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Just eight months after receiving its first patients, Saint Francis is rocked by the devastating San Francisco Earthquake. The Hospital building on Mission Street is destroyed by fire, with staff relocating patients by railcar to the deserted Heywood Mansion in San Mateo and then to two private homes in San Francisco as plans are made to rebuild.

The Saint Francis Foundation hosts the first Hob Nob on the Hill, a mainstay of San Francisco’s holiday season founded by Foundation donor and board member Bella Farrow. The event is conceived following the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake to galvanize community support for the Hospital’s patient and crisis services.

The Foundation launches a $4.7 million capital campaign to expand and renovate the Bothin Burn Center.

Catholic Healthcare West changes its name to Dignity Health as part of a system-wide governance restructuring.

With Foundation support, the Hospital opens the first COVID-19 Critical Care Unit in San Francisco. The Foundation allocates funding to the Hospital throughout the pandemic, including providing needs-based grants to 150 employees suffering from financial hardship.

In response to evolving surgical innovations, the Foundation funds the first da Vinci® XI robot for minimally invasive robotic surgeries.

The Foundation embarks on the Project 84 capital campaign, ultimately raising more than $3.5 million for Hospital renovations and improvements. The campaign results in new surgical pre- and post-operative care areas, a larger Bothin Burn Center, and the new Psychiatric Unit.

The new Bothin Burn Center opens, doubling the size of the world-renowned burn care and rehabilitation center and funding equipment to integrate outpatient treatment at the Hospital. Foundation donor Lisa Nash makes a major gift to create the Center’s Nash Family Day Room, a fully equipped relaxation area for burn unit patients and their visitors.

The Foundation purchases the state-of-the-art dual wavelength vascular for the Bothin Burn Center, enabling burn scar resurfacing for post-operative patients, as well as a Virtual Reality Headset – an innovative approach to mitigating pain during burn dressing changes.

The Foundation allocates significant support in response to mounting behavioral and mental health challenges in the community, funding programs at Curry Senior Center, Glide, Larkin Street Youth Services, Mental Health Association of SF, LYRIC, San Francisco Community Health Center and others.

The new Saint Francis Hospital opens at its present location at Hyde and Bush streets in the heart of San Francisco. The founders restructure as a not-for-profit and add “Memorial” to the name.

A new 12-story tower is added to the Bush Street footprint to meet the increasing demand for the Hospital’s surgical and rehabilitation services. The Tower houses all in-patient services and facilities.