Children's Medical Center Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752062015
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Dallas, Texas, US
Phone
214-456-8360
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$339,044,710
Expenses
$121,966,761
Assets
$2,518,320,648
Liabilities
$52,977,935

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brent E Christopher (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Christopher J Durovich (Voting Ex Officio): $4,345,262 total reported compensation
  • Brent E Christopher (President): $2,676,062 total reported compensation
  • Amy Yeager (Chief Legal Officer and Secretary): $1,995,780 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To support the mission of Children's Health through philanthropy, making extraordinary care and discoveries possible for North Texas children.

What it reported doing in 2024

Children's medical center foundation shall be operated exclusively for the promotion of health and the advancement of education under irc section 501(c)(3). The foundation pursues and secures philanthropic contributions to enable children's health system of Texas, a 501(c)(3) organization, and its related entities to fulfill the mission of making life better for children, in furtherance of their charitable purposes. To accomplish this purpose the foundation, like children's health, is committed to supporting the institution's guiding principles: quality care, research and innovation, education and advocacy, excellence and accountability. The foundation, in addition to soliciting contributions, then holds, administers, invests cash and other property that was contributed and makes transfers to children's health system of Texas and its affiliated 501(c)(3) entities for use in pursuing their tax exempt mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 94
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.3%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 35th 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: 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

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.65; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 68.3% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $99.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4.3M · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.1M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 23 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.