El Paso Children's Hospital Corporation

What it reported doing in 2024

El paso children's hospital is dedicated to providing compassionate, family-centered care to children and their families across el paso and the surrounding region. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality pediatric healthcare through clinical excellence, innovation, and a deep commitment to the well-being of every child we serve. We envision a future where every child in our community has access to world-class pediatric care close to home, supported by a team of highly skilled professionals who treat not only the illness but the whole child - mind, body, and spirit. At el paso children's hospital, we believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life. Through advanced medical technology, specialized programs, and meaningful partnerships with families and the community, we strive to heal, to teach, and to inspire hope for a healthier tomorrow. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric services including inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care. There are over 27 pediatric subspecialties providing specialized services to improve patient outcomes and access to care close to home. During fiscal year 2025, additional multidisciplinary clinics launched including plagiocephaly, hearing loss, asthma, scoliosis, concussion and lipid clinics. An additional urgent care center location was added in eastlake in june 2025 to accommodate the growth in the eastside of el paso. Early in 2025, the hospital was awarded the pathway to excellence designation, only the second children's hospital in Texas to receive this recognition. Growth in the epilepsy monitoring unit occurred including the first stereoelectroencephalography in the region occurred in late 2025. Additionally, the picu completed the healthy work environment assessment and were granted the prestigious beacon award. El paso children's hospital remains a certified member of the children's oncology group (cog), providing access to leading cancer treatment and protocols. This designation improves patient outcomes, reduces the need for patients to seek care out of town and provides access to cutting edge technologies and medications found at leading research facilities around the world and comparable to top-tier pediatric hospitals nationally. Epch also remains one of seven hospitals in Texas to hold a level iv neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) designation. This is the highest classification available and enables the hospital to provide lifesaving care to the most critically ill and premature infants.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 52.8%; rating input score 53; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 11.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings