Seattle Children's Healthcare System
Seattle Children's Healthcare System (SCHS) is engaged in activities relating to the provision of health care services to infants, children, and adolescents, delivering and improving the delivery and the quality of those services through research, education, and contributions to or for the benefit of tax-exempt organizations which provide health care services, primarily seattle children's hospital.
Seattle Children's Healthcare System at a glance
In short: Seattle Children's Healthcare System gave $3.7M across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $1.9M), mostly in Washington. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $3,735,821
- +101.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +100.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,867,911
- +0.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,867,911
- Total assets
- $1,458,996,130
- +10.1% 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 Healthcare System funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Seattle Children's Guild Association ($1.9M). Together the top 2 received $3.7M.
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.3M (2020) to $7.0M (2023). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $3.7M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Children's Guild Association Seattle, WA | Unrestricted Donation to Affiliate | $1,947,248 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | Funding for Pediatric Cancer Research | $1,788,573 |
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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 | $1,458,996,130 | $90,680,689 | $20,004,594 | $3,735,821 | 2 | $49,573,644 |
| 2024 | $1,324,762,602 | $63,631,155 | $18,239,994 | $1,854,097 | 1 | $49,836,518 |
| 2023 | $1,175,308,581 | $30,273,223 | $30,189,036 | $6,986,997 | 2 | $18,635,114 |
| 2022 | $1,079,096,688 | $73,269,091 | $15,317,149 | — | — | $52,298,736 |
| 2021 | $1,236,637,312 | $122,583,383 | $18,506,976 | — | — | $66,144,321 |
| 2020 | $1,003,909,546 | $46,931,428 | $8,182,607 | $1,262,848 | 2 | $17,614,259 |
| 2019 | $925,123,055 | $50,908,322 | $7,064,502 | — | — | $20,172,847 |
About Seattle Children's Healthcare System
Based on IRS filings
Seattle Children's Healthcare System is a public charity focused on Health, based in Seattle, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.5B in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $3.7M. Net investment income was $49.6M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Seattle Children's Healthcare System is led by Jeff Sperring MD, CEO & Non-Voting Executive Officio Trustee on every filing since 2019; 14 of 34 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jeff Sperring MD
CEO & Non-Voting Executive Officio Trustee
On filings since 2019
55 hrs/week
$339K (2019) → $2.4M (2025)
Ginger Hines
Executive Director, Sccn & Umbrella Pediatrics
New on the 2025 filing
$26K (2025)
Kurt Shintaffer
Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Catherine Chilcott
Director - Treasury Services
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$90K (2020) → $188K (2025)
Jordan Summerside
Director, Partnerships & Special Projects
On filings since 2022
45 hrs/week
$141K (2022) → $172K (2025)
James Olson
Investment Director
Director of Investments → Investment Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
45 hrs/week
$175K (2023) → $393K (2025)
Jerrilyn Bogart
Director, Finance Projects & Technical Accounting
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$33K (2025)
Colin Fox Jr. PhD
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Brubaker MD
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Moya Vazquez
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Betcher
Trustee
Vice Chair & Chair-Elect → Chair, 2021
Chair → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Levitan
Trustee
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joel French
Trustee
Vice Chair → Chair, 2023
Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Schoettler
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ken Denman
Trustee
Trustee → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Loren Alhadeff
Trustee
On filings since 2021
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Conan Viernes
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marcus East
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Georgia Lee Zunker
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jasmin Zavala
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kimi King
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Huang
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Todd Hofheins
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Hayward
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
On filings since 2019
55 hrs/week
$529K (2019) → $872K (2025)
Samantha Sloane
Vice President - Finance
Controller → Senior Director, Finance & System Controller, 2022
Senior Director, Finance & System Controller → Vice President - Finance, 2025
On filings since 2019
14 hrs/week
$49K (2019) → $90K (2025)
Suzanne Beitel
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2019
55 hrs/week
$141K (2019) → $961K (2025)
Warren Hewitt
Vice President - Finance
On filings since 2019
25 hrs/week
$87K (2019) → $82K (2025)
Myra Gregorian
Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer
On filings since 2023
55 hrs/week
$573K (2023) → $1.1M (2025)
Zafar Chaudry MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Digital, Ai & Info Officer
Senior Vice President, Chief Digital & Info Officer → Senior Vice President, Chief Digital, Ai & Info Officer, 2025
On filings since 2023
55 hrs/week
$596K (2023) → $735K (2025)
Francesca Vega
Vice President, External Affairs & Community Relations
Vice President, Ext Affairs & Community Relations → Vice President, External Affairs & Community Relations, 2025
On filings since 2024
55 hrs/week
$340K (2024) → $409K (2025)
Stan Ra
Chief Investment Officer
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$780K (2025)
Troy Hutson
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Okerstrom
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Mullaney
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (30)
- Former: Judith Pierce (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Racquel Russell (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Douglas Picha (2023–2024) — Consultant, Spec Projects & Relations
- Former: Russell Williams (2023–2024) — Svp-Strat, Cap & Regl Networks
- Former: Stanley Ra (2023–2024) — Chief Investment Officer
- Former: Colleen Fukui-Sketchley (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Patricia Loera (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Alvin Winterroth (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Debra Palmer-Seiler (2019–2022) — Senior Accountant & Treasury
- Former: Roy Diaz PhD (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Candy Marshall (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jennifer Sharp (2021–2022) — Manager & Financial Reporting
- Former: Charles Stevens (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Cynthia Huffman (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jeff Nitta (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Joo (2019–2021) — Corporate Accountant
- Former: Michael Reeves (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
- Former: Michele Smith (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Nancy Senseney (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Mask (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Dean Allen (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Judy Holder (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Delman (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Deborah Haug (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Jodi Long (2019) — Former Highest Compensated Employee
- Former: Joel Benoliel (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Kelly Wallace (2019) — Senior Vice President & CFO
- Former: Mona Lee Locke (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Sanford Melzer MD (2019) — Former Highest Compensated Employee
- Former: Spencer Ostrom (2019) — Financial Reporting Manager
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $2.4M, to Jeff Sperring MD (CEO/Non-Voting Ex Officio Trustee). 14 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Seattle Children's Healthcare System
How much does Seattle Children's Healthcare System give each year?
Seattle Children's Healthcare System gave $3.7M across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.9M across 1 grant.
How large is Seattle Children's Healthcare System?
Seattle Children's Healthcare System reported $1.5B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $90.7M.
What is Seattle Children's Healthcare System?
Seattle Children's Healthcare System is a public charity focused on Health, based in Seattle, WA. It holds $1.5B in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Seattle Children's Healthcare System operate?
Seattle Children's Healthcare System has awarded grants in Washington.
What is Seattle Children's Healthcare System's EIN?
Seattle Children's Healthcare System's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-1250116. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
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 2023 (received by the IRS August 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 30, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 14, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 12, 2020)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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