St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation is accepting 2026 internal funding requests that support the shared mission of St. Louis Children’s Hospital and WashU Medicine, including capital equipment, education, training and patient care in inpatient, outpatient and community settings.
Current open funding path: Donor restricted funding requests may be submitted on a rolling basis. For the second 2026 application window, requests are accepted from July 15 through November 30, 2026. The requested amount cannot exceed donor restricted/designated funds available to the applicant’s department or program.
Capital equipment: The Foundation defines capital equipment as a single item costing $5,000 or more. Multiple or group purchases of $100,000 or more may be submitted when individual items cost more than $1,500 each. Equipment must have an estimated useful life of at least two years. Personal computers are expected to be funded from operating budgets rather than the Foundation.
Capital review deadlines: Requests of $100,000 or more must be presented to the capital committee, and any Foundation funding request must be received before that committee presentation. Remaining published 2026 capital-review submission dates are October 21, November 18 and December 2, 2026, each at noon. The controlling page does not publish a time zone, so Atlas does not infer one.
Technology approval: All requests involving new or expanded technology or application software must first be submitted through the hospital’s Technology Information Project Committee (TIPC) to Tim Gore, Jamie Danks and the published TIPC mailbox before applying for Foundation funding. This review is intended to identify existing system initiatives, network/interface needs and other technology dependencies.
Eligibility: This is an internal funding program for St. Louis Children’s Hospital and WashU Medicine departments, programs and eligible project leaders. Annual unrestricted requests require an approved senior leader. The Foundation states that only St. Louis Children’s Hospital vice presidents or senior leaders, the hospital president, WashU Medicine pediatric division chiefs, or the Pediatrician-in-Chief may be listed as grant approvers for requests exceeding available donor restricted funds.
Open direct-award mechanics: Donor restricted requests are appropriate when a department or program has restricted funds designated for its service area or project. The request cannot exceed the available restricted balance. Beginning in 2026, some direct awards may be issued without an online application when the Foundation has already confirmed the designated funding and project details.
Unrestricted annual funding: The 2026 competitive annual deadlines for unrestricted Foundation funding have already passed. Requests under $15,000 were due August 21, and requests of $15,000 or more were due August 28. Atlas therefore treats only the current donor restricted/direct-award and applicable capital review pathways as open.
Match/cost share: The controlling public page does not publish a mandatory non-Federal match requirement. Donor restricted requests are instead limited by the actual designated fund balance available to the department or program.
Submission: Foundation applications are submitted through the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation Grant Opportunity Web Portal when an application is required. Capital requests of $100,000 or more also require the hospital’s Capital Request Template and Capital Scoring Template. Technology requests must clear the TIPC process before Foundation submission.
Contacts and approvers: The Foundation publishes a detailed approver matrix. Relevant hospital approvers include Tesh Jewell for Ambulatory/Outpatient Services, Carrie Lee for Emergency Services, Staff Education and multiple clinical service lines, and Beverly Brozanski for Quality and Safety. The capital budget contact is Brian Hannel. The Foundation directs questions about missing approvers to Desiree’ White.
Atlas fit: Atlas Opportunity Score: 88/100. N9+ Fit: 84/100 conditional. A Nonagon N9+ device and platform project can be a legitimate fit where an eligible St. Louis Children’s Hospital or WashU Medicine department proposes capital equipment or technology that supports pediatric patient assessment, ambulatory or outpatient care, emergency care, staff education, school-based health, or quality and safety goals. However, technology allowability is not automatic: the hospital’s TIPC review and internal Foundation/capital approval requirements must be satisfied before Atlas treats the N9+ or associated software/services as fundable. QC Healthcare/other Dr. Miltie Fit: 38/100 conditional for permitted implementation, integration, training, or clinical support services if approved under the hospital’s procurement and Foundation rules.
Dr. Miltie direct eligibility: Dr. Miltie, LLC is not a direct applicant. The applicant must be an eligible internal St. Louis Children’s Hospital or WashU Medicine department or project leader. Dr. Miltie could participate only as a legitimate technology/vendor partner after internal eligibility, TIPC approval, funding availability and hospital procurement requirements are verified.