Missouri · Nonprofit
ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 150 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,948,302 to it, the largest being ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($33,076,907). 90 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $159M
- Funders on record
- 150
- Grants received
- $142M
- Net assets
- $512M
What St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation does
Mission
As the philanthropic partner to st. Louis children's hospital, the foundation is committed to supporting the mission, to do what's right for kids, through a granting process that reinvests donor support into the programs, initiatives and expertise required to provide exceptional pediatric care. Areas of focus include patient and family experience, access to care (primarly through community programs) and discovery through scientific, pediatric research which are made possible through the generosity of our donors.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research: the st. Louis children's hospital foundation supported washington university physicians and the children's discovery institute research through various fundraising initiatives including the creation of two new research centers to advance pediatric research in the areas of rare disease and cell based therapy.
$9,412,365 spentof which $9,412,365 as grants29% of program spendingPatient support: the st. Louis children's hospital foundation provides family centered care for patients and their families who receive in-patient care. Support includes two meals per day for up to two caregivers, lodging, transportation, assistance with utility bills, burial and funeral expenses for those who are eligible, as well as a variety of needs throughout the academic medical campus which positively impacts the pediatric experience. Additionally, the foundation supported the center for families which provides respite and support for friends and family of both inpatient and outpatient families, as well as child life services department which works with patients and families to develop ways to cope with fear, anxiety and separation from friends and family by using play, music, art, recreation and education techniques.
$8,702,237 spentof which $8,702,237 as grants26% of program spendingCommunity services/outreach: the st. Louis children's hospital foundation supported community program such as child advocacy and outreach program (chao) healthy kids express programs (asthma, dental, health screenings) and the spot, a school based health center within jennings school district. The chao program encompasses various injury prevention, health, wellness, and fitness programs including the teen outreach program. The healthy kids express mobile van program includes the only pediatric mobile health van program in the st. Louis metropolitan area that offers access to health care for thousands of children in our community by providing hearing, vision, asthma, dental, lead exposure and development screens for elementary and pre-school aged children.
$8,235,443 spentof which $8,235,443 as grants25% of program spendingCapital, scholarships, workforce education, faculty education/development, patient education, external community grants, chairholders, and other: the st. Louis children's hopsital foundation provided funds for capital equipment and construction/renovations. The foundation also provides funding for angel eye cameras in the neonatal intensive care unit so that families can be part of their child's care even when away from the bedside. St. Louis children's hospital foundation supported education for physicians, r.n.s, technicians, and healthcare administrators through fellowships, awards, lectures, and conferences. By providing continuing education, the foundation assists st. Louis children's hospital and washington university school of medicine with maintaining it's professional and quality standards. The foundation additionally supported multiple endowed chairs at washington university school of medicine.
$6,490,270 spentof which $6,490,270 as grants20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,840,315.
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 2023 to 2024, from $509M to $632M (+24%).
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.
68% of ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Windsor Jrcharles E
Chairman, director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 63 funders, grant income rose $6.1M → $6.8M.
29 of 150 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $12M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest Pedal the Cause). These are real filings, and they are not money ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 150 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
ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
48% 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 ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 79% · 2019 76% · 2020 58% · 2021 47% · 2022 27% · 2023 41% — 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
55% of ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
85% of ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,076 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,076 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Organizations like ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 25 states
Part of a family of 38 related entities
- Alton Memorial Health Services Foundation · exempt
- Alton Memorial Hospital Charitable Trust · exempt
- Barnes Jewish St Peters & Progress West Foundation · exempt
- Christian Hospital Foundation · exempt
- Fairview Heights Medical Group Sc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION?
- ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 150 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,948,302 to it, the largest being ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($33,076,907). 90 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 150 organizations giving $141,948,302 in grants to ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, 90 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION?
- ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $33,076,907 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 150 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