Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311036372
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6147225958
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,331
Expenses
$25,000
Assets
$154,398,271
Liabilities
$124,999,896

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Timothy C Robinson (DIRECTOR / CEO - NCH)

Highest reported compensation

  • Timothy C Robinson (DIRECTOR / CEO - NCH): $2,187,047 total reported compensation
  • Nelson Weichold (TREASURER / SR VP / CFO - NCH): $1,290,980 total reported compensation
  • Rhonda Comer (SECRETARY / SR VP / LEGAL SRVCS - NCH): $1,207,904 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Nationwide children's hospital (nationwide children's) is committed to best outcomes and health equity for all children, ensuring every child has access to the best care regardless of their ability to pay. Upon this fundamental belief, nationwide children's is committed to providing the highest quality: care for patients and whold child wellness; advocacy for children and families; research discoveries; and education of patients, families, team members and the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nationwide children's hospital, inc. (nch inc.) was formed to operate a tax-exempt hospital and now owns and operates tax-exempt hospital facilities and other health care facilities in columbus, Ohio. Its primary purpose is to promote children's health care in the central Ohio community. Founded in 1892, nch inc. Has developed into one of the largest and most sophisticated health care centers in the country, featuring 627 inpatient beds at its hospital, nationwide children's hospital (nationwide children's), including critical care units, transplant services, pediatric sub-specialists and surgical facilities. Nationwide children's is a level 1 trauma center, the highest award a trauma center can receive. There were more than 1.9 million patient visits in 2024. Nationwide children's delivers high-quality cost-effective care to all children, from newborns through age 21, regardless of the patient's ability to pay. Nationwide children's ranked in all 10 specialities in u.s. News & world report's list of "america's best children's hospitals". The corporate family includes nationwide children's hospital, central Ohio's primary pediatric provider; the research institute at nationwide children's hospital; nationwide children's hospital foundation; nationwide children's hospital homecare; pediatric pathology associates of columbus; children's surgical associates; children's anesthesia associates; children's radiological institute; the center for child and family advocacy at nationwide children's hospital; the kids mental health foundation; and children's hospital and physician's healthcare network, dba " partners for kids".

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.3%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st 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: 85%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6,175.93; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2,044.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 20 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.2M · 24 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 11 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 17/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.