pediatric hospice, family housing and capital needs, and youth programming. The foundation’s work is centered on children, families, and the institutions that deliver pediatric care in the St. Louis area.
What St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation Funds
In pediatric research and academic medicine, St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation gave $16,581,510 to Washington University School of Medicine in 2023 for pediatric research efforts and support for other clinical efforts and program services, then followed with $14,767,077 in 2024 and $14,437,193 in 2025 for related research, clinic support, lectureships, and fellowship awards. That shows sustained support for research and training over multiple years.
On the care-delivery side, the foundation gave $19,497,623 to St Louis Children's Hospital in 2023 for program services, facilities, equipment, and clinical efforts, and another $14,314,441 in 2024 for patient care, community outreach, and equipment grants. It also supported pediatric hospice through BJC Home Care Services with $1,302,993 in 2024 and $525,780 in 2025.
Community-facing grants appear as well. The foundation awarded $250,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities for “Let’s Make Room Capital,” and gave $200,000 in 2024 to Pedal the Cause for support tied to the 2023 campaign.