California · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN (California) receives grants from 162 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,540,737 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,468,985). 88 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 162
- Grants received
- $47M
- Net assets
- $378M
What Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn does
Mission
Ucsf benioff children's hospitals foundation is dedicated to bringing health and well being to children through philanthropic and volunteer support for ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland and san francisco.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The funds are a part of ucsf benioff oakland's comprehensive campaign, which supports the new hospital building modernization project, as well as reimagining 12,000 square feet of space at the former children's hospital oakland research institute located at 5700 martin luther king jr. Way and a building providing mental health services at 770 53rd street. Children's hospital & research center foundation, dba ucsf benioff children's hospitals foundation, has a 25-member board of directors comprised of community leaders and key hospital leadership. The board provides direction and oversight for planning and implementing a comprehensive fund development program that includes: major and annual gifts; planned giving; foundation and corporate gifts and grants; children's miracle network hospitals and cause related marketing; special events. The generosity of our donors is a source of great strength for ucsf benioff children's hospitals. Other funding priorities include annual fund and unrestricted support, capital equipment and facility renovations, research, community programs and advocacy, and education for a wide variety of clinical areas. For more than 100 years, ucsf benioff…
$21,168,245 spentof which $18,955,791 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $21,168,245.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $283M to $371M (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Shahan Soghikian
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 55 funders, grant income rose $2.1M → $5.2M.
43 of 162 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 162 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 24% · 2019 27% · 2020 18% · 2021 15% · 2022 20% · 2023 13% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $19M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 53 states
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland · exempt
- Foundation for Children's Care Dba Family Legacy Fund · exempt
- Ucsf Health Medical Foundation · exempt
- Children's Hospital Oakland Family House · exempt
- The Regents of the University of California · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN?
- CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN (California) receives grants from 162 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,540,737 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,468,985). 88 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN have?
- IRS filings report 162 organizations giving $46,540,737 in grants to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN, 88 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,468,985 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 162 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing