Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Overview
Mission
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Inc. is committed to carrying out its mission ethically and in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and federal healthcare program requirements. We routinely seek input from others and always support our colleagues Promote Health and Well Being We balance work and life demands. Nationwide Children's Hospital is committed to best outcomes and health equity for all children, ensuring every child has access to the best care regardless of their ability to pay. Upon this fundamental belief, Nationwide Children's is committed to providing the highest quality:. Mission, Vision & Values Photo of a baby smiling at the camera while sitting in a hospital bed. Our Mission.
What it reported doing in 2024
Patient care (see schedule o)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 92% of its reported program work directly.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010782751
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the website gives limited detail about important organizational relationships.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 65
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.7%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $112.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 61%; rating input score 61; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 2.24; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 77.7% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 61 of 100 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.4B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $2.2M · 99 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
- Schedules: 14 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Money network: 144 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 115 filed related-organization links