Key funding came from the estate of Dr. Albert W. Bridge, a physician who practiced in Eatonville, Washington and later also opened a clinic in Tacoma.

[5] Consequently, Mary Bridge and Tacoma General cooperate extensively and share resources with each other.

Mary Bridge is affiliated with the University of Washington and is an active teaching site for medical students.

[6] It also has a joint pediatric heart surgery program with Seattle Children's hospital.

[10] In 2007, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital had 3,990 medical and surgical inpatient admissions, 359 pediatric intensive care unit admissions, performed 5,392 surgeries, received 30,147 emergency department visits, and 41,055 outpatient clinic visits.