Childrens Hospital & Research Center Foundation

Programs: See schedule ochildren's hospital & research center foundation, dba ucsf benioff children's hospitals foundation, has a 21-member board of directors comprised of community leaders and key hospital leadership. The board provides direction and oversight to planning and implementing a comprehensive fund development program that includes: major and annual gifts; planned giving; foundation and corporate grants; children's miracle network hospitals and cause related marketing; special events; and a comprehensive campaign. The generosity of our donors is a source of great strength for ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland. From july 2016 - june 2017, the foundation distributed $18,946,736 to the hospital in support of clinical programs, breakthrough research, pediatric advocacy, community outreach, medical training, and facilities. These funds are part of ucsf benioff oakland's $200 million comprehensive campaign, which supports phase 1 of the hospital's master plan modernization project, as well as other core areas of its mission. A key guiding principle of the master plan is to design a facility that is distinctly for children and families, with designated in-patient and out-patient zones. The project's first phase includes creating a second outpatient center and renovating the pediatric intensive care unit (picu), neonatal intensive care unit (nicu), and post anesthesia care unit (pacu). Other campaign funding priorities include annual fund and unrestricted support, capital equipment and facility renovations, research, community programs and advocacy, and education. For more than 100 years, ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland has been a fixture in oakland and the surrounding bay area. The hospital is one of only five acs pediatric level i trauma centers in the state, and has one of the largest pediatric intensive care units in northern california. For the period july 2016 through june 2017, children's had 10,000 inpatient stays, 46,000 emergency department visits, 9,000 surgical cases and 283,000 outpatient clinic visits.