Grants typically ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 will be awarded primarily in the San Francisco, California area to non-profit organizations for programs devoted to the care, treatment, cure, rehabilitation, or education of children with physical or mental handicaps or illnesses. Organizations must be devoted to any one or more of the following purposes:

The care or rehabilitation of physically handicapped children; The care or rehabilitation or mentally retarded or mentally ill children; The care, treatment or cure of mentally or physically ill children, physically handicapped children or retarded children; The care, treatment, cure, education or rehabilitation of deaf, dumb or blind children, or physically handicapped or mentally retarded children; Furnishing medical, dental, nursing, hospitalization or psychiatric care or treatment for physically or mentally handicapped children; as well as to any other charity recognized as aforesaid furnishing aid, care, education or assistance to children.

Not funded:
Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, including the Shriners Hospital at San Francisco, California, due to gifts made by the donor during her lifetime.