Scripps Health Foundation

What Scripps Health Foundation does

Scripps Health Foundation is the philanthropic fundraising arm of Scripps Health, a Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit health system (Tax ID 95-1684089) headquartered in San Diego, California. The foundation raises charitable donations to support Scripps Health's five-hospital system, including Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, and Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista, plus 20+ cancer care sites serving San Diego County. Since Ellen Browning Scripps's founding gift in 1924, philanthropy has been the structural funding mechanism for advanced medical technology acquisition (da Vinci Xi Surgical System with eight robots and more than 10,000 surgeries performed, TrueBeam linear accelerators at Prebys Cancer Center, Deep Brain Stimulation at Scripps Clinic, Ekso Bionic Exoskeleton and Alter-G Anti-Gravity Treadmill at Scripps Encinitas), clinical research programs, and patient support services across cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, maternal/child health, and rehabilitation.

The foundation operates a multi-channel fundraising platform anchored by the $500 million, decade-long Here for Good capital campaign launched in 2022, alongside recurring giving programs (President's Council, Partners for Scripps Cancer Center, Mercy 1000 — each requiring annual gifts of $1,000 or more) and diverse giving vehicles including cash, appreciated stock, IRA rollovers for donors aged 70½ or older, donor-advised funds, planned gifts and bequests, employer matching programs, and memorial and tribute gifts. Distribution occurs through the giving.scripps.org online portal, toll-free phone line (1-844-442-GIVE), mail-in options, in-person hospital campus engagement, and signature events (Spinoff Gala, Candlelight Ball, Rockin' Encinitas concert). In fiscal year 2024-2025, donors contributed more than $70 million to Scripps Health.

Donor cultivation is organized around grateful-patient relationships, multi-generational philanthropic families (Ecke, Anderson, Caster, Woltman, Shiley, Prebys, Lusardi), corporate and foundation partners (The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Henry L. Guenther Foundation, Leichtag Foundation, CIRM), and major gift naming opportunities tied to facility expansion. The foundation supports ongoing strategic moves including the Lusardi Tower opening at Scripps Encinitas in April 2026, the 420,000-square-foot new hospital tower at Scripps La Jolla completed in 2025, and a long-term Northern Region Facilities Plan approved in August 2025 encompassing a new ambulatory facility and acute care hospital in San Marcos.

Name

Scripps Health Foundation

Legal name

Scripps Health

Website

https://giving.scripps.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Scripps Health Foundation is the philanthropic fundraising arm of Scripps Health, a nonprofit five-hospital healthcare system serving San Diego County. It raises charitable donations through a $500 million Here for Good capital campaign, recurring giving programs, and diverse giving vehicles to fund medical technology, facility construction, and clinical research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Philanthropy

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC), Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF)

Keywords

• Healthcare philanthropy
• Charitable fundraising
• Capital campaigns
• Planned giving
• Donor recognition

Headquarters

HQ city

La Jolla

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations and Gifts: The foundation receives charitable donations from individual donors, families, corporations, and foundations supporting various Scripps Health programs, facilities, and research initiatives. Donations range from small individual contributions to major multi-million dollar gifts.
2. Capital Campaign Contributions: The Here for Good Campaign is a $500 million, decade-long capital campaign to fund growth across Scripps hospitals and outpatient clinics throughout San Diego. The campaign funds new hospital towers, cancer centers, and advanced medical facilities.
3. Annual Giving Programs: Recurring annual donations through membership programs including President's Council ($1,000+/year), Partners for Scripps Cancer Center ($1,000+/year), Mercy 1000 ($1,000/year), and general annual giving.
4. Planned Giving and Legacy Gifts: Bequests, charitable gift annuities, retirement plan designations, real estate gifts, and appreciated stock donations that provide lifetime income and tax advantages to donors while supporting Scripps' long-term mission.
5. Special Event Revenue: Proceeds from special events including the Spinoff Gala, Rockin' Encinitas concert, Candlelight Ball, and other fundraising events that engage donors and generate contributions.
6. Donor-Advised Funds: Donors contribute to Scripps through donor-advised funds, directing their charitable investments to support specific Scripps programs and priorities.
7. Stock Donations: Donors can contribute appreciated securities directly to Scripps, providing tax benefits while supporting the organization.
8. Employer Matching Gifts: Corporate matching gift programs where employers match employee donations to amplify the impact of individual contributions.
9. IRA Rollover Gifts: Donors aged 70½ or older can transfer IRA assets directly to Scripps, satisfying required minimum distributions while avoiding income tax on the transfer.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Scripps Health Foundation is the philanthropic fundraising arm of Scripps Health, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) health system in San Diego. The foundation raises charitable donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations to fund hospital construction, advanced medical technology (da Vinci robots, TrueBeam accelerators), clinical research, patient support services, and physician training across Scripps Health's five hospital campuses. Its flagship initiative is the $500 million "Here for Good" capital campaign, complemented by annual recognition societies (President's Council, Partners for Scripps Cancer Center, Mercy 1000) and planned giving vehicles (stock, IRA, donor-advised funds, bequests).

Product overview

Scripps Health Foundation operates a comprehensive fundraising platform supporting Scripps Health's five-hospital system in San Diego. The foundation offers multiple giving programs including the Here for Good Capital Campaign (a $500 million initiative), President's Council and Partners for Scripps Cancer Center (both requiring $1,000+ annual gifts), and various giving vehicles such as stock donations, planned gifts, and memorial/tribute gifts. The foundation supports fundraising priorities across cardiovascular care, cancer care, orthopedics, neurology, diabetes, and women's health services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Here for Good Capital Campaign A $500 million, decade-long capital campaign funding innovation and expansion across Scripps Health's five-hospital system, including new hospital facilities, advanced medical technology, and clinical programs.
• President's Council Donor recognition program requiring annual gifts of $1,000 or more, providing benefits including access to Scripps physicians through educational seminars and lectures, updates with senior Scripps leadership, virtual health series invitations, and complimentary parking.
• Partners for Scripps Cancer Center
• Mercy 1000
• Donate Stock
• Employer Matching Gifts
• IRA Rollover
• Donor-Advised Funds
• Planned Gifts
• Memorial and Tribute Gifts
• Honor Your Caregiver
• Greatest Needs Fund
• Special Events

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 10,000 robotic surgeries performed using da Vinci Xi system
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• San Diego MagazinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScripps partners with San Diego Magazine to publish San Diego Health Magazine, a quarterly publication featuring health tips, innovative care, and patient stories. Content from this partnership appears in both the magazine and online at scripps.org/san-diego-health.
• Rady Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScripps collaborates with Rady Children's Hospital in running the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, providing specialized care for premature babies and those with health concerns at birth.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sharp HealthCare Foundation: Sharp HealthCare Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Sharp HealthCare, San Diego's largest private hospital system. Directly comparable: same San Diego County market, multi-hospital nonprofit health system, similar giving programs (annual giving, capital campaigns, planned giving), competing for the same grateful-patient and corporate donor base as Scripps Health Foundation.
• UC San Diego Health Foundation: UC San Diego Health Foundation supports the region's only academic medical center. Comparable in that it raises philanthropic funds for a multi-hospital/clinical research health system in San Diego, with comparable giving vehicles (planned giving, major gifts, capital campaigns) and overlapping donor pools in La Jolla / coastal San Diego.
• Rady Children's Hospital Foundation: Rady Children's Hospital Foundation raises philanthropic support for Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego's only dedicated pediatric hospital. Directly comparable as a regional hospital foundation operating in the same San Diego market with overlapping maternal/pediatric donors; Scripps already collaborates with Rady on its La Jolla NICU, illustrating the close operating relationship.

Broad incumbents

• City of Hope Foundation: City of Hope's philanthropic arm supports a leading cancer and research hospital system across Southern California. Comparable as a healthcare foundation with major capital campaigns, planned giving, and grateful-patient giving tied to specialty clinical care; operates at larger scale and across multiple geographies.
• UCSF Health Foundation: UCSF Health's fundraising operation supports a major Bay Area academic medical center. Comparable in structure (multi-hospital nonprofit with capital campaigns, planned giving, named-program recognition) and donor demographics (wealthy West Coast residents); significantly larger absolute scale and a different metro.
• Mayo Clinic Development: Mayo Clinic's philanthropy operation supports one of the most recognized nonprofit health systems in the U.S. Comparable as a multi-site hospital foundation with national clinical reputation, large capital campaigns, and legacy multi-generational donor families; operates at substantially larger scale and across multiple geographies.
• Stanford Health Care Foundation: Stanford Health Care's development office raises funds for a leading academic medical center. Comparable as a hospital foundation with multi-specialty clinical programs, large capital campaigns, donor-advised fund and planned giving vehicles, and a grateful-patient pipeline tied to nationally ranked specialties. Operates at materially larger scale than Scripps.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Foundation: Memorial Sloan Kettering's foundation raises funds specifically for cancer care, research, and facilities. Comparable to the Scripps Cancer Center component of the foundation: cancer-focused philanthropy, grateful-patient giving, major capital campaigns, and named recognition opportunities; operates at much larger scale in the New York metro.
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Foundation: Cedars-Sinai's philanthropic arm supports one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in Los Angeles. Comparable as a leading multi-specialty hospital foundation with national rankings, large capital campaigns, and a similar high-net-worth grateful-patient donor base; operates at substantially larger scale and a different geography than Scripps.

Regional players

• Hoag Hospital Foundation: Hoag Hospital Foundation supports Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Orange County, CA. Comparable as a regional nonprofit hospital foundation with multi-campus footprint, strong community/donor-family ties, and similar giving programs (planned giving, annual giving, capital campaigns); serves a different but geographically adjacent Southern California market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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