Scottish Rite for Children

Legal name: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
750818178
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Dallas, Texas, USA
Phone
2145595000
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, Specialty

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$745,757,650
Expenses
$313,536,144
Assets
$4,946,776,863
Liabilities
$130,833,763

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

Leadership & pay

63 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GUY F STOVALL JR (VICE PRESIDENT & ASST TREASURER (DECEASED 07/24/25))
  • JAMES E LANEY (VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER)
  • RONALD L SKAGGS (VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY)
  • ROBERT L WALKER (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL J SUCATO MD MS (CHIEF OF STAFF): $2,122,826 total reported compensation
  • DAVID A PODESZWA MD (ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON): $1,970,567 total reported compensation
  • PHILIP L WILSON MD (ASST COS/MED DIR NORTH CAMPUS): $1,827,745 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to give children back their childhood. Scottish Rite for Children is governed by a board of trustees, the majority of whom are Scottish Rite Masons. The organization epitomizes the spirit and principles of Freemasonry, expressing the Masons’ love for their fellow man, compassion for the sick and dedication to make worthwhile contributions to society. Through us, Masons fulfill their commitment to aid, support and protect the family. Financial support from the Scottish Rite or broader Masonic groups is on an individual, voluntary basis. Scottish Rite for Children is not affiliated with the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Take Time to Read, a partnership between Scottish Rite for Children and the Grand Lodge of Texas, is a public.

What it reported doing in 2024

Patient care: Texas scottish rite hospital for children is one of the nation's leading pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopedic conditions, certain related arthritic and neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia. Patients receive treatment regardless of the family's ability to pay. The orthopedics program includes outpatient clinic visits and inpatient stays for the diagnosis and treatment of such conditions as scoliosis, clubfoot, dislocated hip, leggperthes, limblength differences and limb deficiencies, hand differences and sports injuries. The neurology program provides care in specialized clinics for orthopedic patients who have related neurological disorders and neuromuscular diseases such as tuberous sclerosis. The pediatric developmental disabilities program includes outpatient clinic visits for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as spina bifida and cerebral palsy. All programs, including orthopedic, neurology and learning disorders, takes an interdisciplinary approach to providing the best possible family centered care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.7%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 58%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.78; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 49.7% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 35 of 35 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $239.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.1M · 63 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $31.4M reported
  • Consistency: 47 of 47 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 13 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 29 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.