DOUBLING DOWN ON COMMUNITY HEALTH
Growing Impact Through Partnerships
Building on our legacy as one of San Francisco’s most respected independent charitable foundations, the Saint Francis Foundation is steadfast in its mission to advance local healthcare access, quality and equity.
In 2025, we were proud to help fill the federal funding gap that devastated essential medical services for San Francisco’s most vulnerable residents by increasing aid to our community partners. In today’s political and philanthropic climate, our partnerships have never been stronger or made a bigger impact in helping to improve people’s lives.
$138 MILLION
Total Lifetime Raised and Stewarded (Since 1979)
$1.6 MILLION
Total Raised in FY24-25
$2.4 MILLION
Total Awarded in Hospital Grants in FY24-25
$1.9 MILLION
Total Awarded in Community Grants in FY24-25
“At this particular moment when federal funding is at significant risk, especially for marginalized communities, the Saint Francis Foundation is helping us ensure we persist in our efforts to provide comprehensive care for the most vulnerable in the Tenderloin.”
Lance Toma
CEO,
San Francisco Community Health Center
Organizations We Supported in Fiscal Year 2024-25
LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES
Provides comprehensive shelter, housing, wellness and workforce development programs for young people experiencing homelessness.
SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY
HEALTH CENTER (SFCHC)
Proven street medicine model serving more than 200 unhoused residents in the Tenderloin.
SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE
Brings together advocates, leaders and community members dedicated to advancing human rights worldwide.
CURRY SENIOR CENTER
Provides integrated mental health and medical services for vulnerable older adults.
MAITRI-COMPASSIONATE CARE
Provides healthcare and mental health services to low-income patients recovering from gender-affirmation surgery.
LYON MARTIN COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES
Provides trauma-informed medical and mental healthcare services for the LGBTQIA+ community.
HYDE STREET COMMUNITY SERVICES
Provides intervention and chronic trauma programs for people living in the Tenderloin.
SEQUOIA LIVING SENIOR CENTER
Provides older adults with stimulating, joyful living and services that support, engage and enrich lives to decrease social isolation and mental health challenges.
SPOTLIGHTING THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP
The Saint Francis Foundation provides critical funding via community grants to nonprofit partner organizations that remove barriers to care, address social determinants of health, and improve patient access and outcomes.
Maitri Compassionate
Care
Transforming lives in the Castro by offering nationally recognized 24/7 services for low-income transgender and gender-diverse adults recovering from gender-affirmation surgery and end-of-life care for our most vulnerable LGBTQIA+ community members.
"With our services in such demand, we are grateful for the Foundation’s support of fairness, equality and high-quality care. Their partnership enables us to expand our safety net to those who need it most. "
Michael Armentrout, Executive Director
Larkin Street Youth Services
Keeping kids off the streets by providing a navigation center for the nearly 1,200 homeless young people who are able to access high-quality healthcare, housing, employment and educational services to get their lives back on track.
"Saint Francis Foundation’s partnership strengthens our ability to address the complex needs of young people, ensuring they receive the wellness services and coordinated care necessary to heal and thrive. "
Sherilyn Adams, CEO
Curry Senior Center
Providing seniors in the Tenderloin who are homeless or otherwise vulnerable with preventive health and wellness programs, behavioral healthcare and nutritious meals –all free of charge.
"The Saint Francis Foundation has been a trusted and go-to partner for many years. The Foundation is concerned about the entire community—a true guiding light. "
David Knego, Executive Director
2024-25 HOSPITAL
GRANT HIGHLIGHTS
Saint Francis Foundation is proud to have been the primary philanthropic partner to San Francisco’s longest-serving downtown hospital since 1979 - Saint Francis Hospital (now owned by UCSF Health). The Foundation continues to support the hospital’s vital community-based programs and staff- and physician-led priorities while maintaining our independence as a grant-making charitable foundation with a mission to advance community-wide healthcare.
Advancing Treatment and Recovery at The Bothin Burn Center
As the only dedicated burn center in Northern California, the Bothin Burn Center provides treatment for more than 500 seriously burned children and adults each year. Last year, the Foundation continued its long history of funding new technologies and training for the Center’s surgeons, nurses, therapists, pain control specialists, and home care providers, along with new grants for advanced treatment and rehabilitation equipment.
Extending Compassion at Life’s End
Through a partnership with the Stupski Foundation, Saint Francis Foundation funded a new palliative care initiative under the leadership of Nurse Manager Donnie Nelson, providing patients and their loved ones with culturally relevant support to help Chinesespeaking families navigate difficult end-of-life decisions.
Expanding Access to Gender-Affirming Care
As the Gender Institute’s lead funder since its establishment in 2016, Foundation support enables life-changing outcomes for more than 500 transgender and gender-diverse patients every year. The Foundation is funding the Institute's expansion to meet increasing need and demand, with a new state-of-the-art facility opening in 2026.
Creating Safe Spaces for Families to Stay Connected During Crisis
Each year, Rally Family Visitation Services provides thousands of hours of visitation services to hundreds of children and families in the Bay Area, nearly threequarters of whom are low-income and non-Englishspeaking families who would otherwise go unserved if not for the ongoing support of the Foundation.
Responding to Growing Mental Health Needs
The Gwendolyn Walsh Emergency Department is the second busiest ED in San Francisco, serving more than 40,000 patients annually. In 2024, in partnership with Delta Dental, Saint Francis Foundation funded the hiring of behavioral healthcare social workers at the hospital to support the increasing number of ED patients suffering from mental trauma and addiction.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDING PARTNERS
Sherilyn Adams CEO, Larkin Street Youth Services
Saint Francis Foundation Board of
Directors
OFFICERS
Matt Brady, Chair
Michele Hanson, Vice-Chair
Laurette Hartigan, Treasurer
Aneesh Krishna, Secretary
DIRECTORS
Adam Bonnington, MD
Lindsay Caldwell
Ezra Garrett
Elizabeth Johnson
Brandon Kline
Noriko Lim-Tepper, Ed.D
Connie Linehan
Frank Malin, MD
Harry Prabandham
Sotha Saing
Sarita Satpathy, MD
Jeff Taylor, PsyD
Brenda Wright
