Seattle Children's Foundation
Seattle Children's Foundation exists to improve the quality of health care services to infants, children, and adolescents through contributions to organizations providing health care services, research and education.
Seattle Children's Foundation at a glance
In short: Seattle Children's Foundation gave $210.0M across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $105.0M), mostly in Washington. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $209,971,162
- +54.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $104,985,581
- +54.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $104,985,581
- Total assets
- $2,650,515
- -21.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Washington (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Seattle Children's Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Seattle Children's Hospital ($170.4M). Together the top 2 received $210.0M.
Grant Size Distribution
11 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 9 grants of 11 (82%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Seattle Children's Foundation gives
- Giving grew 97% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $81.8M (2020) to $210.0M (2025). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $210.0M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | Pediatric Care, Medical Research, Teaching | $170,396,050 |
| Seattle Children's Healthcare System Seattle, WA | Pediatric Care, Medical Research, Teaching | $39,575,112 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,650,515 | $232,072,474 | $232,072,474 | $209,971,162 | 2 | — |
| 2024 | $3,379,331 | $155,313,130 | $155,313,130 | $136,010,614 | 2 | — |
| 2023 | $2,369,104 | $126,717,453 | $126,717,453 | $109,058,848 | 2 | — |
| 2022 | $1,316,580 | $120,901,451 | $120,901,451 | $106,486,681 | 2 | $-28,772 |
| 2021 | $3,044,928 | $145,382,563 | $145,382,563 | $130,861,135 | 3 | — |
| 2020 | $1,990,547 | $96,759,779 | $96,759,779 | $81,828,850 | 3 | — |
About Seattle Children's Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Seattle Children's Foundation is a public charity, based in Seattle, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $210.0M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Seattle Children's Foundation is led by Aileen Kelly, Vice President Development & Executive Director Guild Assn on every filing since 2020; 18 of 51 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Aileen Kelly
Vice President Development & Executive Director Guild Assn
On filings since 2020
11 hrs/week
$64K (2020) → $65K (2025)
Jeri Andrews
Chair
Trustee → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Taylor
Senior Director - Foundation Administrator
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$196K (2020) → $218K (2025)
Lilah Helton
Senior Director, Legacy & Gift Planning
Senior Director & Development - Legacy Services → Senior Director, Legacy & Gift Planning, 2025
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$197K (2020) → $232K (2025)
Eve Kopp
Corporate Giving Senior Director
Director, Community Events & Programs → Corporate Giving Senior Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
45 hrs/week
$138K (2021) → $204K (2025)
James Policar
Senior Director & Development - Major Giving
Senior Director & Development - Pediatric Cancer → Senior Director & Development - Major Giving, 2025
On filings since 2021
45 hrs/week
$153K (2021) → $224K (2025)
Jessica Graybill
Senior Director of Annual Giving
Director & Development - Digital Philanthropy → Senior Director of Annual Giving, 2024
On filings since 2023
45 hrs/week
$146K (2023) → $174K (2025)
Laura McDonald
Senior Director & Development - Donor Experience
On filings since 2023
45 hrs/week
$189K (2023) → $208K (2025)
Cole Hardman
Director of Development & Major Gifts
Major Gifts Development Director → Director of Development & Major Gifts, 2025
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$144K (2024) → $154K (2025)
Hilary Anderson
Director of Development & Foundation Giving
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$160K (2025)
Kira Haller
Director & Children's Miracle Network
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$156K (2025)
Michelle Potter
Director & Gift Administration
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$156K (2025)
Anupama Nadella
Trustee
Chair → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Marcinek
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charlene Blethen
Trustee
Trustee → Chair, 2024
Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dean Allen
Trustee
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jan Sinegal
Trustee
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim Hegardt
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laurie Oki
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Linda Johnson
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Englizian
Trustee
Vice Chair → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Molly Nordstrom
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Natasha Von Imhof
Trustee
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nathaniel Gerlich
Executive Officio Voting Trustee
Trustee → Executive Officio Voting Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ron Vachris
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Redman
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cliff Avril
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dennis Williams Jr.
Trustee
Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gurpreet Singh
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Larry Estrada
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michele Smith
Trustee
Executive Officio Voting Trustee → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Mann
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ben Wicks
Executive Officio Voting Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bender Cunningham
Executive Officio Voting Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Davis
Executive Officio Voting Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mahmood Ghassemi
Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cole Wright
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Constance Russell
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Edge
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kurt Shintaffer
Executive Officio Voting Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tess Wakasugi-Don
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Lowe
Vice President Development & Principal Giving
Vice President Development - Major Gifts → Vice President Development & Principal Giving, 2024
On filings since 2020
55 hrs/week
$300K (2020) → $326K (2025)
Kari Rallo
Vice President & Deputy Chief Development Officer
Vice President Annual Giving & Administrator Operations → Vice President & Deputy Chief Development Officer, 2024
On filings since 2020
55 hrs/week
$258K (2020) → $366K (2025)
Melissa Nibungco
Associate Vice President Development, Maj. Gifts & Strat Init.
Director, Development - Major Gifts & Grants → Senior Director, Development - Major Gifts & Grants, 2021
Senior Director, Development - Major Gifts & Grants → Associate Vice President Development, Maj. Gifts & Strat Init., 2024
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$183K (2020) → $255K (2025)
Olena Nyzhnykevych
Research Ptships & Philan. Officer
Vice President Development - Pediatric Cancer → Regl Ptships & Philan. Officer, 2024
Regl Ptships & Philan. Officer → Research Ptships & Philan. Officer, 2025
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$206K (2020) → $291K (2025)
Simon Pritikin
Senior Philanth. Officer & Principal Giving
Senior Director - Development Major Gifts → Senior Director & Development - Major Gifts, 2022
Senior Director & Development - Major Gifts → Senior Philanth. Officer & Principal Giving, 2025
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$190K (2020) → $224K (2025)
Dondi Cupp
Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer
President & Non-Voting Executive Officer Trustee → Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer, 2023
On filings since 2022
44 hrs/week
$109K (2023) → $568K (2025)
Rueben Mayes
Regl Partnerships & Philan. Officer
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$159K (2025)
Charles Riley Jr.
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jean Enersen
Vice Chair
Secretary → Trustee, 2022
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Linda Myhrvold
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (38)
- Former: Andrew Farnum (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Constance Thompson (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Constantinos Christofilis (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: David Victor (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Douglas Picha (2020–2024) — Former Officer
- Former: Jacob Gustafson (2020–2024) — Senior Director - Portfolio & Operations
- Former: Jeanne Goussev (2021–2024) — Executive Officio Voting Trustee
- Former: Kathleen Haller (2022–2024) — Director & Children's Miracle Network
- Former: Joel French (2023–2024) — Executive Officio Voting Trustee
- Former: Adam Green (2024) — Director & Donor Engagement
- Former: Robert Boone (2024) — Director & Prospect Research
- Former: Erika Kreger (2020–2023) — Director & Development - Major Gifts
- Former: Monica Long (2020–2023) — Senior Director & Development - Legacy Services
- Former: Valerie Courtney (2020–2023) — Senior Director - Board Engagement
- Former: Holly May (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Patti Byers (2022–2023) — Executive Officio Voting Trustee
- Former: Paul Cunningham (2023) — Executive Officio Voting Trustee
- Former: John Meisenbach (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Rajeev Singh (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Sara Osborne (2020–2022) — Executive Officio Voting Trustee
- Former: Susan Betcher (2021–2022) — Executive Officio Voting Trustee
- Former: Mary McLaughlin (2022) — Director & Campaign Special Events
- Former: A. M. Clise (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Arlesia Bailey (2020–2021) — Senior Director - Committee Health & Development
- Former: Eddie Poplawski (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Gloria Northcroft (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jennifer Belle (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Kevin Mather (2020–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Mebie Thompson (2020–2021) — Executive Officio Voting Trustee
- Former: Robert Flowers (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Srilata Remala (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Kelly Merry (2021) — Director & Donor Relations
- Former: Allison Broadgate (2020) — Director - Strong Against Cancer
- Former: Andrew Welch (2020) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Cyrus Habib (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Daniel Ederer (2020) — Trustee
- Former: David Oppenheim (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Mask (2020) — Executive Officio Voting Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $568K, to Dondi Cupp (Sr Vice Pres & Chief Dev Officer). 18 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Seattle Children's Foundation
How much does Seattle Children's Foundation give each year?
Seattle Children's Foundation gave $210.0M across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $136.0M across 2 grants.
How large is Seattle Children's Foundation?
Seattle Children's Foundation reported $2.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $232.1M.
Where does Seattle Children's Foundation operate?
Seattle Children's Foundation has awarded grants in Texas, Washington.
What is Seattle Children's Foundation's EIN?
Seattle Children's Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-1156519. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 29, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 2, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 22, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 10, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 29, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 25, 2026)
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