Children's National Hospital

What it reported doing in 2024

Center for precision medicine and genomics research: the center for precision medicine and genomics research (precision medicine) houses a highly interdisciplinary faculty, with nearly half of the physician-scientists coming from clinical divisions in the hospital. Precision medicine focus on common health problems in Washington, d.c., as well as serving as an international referral site for rare disorders. Faculty and their laboratories are encouraged to be collaborative and many of the center's projects bring together multiple clinical and scientific disciplines. The center strives to provide faculty easy access to the latest technologies in genomics, microscopy, bioinformatics, pre-clinical (murine) drug trials, and multi-site clinical trial networks. The center provides services in these technologies to laboratories throughout the district, and internationally, through a series of national institutes of health (nih) core grants. Drug development and experimental therapeutics are also a major focus. Precision medicine uses data from interdisciplinary studies of molecules and pathways to create interactive physiological models of human health and disease that provide novel insights about potential strategies for disease prevention and treatment.the center had $18,602,007 in expenses fy 2025.sheikh zayed institute (szi) for pediatric surgical innovation: launched in september 2009, the research space officially opened in april 2011. The sheikh zayed institute for pediatric surgical innovation at children's national redefines what is possible in surgery for children by combining research and clinical expertise into one collaborative team. The institute develops knowledge, tools, and procedures that benefit children in the Washington dc region, across the country, and around the world. The primary focus is to learn from today's surgeries and conduct innovative research based on that knowledge to improve pediatric surgery for children. Each year the szi faculty publish over 90 peer reviewed articles in top ranked journals, more than 50 new patents have filed to date, and more than 10 startup companies have been established. All faculty at the szi now hold nationally recognized peer reviewed funding. The szi hosts the national capital consortium for pediatric devices innovation, an fda funded program (one of the 8 in the country), to support pediatric focused product development and advocacy. The sheikh zayed institute for pediatric surgical innovation had $16,352,023 in expenses fy 2025.total other programs: expenses $ 34,954,030. Including grants of $ 83,558,066. Revenue $125,782

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • 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: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -28.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 17.8; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings