Children's National Hospital
Legal name: Children's National
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521640403
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 1-888-884-BEAR (2327)
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hospital, Specialty
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,151,111
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $1,742,962,539
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
34 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN (PRESIDENT/CEO)
- DEANN MARSHALL (PRESIDENT OF FOUNDATION)
- KURT D NEWMAN MD (FORMER PRESIDENT/CEO CNMC)
Highest reported compensation
- KATHLEEN CHAVANU GORMAN (FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $3,140,500 total reported compensation
- MICHELLE RILEY-BROWN (PRESIDENT/CEO): $2,644,720 total reported compensation
- ANTHONY SANDLER MD (SVP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE): $1,934,836 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
As the nation’s children’s hospital, Children’s National’s mission is to excel in Care, Advocacy, Research and Education—through providing a quality healthcare experience for patients and families and improving health outcomes for children regionally, nationally and internationally. We honor a mission that goes back more than a century, and embody a vision and core values that go forward just as far: to bring health and well-being to all children. Children's National Hospital Mission Statement As the nation’s children’s hospital, the mission of Children’s National is to excel in Care, Advocacy, Research and Education. We accomplish this through:. We also know that ensuring high quality care for all children is critical to achieving our mission. Learn what makes us champions for children Children's National Hospital Vision Statement Children's National will lead the future of...
What it reported doing in 2024
Children's national is the premier provider of pediatric care in the Washington, dc metropolitan area and is the only freestanding children's hospital between philadelphia, pittsburgh, norfolk, and atlanta. Serving the nation's children for 150 years, children's national is a proven leader in the development and application of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury. See schedule o.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 56
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 12
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 45th 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: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
- Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $3.1M · 34 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 18 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.