The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health is a 501(c)(3) public charity based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1996. The Foundation operates as a philanthropic fundraising entity for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and child health programs at Stanford University. The organization employs 166 staff members and serves as a champion for children's health through direct investment, grantmaking, advocacy, and systems change work.
Key facts about Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's
- EIN
- 77-0440090
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990 filing, 2024
- Annual giving (2024)
- $121,801,739
- Grants made (2024)
- 21
- Average grant
- $5,800,083
- Median grant
- $178,947
- New grantees (estimate)
- 33% first-time grantees (6 of 18, 2024)
- Total assets
- $342,491,110
- Primary geography
- California (98% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- How to apply
- Rolling Letters of Inquiry (currently paused). Full details ↓
Data from IRS Form 990 filing, 2024; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology). Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's funds
By grant dollars, the top recipient states for Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's's 21 itemized 2024 grants were California (98%). The most frequent recipient cities were Palo Alto, CA (4 grants), Concord, MA (3 grants), Redwood City, CA (2 grants) and Boston, MA (2 grants). None of its 21 grants with a stated purpose were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Children's Health" (3 grants).
Is Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's open to new grantees?
33%
first-time grantees, 2024
In 2024, 6 of 18 grantees (33%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $207K; repeat grants $10M. How we count
Medians: $186K first-time, $274K repeat.
- 33% of 2024 grantees were also funded in 2023. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−12%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
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Financial Overview
From 2024 IRS Form 990 filing · View filing
Total Assets
$342.5M
-13.6% YoY
Annual Giving
$121.8M
-28.4% YoY
Grant Count
21
-8.7% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$5.8M
-21.6% YoY
Mission & Focus Areas
Vision: Resources never stand in the way of the best possible health for all kids and moms.
Mission: The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health is here to unlock philanthropy to transform health for all kids and moms, in Northern California and around the world. The Foundation drives extraordinary care for families today while fueling research, discovery, and change in health care systems for a better tomorrow.
Primary Focus Areas:
- Cancer
- Heart disease
- Mothers and babies
- Health equity
- Children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN)
The Foundation raises funds for child and maternal health at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford School of Medicine, and shapes programs that make health care more accessible for children with complex medical needs.
Grantmaking
Grant Range
varies by program, with recent grants ranging from research projects to multi-year initiatives
How to Apply
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
- Primary: Northern California, with emphasis on Santa Clara and San Mateo counties for community programs
- National: CYSHCN systems change work operates nationally
- International: Around the world
Grant Distribution by State
Share of all 21 itemized 2024 grant dollars.
States
Cities
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
Assets & Revenue (2024):
- Total assets: $342,491,110
- Total revenue: $113,986,028
- Total expenses: $161,731,063
- Total liabilities: $39,200,000
Annual Giving (2023):
- $170,322,267
Organization Status:
- Tax-exempt since July 2001
- EIN: 77-0440090
- Four-Star rating with 91% score (Accountability & Finance focused)
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $342,491,110 | $396,420,935 | $458,952,440 |
| Revenue | $113,986,028 | $131,724,808 | $230,032,578 |
| Expenses | $161,731,063 | $207,676,582 | $142,465,912 |
| Qualifying Distributions | — | — | — |
| Net Investment Income | $1,042,228 | $285,736 | $-183,849 |
| Distributable Amount | — | — | — |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
Grant Size Distribution
95 grants across all recorded years
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
Among its reported 2024 grants, the largest recipients include Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford University ($63,708,505), Lucile Packard Children's Hospital ($54,804,052 across 2 grants), The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health ($500,000).
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LELAND STANFORD UNIVERSITY Redwood City, CA | CHILDREN'S HEALTH | $63,708,505 |
| LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Palo Alto, CA | CHILDREN'S HEALTH | $54,759,199 |
| THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO ADVANCE ADOLESCENT HEALTH Washington, DC | GOT TRANSITION SUSTAINABILITY PLAN | $500,000 |
| NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Chicago, IL | A NATIONAL STUDY ON THE ORAL HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS | $382,405 |
| CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT (NASHP) Portland, OR | SUPPORTING STATE INNOVATIONS FOR SYSTEMS OF CARE FOR CYSHCN | $350,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS Salt Lake City, UT | DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NOVEL MEASURE OF ABLEISM IN PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE | $338,520 |
| FAMILY VOICES OF CALIFORNIA Concord, MA | PROJECT LEADERSHIP PHASE VII: FROM ACTIVATION TO IMPACT-ENGAGING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT | $300,000 |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Baltimore, MD | OPTIMIZING THE HOME ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: UNDERSTANDING POLICIES AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. | $298,365 |
| INSTITUTE FOR PATIENT AND FAMILY CENTERED CARE Palo Alto, CA | ADVANCING EQUITY IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PFACS: RESOURCES AND LEARNING COMMUNITY | $249,858 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY SOM Redwood City, CA | OPTIMIZING LANGUAGE CONCORDANT MEDICAL DEVICE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL COMPLEXITY | $192,950 |
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
President & CEO: Cynthia J. Brandt, PhD (since 2018)
Under her leadership, the Foundation achieved record fundraising of $293 million in a single year.
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's is led by Cynthia Brandt, President & CEO on every filing since 2020; 10 of 45 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Cynthia Brandt
President & CEO
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$669K (2020) → $1.1M (2024)
Rachel Olinger
Executive Director Cshcn
Executive Director & Cshcn → Executive Director Cshcn, 2024
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$283K (2022) → $285K (2024)
Susan Ford Dorsey
Chair
Director → Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Porsche Gordon
Director of Development
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$360K (2024)
C. Bryan Cameron
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charlotte Waxman
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David K. Stevenson MD
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Dunlevie
Director
Chair → Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George F. Tidmarsh
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hilary Valentine
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jane Dunlevie
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Chambers
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Lillie
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kate Dachs
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katherine Orr
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lloyd Minor MD
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mary B. Leonard MD
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Sandberg MD
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Fisher MD
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul King
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan P. Orr
Director
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Gallo
Director
On filings since 2021
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Bomze
Director
On filings since 2021
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Weil
Director
On filings since 2021
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Cole
Director
On filings since 2021
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Munzig
Director
On filings since 2021
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Coslet
Director
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Yvonne Maldonado MD
Director
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Celina Tenev
Director
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cindy Goldberg
Director
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Duda MD
Director
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mohamad Makhzoumi
Director
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David George
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Lee
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nina Wanstrath
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tonia Karr
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Yasser Y. El-Sayed MD
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Deasy
Vice President Strategy & Instituional Relations
Vice President Strategy & Institutional Relations → Vice President Strategy & Institutional Rel, 2023
Vice President Strategy & Institutional Rel → Vice President Strategy & Instituional Relations, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$251K (2020) → $364K (2024)
Kathryn Coulbourn
CFO
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$324K (2020) → $498K (2024)
Sarah Collins
Vice President Principal Gifts
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$274K (2020) → $383K (2024)
Andrew Kaufteil
Senior Vice President Strategic Communications
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$292K (2022) → $382K (2024)
Jeffrey Shilling
Senior Vice President & Individual Giving
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$502K (2023) → $474K (2024)
Carolyn Otis Catanzaro
Vice President Fundraising Strategy
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$291K (2024)
Payal Shah
Vice President Transformation Gifts
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$326K (2024)
Paul Kwan
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2021
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (20)
- Former: Mindy Rogers (2020–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Cindi Trost (2021–2023) — Associate Vice President Campaigns
- Former: Ann Rose (2023) — Senior Director Foundations
- Former: Jeffory Jolin (2023) — Director Development Systems
- Former: Brian Perronne (2020–2022) — Former Officer
- Former: Jean Gorman (2020–2022) — Associate Vice President Gift Planning
- Former: Kirk Bostrom (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Chris Schaepe (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Sarah Hernandez (2022) — Chief of Staff & Assistant Vice President People
- Former: Bill C. Sonneborn (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Eileen Walsh (2020–2021) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Esther Levy (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Nancy Larsson (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Rachel Glebov (2020–2021) — Associate Vice President Major Gifts
- Former: Chris Schaepe Leave Of Absence (2020) — Director
- Former: Edward Schor (2020) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Elaine Chambers (2020) — Past Chair
- Former: Greg Muniz (2020) — Associate Vice President Principal Gifts
- Former: Michael T. Longaker (2020) — Director
- Former: Steve Mullaney (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
Recent News & Activity
Recent developments and announcements
Stanford School of Medicine awarded $10 million to fuel research and scalable care for children affected by traumatic stress worldwide
Stanford School of Medicine Awarded $10 Million to Fuel Research and ScalableFoundation awarded grants to 11 community agencies addressing children's health needs
CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 11 COMMUNITY AGENCIES - LucileThree new grants addressing health equity for children and youth with special health care needs and their families
CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 11 COMMUNITY AGENCIES - LucileNew grants addressing health equity and the impact of the public health emergency ending
CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 11 COMMUNITY AGENCIES - Lucile$25 million gift from Carol and Ned Spieker to transform care (West Building project)
$25 Million Gift from Carol and Ned Spieker to Transform Care for ...Subject Areas
Focus areas based on grantmaking activity
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's fund?
**Vision:** Resources never stand in the way of the best possible health for all kids and moms. **Mission:** The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health is here to unlock philanthropy to transform health for all kids and moms, in Northern California and around the world. The Foundation drives extraordinary care for families today while fueling research, discovery, and change in health care systems for a better tomorrow. **Primary Focus Areas:** • Cancer • Heart disease • Mothers and bab…
How do I apply for a grant from Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's?
Rolling Letters of Inquiry (currently paused). Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
Where does Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's make grants?
• **Primary:** Northern California, with emphasis on Santa Clara and San Mateo counties for community programs • **National:** CYSHCN systems change work operates nationally • **International:** Around the world
What size grants does Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's award?
In 2024, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's awarded 21 grants totaling $121.8M — an average of about $5.8M per grant, based on its IRS Form 990 filings.
What is Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's's EIN?
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 77-0440090. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
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