Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
136844298
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Mountainside, NJ, USA
Phone
9083015410
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,436,039
Expenses
$11,125,817
Assets
$113,680,604
Liabilities
$28,388,411

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW MCDONALD (CSH - PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • ALISSA MEMOLI (PRESIDENT & CHIEF DEVELOPM)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALISSA MEMOLI (PRESIDENT & CHIEF DEVELOPM): $451,003 total reported compensation
  • PERLA HALTNER (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OP): $218,558 total reported compensation
  • KATHERINE M CATTANI (DIRECTOR OF MARKETING): $198,670 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To raise funds to help support children's specialized hospital foundation and organizations with similar purposes

What it reported doing in 2025

Children's specialized hospital foundation is a tax exempt organization operated to raise funds for children's specialized hospital (csh) and organizations with similar purposes. Csh is a non-profit, pediatric rehabiliation hospital and pediatric long term care facility. Upon obtaining funds, the foundation invests these assets and the interest and principal are used for educational, scientific and charitable purposes carried out by organizations including csh and those with similar missions. The foundation holds various events throughout the year that benefit specific activities or need as specified by foundation management.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.2%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.22; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $451K · 34 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.