The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $4.2 billion
- Spending
- $3.8 billion
- Spent on programs
- 59%
- Reserves
- 1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 85%
- Employees
- 21,811
- Volunteers
- 1,182
- Highest pay
- $5.5 million, president, ceo & trustee
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 58 out of 100. Higher than 44% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.0 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 48% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 8% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 8% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1559% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 16 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $1.8 billion spent. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDED IN 1855, IS THE NATION'S FIRST HOSPITAL DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO PEDIATRICS. THE HOSPITAL IS AN INTEGRATED PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES QUATERNARY AND ACUTE LEVEL PEDIATRIC SERVICES AS WELL AS EMERGENCY, PRIMARY, SPECIALTY HOME CARE, AND POISON CONTROL CARE FOR CHILDREN. THE HOSPITAL TREATS CHILDREN WITHIN ITS SERVICE AREA IRRESPECTIVE OF ABILITY TO PAY. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA HAS BEEN RATED AS AMONG THE BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT (2003-2024). IN THE 2024-25 U.S. NEWS SURVEY, CHOP IS NATIONALLY RANKED IN THE TOP 5 RANKINGS FOR 8 OF THE 10 SPECIALTIES CHOP IS SURVEYED. NO. 1 RANKING WAS AWARDED TO THE ORTHOPEDICS CENTER AND THE DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES. NO. 3 RANKINGS WERE AWARDED TO THE DIVISIONS OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & GI SURGERY, PULMONARY MEDICINE, UROLOGY AND CANCER. NO. 4 RANKING WENT TO NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY AND NEONATOLOGY. U.S. NEWS HAS RANKED THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, LOCATED AT CHOP, AS THE NO. 1 DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS IN THE COUNTRY. Total Patient Days: 235,717 Total Inpatient Admissions: 36,003 Total Emergency Department Discharges: 129,644 Total Specialty Care Visits: 586,618 Total Primary Care Visits: 842,245 Total Urgent Care Visits: 66,342 Day Surgery and Medicine Visits: 53,188
- $447.0 million spent. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1855, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA HAS FOSTERED SOME OF THE NATION'S PIONEERS IN PEDIATRIC MEDICINE AND CONTINUES TO BE THE PREMIER TRAINING GROUND FOR FUTURE PEDIATRIC LEADERS. ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE ONE OF THE LARGEST PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA IS ALSO COMMITTED TO RESEARCHING AND FINDING CURES FOR CHRONIC AND FATAL PEDIATRIC ILLNESSES THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1932.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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