La Rabida Childrens Hospital
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
See Schedule O.La Rabida Children's Hospital (LRCH) provides specialized, family-centered health care to children with medically complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness. Through expertise, compassion, and advocacy we help children and their families reach their fullest potential, regardless of their ability to pay.
- Income
- $93.4 million
- Spending
- $81.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- 37.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 84%
- Employees
- 673
- Volunteers
- 94
- Highest pay
- $547,260, chief medical officer
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
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 93% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 37.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 5% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 10% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 34 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 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2526 of 31 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 (5)
- $49.5 million spent. The primary service provided by La Rabida is inpatient services to children with chronic illnesses and disabilities. In fiscal year 2025 we had 187 admissions and 11,758 patient days of care. La Rabida Children's Hospital serves these children regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, or ability to pay and is the most Medicaid dependent hospital in the State of Illinois, with more than 92% of its patient days of care rendered for Medicaid program beneficiaries. La Rabida Children's Hospital is a local expert and provides a site of training for residents and medical students. We train nearly 45 physician residents and medical students each year from the University of Chicago. La Rabida is also a training site for nursing, rehabilitation therapists, social work, psychology and respiratory therapy students. The Hospital works to ensure that all Hospital staff, both clinical and non-clinical, receives education on how to make the hospital a safe place for children. This includes quality initiatives for infection control, certification classes in CPR and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), running mock codes, classroom lectures for nurses, emergency preparedness training, and meetings on education and research. La Rabida also holds in-services as warranted for new products, policies and event-related occurrences.
- $12.0 million spent. The secondary services provided by La Rabida are various clinical outpatient services supportive of the special needs of our patients. These services include 1 treatment room visit, 13,728 physician clinic visits and 17,957 outpatient ancillary visits. The physician clinics are for children with chronic healthcare needs and their siblings. These services also include care coordinators, patient education, case management and numerous wrap around services such as nutrition and behavioral health. Included in the ancillary visits are physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and infant development specialty visits.
- $6.9 million spent. In conjunction with the inpatient and outpatient services provided, LRCH also provides several primarily grant funded program extensions. The largest are Children's Advocacy Center for children who have been abused, neglected or have experienced trauma; Child and Family Connections which is a healthcare system point of entry for early intervention services for residents of southeast Chicago; and Integrated Assessment which conducts mental health assessments for children entering custody of the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services.
- Behavioral Science and Counseling Services to the children of the Chicagoland Community.
- Income from Joint Venture
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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1932.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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