Lucile Packard Foundation

Lucile Packard Foundation

Fundraises for pediatric health programs

Overview

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health raises funds to support Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford’s pediatric and obstetric programs. It partners with individuals, corporations, and other foundations to collect charitable gifts, which are then directed to the hospital, research, education, and patient care through fundraising campaigns and donor programs. This approach channels all proceeds to the hospital and related Stanford pediatric and obstetric programs, focusing resources on children's health and ensuring services are available to families regardless of their ability to pay. Its goal is to elevate the priority of children's health and expand the quality and accessibility of pediatric and maternal healthcare for children and families everywhere.

About Lucile Packard Foundation

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What believers are saying

  • Carol and Ned Spieker gave $25 million in October 2025 for West Building modernization.
  • Summer Scamper has raised over $7 million since 2011, proving durable community fundraising.
  • The foundation’s 2026 campaigns highlight visible innovation, especially AI pregnancy-complication research.

What critics are saying

  • Stanford Medicine Children’s Health laid off 87 workers in October 2025.
  • A federal subpoena case over transgender-care records threatens trust and donor relationships through 2026.
  • Heavy dependence on large gifts, like Spieker’s $25 million, creates concentration risk.

What makes Lucile Packard Foundation unique

  • Summer Scamper and donor campaigns directly fund Stanford Children’s research and care.
  • Big Science Innovation Fund backs AI pregnancy-risk prediction and precision pediatric treatments.
  • The foundation channels gifts into Stanford’s maternal, child health, and undercompensated care programs.

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Benefits

Generous leave, including PTO, holidays, Summer Fridays, and a sabbatical (after 7 years of employment)

Annual bonus opportunity

Retirement plan + employer match

Premium Medical and Dental coverage

FSA + dependent care FSA

Employer-paid life insurance

Legal services plan

Commuter Benefits, including CalTrain “Go Pass” Program

4-week paid maternity and paternity leave for new parents

Stipend for home office and mobile phone

Company News

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Dec 6th, 2023
Director of Development, Mothers & Babies Campaign

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, in partnership with Stanford Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, unlocks philanthropy to transform health for children and families in Northern California - and around the world.

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