Seattle Children’s Hospital is a public charity based in Seattle, Washington. It provides pediatric care and conducts research and education, and its 2024 filing reports grants to research institutions, medical centers, and other organizations.
Key facts about Seattle Children's Hospital
In short: Seattle Children's Hospital gave $56.3M across 181 grants in 2025 (avg $311K), top state Illinois. 14% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 91-0564748
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Annual giving (2025)
- $56,289,059
- Grants made (2025)
- 181
- Average grant
- $310,989
- Median grant
- $57,582
- New grantees (estimate)
- 14% first-time grantees (26 of 181, 2025)
- Total assets
- $5,983,737,919
- Primary geography
- Illinois (28% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- Yes
- How to apply
- The Crossett Fund accepts unsolicited requests: applications are accepted year-round. Full details ↓
- Deadline
- Crossett applications received by October 1, 2026, will be considered.
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; 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.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$6.0B
+7.2% YoY
Annual Giving
$56.3M
+31.0% YoY
Grant Count
181
+5.8% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$311K
+23.8% YoY
Is Seattle Children's Hospital open to new grantees?
14%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 26 of 181 grantees (14%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $96K; repeat grants $347K. How we count
Medians: $14K first-time, $81K repeat.
- 75% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−16%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Mission & Focus Areas
Seattle Children’s mission is to provide hope, care, and cures so every child can live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Its stated priorities include quality clinical care, pediatric research, promoting healthy communities, and education. The organization reports that its research institute invested more than $104 million in research during fiscal year 2024.
The 2024 grants show support for pediatric medical research subawards, graduate education, and housing programs. Recipients include universities and research organizations: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center describes its mission as uniting research and care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease; the Allen Institute says it seeks to advance bioscience and knowledge to improve human health; and The Scripps Research Institute describes its work as basic biomedical research, translating discoveries into useful products, and scientific education and training. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska received support for housing programs and gala sponsorship.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2024, Seattle Children’s reported 171 grants totaling $42,954,664. Grant amounts ranged from $5,147 to $9,523,626, with a median of $58,304. The largest listed grants included $9,523,626 to University of Washington for a pediatric medical research grant subaward, graduate education programs, and a juvenile myositis research project; $5,532,639 to Oregon Health and Science University for a pediatric medical research grant subaward; and $2,776,745 to Colorado State University for a pediatric medical research grant subaward. Other large recipients included Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ($2,255,265), Emory University ($1,296,318), The Scripps Research Institute ($1,221,439), and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska ($636,808).
Review Cycle
Crossett applications received by October 1, 2026, will be considered.
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Seattle Children’s describes its primary service region as Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The Crossett Fund specifically supports projects benefiting young people in southeast Alaska. In 2024, grant dollars by recipient state were reported as Illinois 24%, Oregon 13%, Washington 12%, Colorado 8%, and California 7%.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 181 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $21.4M (2019) to $66.8M (2022). In 2025 it made 181 grants totaling $56.3M.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was University of Washington ($15.3M). Together the top 10 received $34.0M.
Grant Size Distribution
840 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 398 grants of 840 (47%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Chicago, IL | Pediatric medical research grant subawards and contributions in support of graduate education programs, provision of equal healthcare access, harborview behavioral health institute fund, and mental health summit. | $15,285,396 |
| Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR | Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward | $6,536,305 |
| Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO | Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward | $2,463,219 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Seattle, WA | Pediatric medical research grant subaward & run of hope scholar grant | $2,165,165 |
| The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA | Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward | $1,984,470 |
| Fieldline Medical Louisville, CO | Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward | $1,490,893 |
| Emory University Atlanta, GA | Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward | $1,060,147 |
| University of Colorado Denver Denver, CO | Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward | $1,051,436 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA | Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward | $1,033,892 |
| Allen Institute Seattle, WA | Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward | $963,932 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants | Grant count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,583,205,947 | $2,659,433,037 | $2,399,237,578 | $42,954,664 | 171 |
| 2023 | $4,895,703,194 | $2,334,999,460 | $2,309,040,702 | $51,518,000 | 165 |
| 2022 | $4,728,107,319 | $2,172,764,386 | $2,064,853,775 | $66,791,927 | 169 |
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $5,983,737,919 | $5,583,205,947 | $4,895,703,194 |
| Revenue | $3,072,099,534 | $2,659,433,037 | $2,334,999,460 |
| Expenses | $2,598,347,643 | $2,399,237,578 | $2,309,040,702 |
| Net Investment Income | $106,616,697 | $87,799,087 | $37,715,227 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- 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 August 4, 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 2019 (received by the IRS August 12, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 29, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 12, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Joel French as chair, Kurt Shintaffer as vice chair, Ken Denman as treasurer, and Troy Hutson as secretary. Listed trustees also include Conan Viernes, Loren Alhadeff, Susan Betcher, Jill Brubaker MD, Marcus East, and Colin Fox Jr PHD.
Seattle Children's Hospital is led by Jamie Phillips, President, Sch & Chief Operating Officer since 2025 (on filings since 2024); 33 of 52 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jamie Phillips
President, Sch & Chief Operating Officer
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer → President, Sch & Chief Operating Officer, 2025
On filings since 2024
55 hrs/week
$929K (2024) → $981K (2025)
Kurt Shintaffer
Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Conan Viernes
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
$375 (2022) → $30 (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
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
Eric Tham MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Research Ops Officer
Vice President & Associate Chief Information Officer → Senior Vice President & Chief Research Ops Officer, 2022
On filings since 2019
55 hrs/week
$517K (2019) → $819K (2025)
Jeff Sperring MD
Former Officer
CEO & Non-Voting Ex-Officio Trustee → CEO & Non-Voting Ex-Officio, 2023
CEO & Non-Voting Ex-Officio → Former Officer, 2024
On filings since 2019
$1M (2019) → $5K (2025)
Jeffrey Avansino MD
Vice President - Medical Affairs & Physician
Vice President, Medical Director & Surgical Svcs → Vice President - Medical Affairs, 2020
Vice President - Medical Affairs → Vice President - Medical Affairs & Physician, 2025
On filings since 2019
55 hrs/week
$337K (2019) → $299K (2025)
Myra Gregorian
Former Key Employee
Senior Vice President - Chief People Officer → Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer, 2023
Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer → Former Key Employee, 2024
On filings since 2019
$481K (2019) → $1K (2025)
Ruth McDonald MD
Vice President - Deputy Chief Med Ops Officer
Vice President - CMO for Medical Operations → Vp-Chief Medical Operations Officer, 2022
Vp-Chief Medical Operations Officer → Vice President - Deputy Chief Med Ops Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
55 hrs/week
$462K (2019) → $606K (2025)
Suzanne Beitel
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2019
$464K (2019) → $4K (2025)
Warren Hewitt
Vice President - Finance
Vice President - Finance → Former Key Employee, 2020
Former Key Employee → Vice President - Finance, 2023
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
$267K (2019) → $312K (2025)
Zafar Chaudry MD
Former Key Employee
Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer → Senior Vice President, Chief Digital & Info Officer, 2023
Senior Vice President, Chief Digital & Info Officer → Former Key Employee, 2024
On filings since 2019
$483K (2019) → $1K (2025)
Paul Sharek MD
Vice President - Chief Quality & Safety Officer
On filings since 2020
55 hrs/week
$496K (2020) → $606K (2025)
Cory Noel MD
Cardiologist
On filings since 2021
55 hrs/week
$489K (2021) → $567K (2025)
Michael Jensen MD
Former Key Employee
Vp-Sc Therapeutics & Chief Therap Officer → Vp-Sc Therapeutics & Chief Med Officer, 2024
Vp-Sc Therapeutics & Chief Med Officer → Former Key Employee, 2025
On filings since 2021
$418K (2021) → $84K (2025)
Bonnie Fryzlewicz
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
On filings since 2022
55 hrs/week
$331K (2022) → $628K (2025)
John Saavedra
Vice President & Interim Chief Human Resource Officer
Vice President - People Operations → Vice President & Interim Chief Human Resource Officer, 2025
On filings since 2022
55 hrs/week
$376K (2022) → $505K (2025)
Suzanne Vanderwerff
Vice President - Revenue Cycle & Health Information Integrity
Vp-Rev Cycle & Health Info Integrity → Vice President - Revenue Cycle & Health Information Integrity, 2025
On filings since 2023
55 hrs/week
$384K (2023) → $400K (2025)
Tanya Seaton
Vice President & Chief Ambulatory Officer
On filings since 2023
55 hrs/week
$408K (2023) → $492K (2025)
Wendy Jakobsen
Vice President - Compliance
On filings since 2023
55 hrs/week
$379K (2023) → $400K (2025)
Andre Dick MD
Senior Vice President & Surgeon in Chief
On filings since 2024
55 hrs/week
$300K (2024) → $376K (2025)
Dondi Cupp
Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer
Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer - Foundation → Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer, 2025
On filings since 2024
5.5 hrs/week
$69K (2024) → $73K (2025)
Robin Turner
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
On filings since 2024
55 hrs/week
$358K (2024) → $432K (2025)
Ryota Kashiwazaki MD
Otolaryngologist
On filings since 2024
55 hrs/week
$525K (2024) → $571K (2025)
Vittorio Gallo PhD
Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer
On filings since 2024
55 hrs/week
$415K (2024) → $815K (2025)
Alicia Tieder
Vice President - Organizational Learning, Pfx & Health Outcomes
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$378K (2025)
Clara Lin MD
Associate Vice President - Chief Medical Info Officer
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$518K (2025)
Jeff Ojemann MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Physician Executive
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$282K (2025)
Keturah Hallmosley
Vice President - People Experience & Talent Development
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$380K (2025)
Laura Licea
Vice President - Periop, Procedural Svcs & Acno
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$432K (2025)
Samantha Sloane
Vice President - Finance
New on the 2025 filing
41 hrs/week
$370K (2025)
Sean Murphy MD PhD
Chief of Pathology & Lab Medicine
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$520K (2025)
Stan Ra
Former Key Employee
New on the 2025 filing
$11K (2025)
Vickie Cleator
Vice President - Research Facilities Ops & Capital Projects
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$409K (2025)
Wendy Pinero-Depencier
Vice President - Chief Marketing & Communication Officer
New on the 2025 filing
55 hrs/week
$378K (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 (56)
- Former: Douglas Picha (2019–2024) — Former Highest Compensated Employee
- Former: Erik Lausund (2019–2024) — Chief of Research Operations
- Former: Judith Pierce (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Astion MD PhD (2019–2024) — Chief of Pathology & Lab Medicine
- Former: Pamela Rock (2019–2024) — Vice President, Med Serv Line & Spec Programs
- Former: Russell Williams (2019–2024) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Jeffrey Ojemann MD (2020–2024) — Senior Vice President - Chief Medical Officer
- Former: Racquel Russell (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Kevin Kollins MD (2022–2024) — Cardiologist
- Former: Stanley Ra (2022–2024) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Victoria Cleator (2022–2024) — Vp-Res Facilities Ops & Cap Projects
- Former: Samuel Williams (2023–2024) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Colleen Fukui-Sketchley (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: James Hendricks PhD (2019–2023) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Mark Egbert DDS (2019–2023) — Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
- Former: Patricia Loera (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Scott Bingham (2019–2023) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Pradipta Komanduri (2021–2023) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Trinh Pham-Dembinski (2022–2023) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Andrew Lee (2023) — Vice President - Equity Diversity & Inclusion
- Former: Alvin Winterroth (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Christine Kessler (2019–2022) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Madlyn Murrey (2019–2022) — Senior Vice President - Chief Clinical & Nursing Officer
- Former: Roy Diaz PhD (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Suzanne Petersen (2019–2022) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Candy Marshall (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jodi Long (2022) — Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
- Former: Kimberly Baggett (2022) — Vice President - Center Business Operations
- Former: Cara Bailey (2019–2021) — Senior Vp-Innovation & Improvement Officer
- Former: Charles Stevens (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Cynthia Huffman (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jeff Nitta (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Mark Del Beccaro MD (2019–2021) — Senior Vice President - Chief Medical Operations Officer
- Former: Michael Reeves (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
- Former: Michele Smith (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Nancy Senseney (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Petra Smith (2019–2021) — Vice President - Human Resources
- Former: Sanford Melzer MD (2019–2021) — Executive Vp-Networks & Population Health
- Former: Susan Mask (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Todd Johnson (2019–2021) — Vice President - Facilities
- Former: Thomas Herbert MD (2021) — Otolaryngologist
- Former: Dean Allen (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Jennifer Becker (2019–2020) — Vice President - Ambulatory
- Former: Judy Holder (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Delman (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Wayne Chandler MD (2019–2020) — Medical Director - Laboratory Med
- Former: James Santucci (2020) — Vice President - Surgical Services
- Former: Laura Finn MD (2020) — Medical Director - Anatomic Pathology
- Former: Cindy Gazecki (2019) — Senior Vice President - Hospital Operations
- Former: Deborah Haug (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Gregory Blackburn (2019) — Former Key Employee
- Former: James Christiansen MD (2019) — Cardiologist
- Former: Joel Benoliel (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Kelly Wallace (2019) — Senior Vice President & CFO
- Former: Michael Murphy (2019) — Vice President - Acc Care & Executive Director Sccn
- Former: Mona Lee Locke (2019) — Trustee
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 $981K, to Jamie Phillips (President, Sch & Chief Operating Officer). 33 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 5371 Ms 818-Fi, Seattle, WA 98145-5005
Phone: (206) 884-2351
Website: https://seattlechildrens.org
Frequently asked questions about Seattle Children's Hospital
How much does Seattle Children's Hospital give each year?
Seattle Children's Hospital gave $56.3M across 181 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $43.0M across 171 grants.
What is Seattle Children's Hospital's typical grant size?
Seattle Children's Hospital's median grant in 2025 was $57,582, and its average grant was $310,989, across 181 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Seattle Children's Hospital that year got $96K on average.
Where does Seattle Children's Hospital give grants?
Seattle Children's Hospital's top state is Illinois, with 28% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Oregon (12%) and Washington (10%). The most frequent recipient cities were Seattle, WA (25 grants), Los Angeles, CA (7 grants), Chicago, IL (5 grants) and Boston, MA (5 grants).
Does Seattle Children's Hospital give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 181 grants with a stated purpose on Seattle Children's Hospital's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Pediatric Medical Research Grant Subaward" (143 grants).
Who are Seattle Children's Hospital's largest grantees?
Seattle Children's Hospital's largest 2025 grantees include University of Washington ($15,285,396), Oregon Health and Science University ($6,536,305) and Colorado State University ($2,463,219), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 43% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Seattle Children's Hospital?
Seattle Children's Hospital reported $6.0B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.1B.
What does Seattle Children's Hospital fund?
Seattle Children’s mission is to provide hope, care, and cures so every child can live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Its stated priorities include quality clinical care, pediatric research, promoting healthy communities, and education. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Seattle Children's Hospital?
The Crossett Fund accepts unsolicited requests: applications are accepted year-round. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Seattle Children's Hospital's EIN?
Seattle Children's Hospital's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-0564748. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Seattle Children's Hospital accept unsolicited proposals?
Yes, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
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