Loma Linda University Children's Health

Overview

Mission

To continue the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and to make man whole.

What it reported doing in 2024

We are engaging with our community by providing clinical, medical and education services, and by partnering with local, regional and state agencies, and non-profit entities we are able to create a system of care, which improves the health of all the children in our region. In our service community, the unreimbursed value of providing care to those who are unable to afford health care, is $9,920,134, for fiscal year ending june 30, 2025.inpatient services were provided to 17,859 patients and include the following services: 4,076 babies delivered 4,242 surgeries performed42,475 radiology procedures performed 460 cardiac catherizations and other proceduresoutpatient services include the following services as a partial report of total services performed:62,716 emergency room visits 4,386 outpatient surgeries performed46,366 radiology procedures performed 69 radiation oncology treatments 779 cardiac catherizations & other procedures 107 hyperbaric oxygen & wound care treatments in addition to the services we provided, please refer to schedule h, part vi supplemental information for more information on our community service area, community needs assessment and implementation strategy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463214504
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2022
Headquarters
Loma Linda, CA, US
Phone
909-558-5010
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 56
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.9%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 37.5%; rating input score 38; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 72.2%; rating input score 72; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 69.9% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 36 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $522.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.4M · 67 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $700.1M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 15 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

67 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • LALAS ANGELA M (CFO): $1,437,742 total reported compensation
  • HILLIARD ANTHONY (CEO 12/9/24): $1,239,386 total reported compensation
  • EDWARDS LYNDON (COO): $1,174,871 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.