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Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego

Public charity · Grantmaker San Diego, CA EIN: 33-0170626 Website

Fundraising for rady children's hospital san diego, rady children's institute for genomic medicine and rady childrens health.

Key facts about Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego

In short: Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego gave $18.6M across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $9.3M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
33-0170626
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$18,613,716
Grants made (2025)
2
Average grant
$9,306,858
Median grant
$9,306,858
Total assets
$210,964,650
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$211.0M

+0.8% YoY

Annual Giving

$18.6M

-55.4% YoY

Grant Count

2

+0.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$9.3M

-55.4% YoY

How Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego gives

  • Giving fell 89% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego

Based on IRS filings

Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego is a public charity, based in San Diego, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $211.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $18.6M. Net investment income was $7K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

San Diego

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50M$100M$150M$200M2 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $18.6M (2025) to $163.2M (2022). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $18.6M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Rady Children's Hospital San Diego: $18.5MRady Children's Hospital SanDiego$18.5MRady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine: $101KRady Children's Institute forGenomic Medicine$101K

The largest 2025 recipient was Rady Children's Hospital San Diego ($18.5M). Together the top 2 received $18.6M.

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K2$500K–1M1$1–5M6$5M+

The most common grant size was $5M or more: 6 grants of 10 (60%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego San Diego, CAGeneral Support$18,513,142
Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine San Diego, CAGeneral Support$100,574

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$50M$100M$150M$200M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$210,964,650$209,250,580$196,997,890
Revenue$31,046,590$49,690,326$71,674,594
Expenses$38,390,916$60,351,690$78,979,858
Net Investment Income$7,231$9,746$4,257

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 12, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 17, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego is led by Patrick Frias MD, President & CEO since 2022 (on filings since 2019); 6 of 31 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Patrick Frias MD

    President & CEO

    Ex-Officio → Ex-Officio Board Member, 2020

    Ex-Officio Board Member → President & CEO, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kimberly Cripe

    Co-President & CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Charles B. Davis

    Executive Vice President, Regional President & San Diego

    Senior Vice President & Interim COO → Executive Vice President, Regional President & San Diego, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Arthur

    Chair

    Board Member → Board Chair, 2023

    Board Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carol D. Damon-Scherer

    Senior Director & Campaign Operations

    Senior Director, Corporate & Committee Fundraiser → Senior Director & Campaign Operations, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $267K (2019) → $309K (2025)

  • Julie Ann Reinke

    Senior Director & Fundraising

    Senior Director, Mg & Genomics Fundraiser → Senior Director & Fundraising, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $195K (2019) → $244K (2025)

  • Sarah L Cooper

    Senior Director & Ext Affairs Operations

    Senior Director & Foundation Operations → Senior Director & Foundation Operati, 2024

    Senior Director & Foundation Operati → Senior Director & Ext Affairs Operations, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $151K (2019) → $270K (2025)

  • Morgan Tupper

    Senior Director & Ext Affairs Officer

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $209K (2024) → $268K (2025)

  • Stephen Jennings

    Senior Vice President, Ceao & Secretary

    Senior Vice President, Executive Director Foundation & Secretary → Senior Vice President & Executive Director Foundation, 2024

    Senior Vice President & Executive Director Foundation → Senior Vice President, Ceao & Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $604K (2019) → $809K (2025)

  • Jean Elizabeth Ford

    Vice President & Foundation Fundraising

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $241K (2020) → $445K (2025)

  • Bridgett M. Brown

    Board Member

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2021

    Chair → Board Member, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Tresse

    Board Member

    Chair → Board Member, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kris Dickinson

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Peckham

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maria Assaraf

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nicholas M. Holmes MD

    Senior Vice President & COO

    Board Member → Senior Vice President & COO, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Richard M Libenson

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Hall

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gail L. Knight

    Senior Vice President & CMO

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • James J. Uli Jr.

    Senior Vice President, CFO & Treasurer

    Treasurer → Senior Vice President, CFO & Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jill Strickland

    Senior Vice President & CAO

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erik Greupner

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon Beyrer

    Board Member

    Ex-Officio Board Member → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul J. Hering

    Board Member

    Ex-Officio Board Member → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anjuli Timmer

    Vice Chair

    Board Member → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennie Brooks

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Gordon

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cynthia Curiel

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas Dawson

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jay Gabriel

    Clo & Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Michele D. Fisher

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (21)
  • Former: Alexandra Lyman Loker (2019–2024) — Senior Director, Corporate & Committee Fundra
  • Former: Carlee Harmonson (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Doug Dawson (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Edward J. Bezdek (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Harriet Bossenbroek (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Lauren B. Bergquist (2019–2023) — Senior Director & Major Gifts Fundraising
  • Former: Margaret E. Norton (2020–2023) — Former Officer
  • Former: Donald B. Kearns Md Mmm (2019–2022) — President Emeritus
  • Former: Josh Rathweg (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Elisa Calidana (2021–2022) — Senior Director & Fundraising
  • Former: S. Douglas Hutcheson (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Kathleen M. Cain (2020–2021) — Former Officer
  • Former: Patricio A. Frias MD (2021) — President & CEO
  • Former: Amy Catherine Weeks (2019–2020) — Director & Major Gifts Fundraiser
  • Former: Richard Chen (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: William Hamlin (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: SDouglas Hutcheson (2020) — Ex-Officio Board Member
  • Former: Camille Lofaro (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Kathleen Cain Carrithers (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Michael P Peckham (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Tom Lofaro (2019) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Stephen Jennings — Sr VP, Ceao, Secretary: $809KStephen JenningsSr VP, Ceao, Secretary$809KJean Elizabeth Ford — VP, Foundation Fundraising: $445KJean Elizabeth FordVP, Foundation Fundraising$445KCarol D Damon-Scherer — Sr DIR, Campaign Operations: $309KCarol D Damon-SchererSr DIR, Campaign Operations$309KSarah Cooper — Sr DIR, EXT Affairs Operations: $270KSarah CooperSr DIR, EXT Affairs Operations$270KMorgan Tupper — Sr DIR, EXT Affairs Office: $268KMorgan TupperSr DIR, EXT Affairs Office$268KJulie Reinke — Sr DIR, Fundraising: $244KJulie ReinkeSr DIR, Fundraising$244K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $809K, to Stephen Jennings (Sr VP, Ceao, Secretary). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego

How much does Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego give each year?

Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego gave $18.6M across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $41.7M across 2 grants.

How large is Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego?

Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego reported $211.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $31.0M.

Where does Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego operate?

Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego has awarded grants in California.

What is Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego's EIN?

Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0170626. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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