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Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

Palo Alto, CA · EIN 77-0003859 · 501(c)(3) · Hospital or medical research organization
Latest filing: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford reported $2.89 billion in revenue and $2.73 billion in expenses for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $90.99 went to program services, $8.27 to management and general costs and $0.74 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 94.7% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $5,385,633 (DIRECTOR). 4,176 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 47% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.

Where $100 of spending went

The fiscal year ending August 31, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $2.73B

For context, the median across 5,634 covered health care charities: $86.19 programs, $13.81 management, $0.00 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

The fiscal year ending August 31, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $2.89B

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

FY2025 filing. Median across 5,634 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
MeasureFY2025Median
Program services
Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)
91.0%85.6%
Management & general
Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)
8.3%13.7%
Fundraising
Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)
0.7%0.0%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions
Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h
$0.31$0.00
Contributions & grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1h ÷ 12
2.3%1.3%
Government grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1e ÷ 12
0.0%0.1%
Program service revenue share
Part VIII 2g ÷ 12
94.7%93.7%
Highest reported compensation
Part VII-A, columns D–F
$5,385,633$975,831
Highest compensation as share of expenses
Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)
0.20%1.34%
People paid over $100,000
Part VII, line 2
4,17627
Net assets, in months of expenses
Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses
14.26.6
Independent voting board members
Part VI 1a–1b
16 of 2188.9%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense
$647M expenses · 26.0% of program spending · revenue $658M

Program service description johnson center expense $647,083,998 grants $0 revenue $658,334,305 the johnson center's services include prenatal diagnosis, genetic counseling, high resolution fetal ultrasound services, high risk prenatal care, delivery, lactation and parenting support and newborn intensive care. In addition, the behavioral-developmental pediatrics program offers long term follow-up for patients graduating from the neonatal intensive care unit. The johnson center also manages several clinical outreach services in maternal-fetal medicine, providing early diagnosis and consultative…

$528M expenses · 21.2% of program spending · revenue $683M

Program service description moore children's heart center expense $528,415,706 grants $0 revenue $683,152,785 the moore children's heart center's mission is to bring together professional and facility resources under one center to serve both our local patients and the greater community. With a multidisciplinary team specially trained to diagnose and treat infants, children, and young adults with congenital and acquired heart diseases, the heart center cares for those requiring specialized cardiothoracic services on a national and international basis, drawing patients from all over california…

$325M expenses · 13.1% of program spending · revenue $313M

Program service description bass cancer center expense $324,960,483 grants $0 revenue $313,070,603 the bass center for childhood cancer and blood diseases is a center of excellence that offers comprehensive care and innovative therapies for children with cancer and blood diseases. This state-of-the-art facility integrates inpatient and outpatient care and has a 49-bed inpatient unit which opened in december 2019. In the unit, there are 25 hematology/oncology beds and 24 STEM cell transplant beds. The cancer program also has a 15-bed day hospital, infusion room, lab, and clinic. The cancer…

$988M all other programs (line 4d)

Highest reported compensation

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here
RoleFrom this orgFrom related orgsOtherTotal
DIRECTOR
Director/trustee, 2.0 hrs/week
$0$5,284,695$100,938$5,385,633
Director
Director/trustee, 2.0 hrs/week
$0$2,987,124$740,160$3,727,284
Dir., Pres & CEO
Director/trustee, officer, 47.5 hrs/week
$2,255,945$0$82,336$2,338,281
EVP & CSO (until 12/24)
Key employee, 40.0 hrs/week
$1,255,281$0$154,922$1,410,203
EVP & COO
Officer, 50.0 hrs/week
$1,091,171$0$210,512$1,301,683
VP & CFO
Officer, 47.0 hrs/week
$1,114,970$0$92,034$1,207,004
DIRECTOR
Director/trustee, 2.0 hrs/week
$0$971,256$202,739$1,173,995
DIRECTOR
Director/trustee, 2.0 hrs/week
$0$1,013,825$37,185$1,051,010

4,176 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $12M (Part IX, line 5).

6 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked
RevenueExpenses
$0$1.00B$2.00B$3.00B$4.00BFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025$2.89B$2.73B
FilingRevenueExpensesProgramsNet assetsTop pay
FY2025 ⓘ$2.89B$2.73B91.0%$3.23B$5,385,633
FY2024 ⓘ$2.78B$2.64B92.5%$3.04B$6,014,254
FY2023 ⓘ$2.57B$2.43B91.6%$2.91B$5,114,409
FY2022 ⓘ$2.40B$2.22B91.9%$2.83B$5,263,879
FY2021 ⓘ$2.21B$2.06B89.0%$2.78B$4,773,173
FY2020 ⓘ$1.97B$1.90B89.2%$2.42B$4,246,417

Governance answers, as filed

FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means
  • Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b21 · 16 independent
  • Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
  • Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
  • Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
  • Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
  • Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
  • Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
  • Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
  • Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
  • Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26Yes
  • Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4Yes
  • Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
  • Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
  • Employees Part I, line 57,213
  • Volunteers Part I, line 6416

Private foundation grants it received

9 private foundations reported grants to Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford totaling $60,721 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

Correct a figure or respond

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Questions people ask

How much of Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford's spending goes to programs?

In the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford reported that 91.0% of its $2.73 billion in expenses went to program services, 8.3% to management and general and 0.7% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford reported for one person in the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025 was $5,385,633, for the role of DIRECTOR (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford get its money?

Of $2.89 billion in revenue in the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025, 2.3% came from contributions and grants (including 0.0% from government grants) and 94.7% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 77-0003859 as a 501(c)(3) organization (hospital or medical research organization), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

  • FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025, object 202601979349301415 · read the filing · XML
  • FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, object 202501969349302460 · read the filing
  • FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2023, object 202401979349300985 · read the filing
  • FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, object 202311949349301711 · read the filing
  • FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, object 202211949349301201 · read the filing
  • FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2020, object 202131969349302208 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 77-0003859: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.