Shriners Children's
Overview
Mission
Compassionate, innovative care that improves the quality of life for children and their families.
What it reported doing in 2024
State-of-the-art medical care: shriners hospitals for children, comprised of a network of hospitals (see schedule r), serves more than 175 countries, treating more than 150,000 unique children each year. Our organizational mission is to provide the highest quality of care to children within a compassionate, family-centered and collaborative care environment. Our team of highly-skilled medical professionals are among some of the most recognized individuals in the fields of pediatric burn care and pediatric orthopedic care. Continued on schedule o our specialized care extends beyond the conventional walls of the hospital. Shriners hospitals for children also seeks to deliver care to those internationally through our telehealth program, which allows patients to receive our wrap-around care via video conferencing. We also strive to help those in need - especially when disaster strikes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042121377
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Tampa, FL, United States
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospitals
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 4 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 80
- Impact reporting controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: 4 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 9.45; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $57.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $4M · 31 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links