About Us Saint John’s Health Center Foundation

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide leadership and philanthropic support to Providence Saint John’s Health Center.

Diversity Statement

In principle and in practice, Saint John’s Health Center Foundation values and seeks diverse and inclusive participation in the membership of its Board of Trustees and other volunteers, staff, vendors, consultants and community. We believe that diversity encompasses many variables including without limitation race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, family status, personal values and beliefs, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, appearance, and professional level. We believe that diversity enriches our experience, promotes personal growth and a healthy society, strengthens communities and the workplace and enhances economic competitiveness. We believe that pursuit of our mission requires a commitment to the development of an organization that values differences, respects all of its members, and maintains a climate in which everyone is treated with dignity.
Reaffirmed August 5, 2020
Board Affairs Committee

History

Incorporated in 1975 as a separate tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation to advance the mission and goals of Saint John’s Health Center, the Saint John’s Health Center Foundation is governed by an all volunteer board of directors and trustees, who bring their leadership skills to ensure that Saint John’s is here for their community – now and in the future.

Trustees work tirelessly with the foundation staff to vision, plan, initiate and maintain structured programs of support for the health center’s capital, equipment, programmatic needs, community outreach and to carry forward the health center’s mission of compassionate care.

When the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth came west to build Saint John’s, generous neighbors helped these pioneering women purchase the land upon which Saint John’s Health Center campus stands. The Foundation grew out of the original Saint John’s Hospital Guild founded in 1947 to carry forward the mission of compassionate care set forth by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. That mission is continued now through the healing ministry of Providence Health & Services.

Philanthropy

The Foundation is the chief financial engine contributing to state-of-the-art facilities, equipment, technology, programs and services at the health center as well as ground-breaking cancer research at Saint John’s Cancer Institute and Pacific Neuroscience Institute. Philanthropic efforts have successfully raised more than $817 million dollars, including $370 million dollars to rebuild the Health Center after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.