Children's Hospital Radiology Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043259647
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,497,603
Expenses
$46,448,227
Assets
$72,667,559
Liabilities
$3,981,413

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TINA YOUNG POUSSAINT MD (PRESIDENT)
  • JEANNE S CHOW MD (FORMER PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD ROBERTSON MD (FORMER PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TINA YOUNG POUSSAINT MD (PRESIDENT): $1,114,892 total reported compensation
  • DARREN B ORBACH MD PHD (RADIOLOGIST): $858,822 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD ROBERTSON MD (FORMER PRESIDENT): $822,894 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The foundation was organized and operates exclusively for the benefit of boston children's hospital (the hospital) and harvard medical school (harvard). The foundation is subject to established policies, practices, and procedures of the hospital and (see schedule o) harvard. The foundation provides radiology services primarily to patients at the hospital and at satellite locations.

What it reported doing in 2024

The foundation provides radiology services to patients at boston children's hospital. It also carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field of pediatric radiology by teaching students and other medical and scientific personnel; by providing or supplementing income to research personnel through fellowships, research grants, and stipends; and by giving lectures and publishing information regarding problems and research results in the field of pediatric radiology in order to educate the medical profession and the general public. The foundation may charge for patient care and other medical services, provided that any net income be used exclusively for the charitable, scientific, and educational purposes for which the foundation was created. The foundation (see schedule o) provides care to patients who meet certain criteria under the hospital's free-care policy without charge or at an amount less than its established rates. During the year ended september 30, 2025, the foundation had 284,356 cpt codes billed. The foundation provided $477,883 in free care services and provided funding of $2,058,347 for teaching or educational initiatives for the year ended september 30, 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th 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: 8%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.7% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 19 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $708K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.