Ohio Childrens Hospital Solutions for Patient Safety
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO WORK TOGETHER TO ELIMINATE SERIOUS HARM ACROSS ALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AS PART OF A NETWORK OF 150+ CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS IN NORTH AMERICA.
- Income
- $6.0 million
- Spending
- $6.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- 11.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 94%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 195
- Highest pay
- $828,734, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 67 out of 100. Higher than 40% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 11.1 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 34% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 6% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% of spending went to programs.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 86 out of 100. Higher than 45% of charities in its peer group (health care, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2511 of 11 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no 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
9 of 15Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 (1)
- $5.6 million spent. SOLUTIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY (SPS) IS A UNIQUE LEARNING NETWORK CONSISTING OF 150+ CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP EACH INDIVIDUAL HOSPITAL MAKE PROGRESS ON A JOURNEY TO ZERO HARM IN PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS. EMPLOYING HIGH-RELIABILITY CONCEPTS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE METHODS, THE NETWORK IS FOCUSED ON REDUCING HARM BY PREVENTING SERIOUS SAFETY EVENTS, READMISSIONS (WITHIN 7 DAYS FROM DISCHARGE), AND 15 HOSPITAL ACQUIRED CONDITIONS (HACS): AMBULATORY SAFETY, ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS, CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, CENTRAL LINE-ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS, EMPLOYEE AND STAFF SAFETY, CULTURE OF SAFETY, HOSPITAL ACQUIRED DELIRIUM, INJURIES FROM FALLS, NEPHROTOXIC ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY, PRESSURE INJURIES,PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS INFILTRATES/EXTRAVASATIONS,SAFETY DISPARITIES, SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS, UNPLANNED EXTUBATIONS, AND VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM. IN 2025, SPS STRENGTHEND THEIR FOUNDATIONS IN MODERN SAFETY CULTURE AND INTRODUCED THE SPS SAFETY PERFORMANCE PLAN AND ITS ASSOCIATED SAFETY CRITICAL TASKS. SPS ADVANCED STRATEGIC PLANNING AND SET ONE YEAR IMPROVEMENT TARGETS FOR THE HIGHEST OCCURRING PATENT AND EMPLOYEE HARMS, WHICH INCLUDE CENTRAL LINE-ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS (CLABSI), UNPLANNED EXTUBATIONS (UE)-ICU, OVEREXERTION (OE), AND PATIENT BEHAVIORIAL EVENTS (PBE). IN RESPONSE TO THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE CLABSI DATA, 26 HOSPITALS PARTICIPATED IN A SIX-PART WEBINAR SERIES RELATED TO PROACTIVE SAFETY TOOLS RELATED TO EFFECTIVE LINE MAINTENANCE. QUALITY/SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH/SAFETY PARTNERS FROM 19 HOSPITALS PARTICIPATED IN THE OE CHANGE PACKAGE IMPLEMENTATION WORKGROUP. SPS PUBLISHED TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO REDUCING UNPLANNED EXTUBATION AND THE IMPACT OF SAFETY FOCUSED SITE VISITS BETWEEN CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS. THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NETWORK'S BEST PRACTICES, CHILDREN ARE BEING PROTECTED FROM HARM AND COSTS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. SINCE 2012, THIS NATIONAL EFFORT HAS LED TO AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF MORE THAN 805 MILLION AND SAVED 34,000 CHILDREN FROM SERIOUS HARM, WITH A CONSISTENT UPWARD TREND IN HARM PREVENTED EVERY MONTH. IN 2025, SPS HOSTED A SPRING IN-PERSON LEARNING EVENT AND A WINTER VIRTUAL LEARNING EVENT ENGAGING OVER 1700 PARTICIPANTS. ADDITIONALLY, SPS HELD AN IN-PERSON SESSION AND A WEBINAR FOR 120+ CEOS AND TOP PEDIATRIC LEADERS TO UTILIZE PEER TO PEER AND INDUSTRY LEARNINGS TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES FOR ELIMINATING HARM, AS WELL AS DISCOVER TRENDING TOPICS FOR THE NETWORK. SPS HOSTED THREE VIRTUAL QUALITY AND SAFETY LEADER CONVENINGS BRINGING TOGETHER 127 HOSPITAL SAFELY LEADERS TO DISCUSS THE SHIFT TOWARD MODERN SAFETY CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS TO INFLUENCE CULTURE AND DRIVE MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT. TWO BOARD TRAININGS WERE HELD THAT FEATURED NETWORKING, SCENARIO-BASED LEARNING, AND BREAKOUTS FOCUSED ON BREAKTHROUGH HARMS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MODERN SAFETY PRINCIPLES THAT HOSTED 98 VIRTUAL ATTENDEES AND 46 IN-PERSON ATTENDEES. THIRTEEN REGIONAL MEETINGS WERE HELD TO APPLY A PROACTIVE SAFETY TOOL TO A BREAKTHROUGH HOSPITAL ACQUIRED CONDITION TO LEARN ABOUT IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SOLUTIONS FOR PATIENT SAFETY (SPS) IS A UNIQUE LEARNING NETWORK CONSISTING OF 150+ CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP EACH INDIVIDUAL HOSPITAL MAKE PROGRESS ON A JOURNEY TO ZERO HARM IN PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS. EMPLOYING HIGH-RELIABILITY CONCEPTS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE METHODS, THE NETWORK IS FOCUSED ON REDUCING HARM BY PREVENTING SERIOUS SAFETY EVENTS, READMISSIONS (WITHIN 7 DAYS FROM DISCHARGE), AND 15 HOSPITAL ACQUIRED CONDITIONS (HACS): AMBULATORY SAFETY, ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS, CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, CENTRAL LINE-ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS, EMPLOYEE AND STAFF SAFETY, CULTURE OF SAFETY, HOSPITAL ACQUIRED DELIRIUM, INJURIES FROM FALLS, NEPHROTOXIC ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY, PRESSURE INJURIES,PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS INFILTRATES/EXTRAVASATIONS,SAFETY DISPARITIES, SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS, UNPLANNED EXTUBATIONS, AND VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM. IN 2025, SPS STRENGTHEND THEIR FOUNDATIONS IN MODERN SAFETY CULTURE AND INTRODUCED THE SPS SAFETY PERFORMANCE PLAN AND ITS ASSOCIATED SAFETY CRITICAL TASKS. SPS ADVANCED STRATEGIC PLANNING AND SET ONE YEAR IMPROVEMENT TARGETS FOR THE HIGHEST OCCURRING PATENT AND EMPLOYEE HARMS, WHICH INCLUDE CENTRAL LINE-ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS (CLABSI), UNPLANNED EXTUBATIONS (UE)-ICU, OVEREXERTION (OE), AND PATIENT BEHAVIORIAL EVENTS (PBE). IN RESPONSE TO THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE CLABSI DATA, 26 HOSPITALS PARTICIPATED IN A SIX-PART WEBINAR SERIES RELATED TO PROACTIVE SAFETY TOOLS RELATED TO EFFECTIVE LINE MAINTENANCE. QUALITY/SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH/SAFETY PARTNERS FROM 19 HOSPITALS PARTICIPATED IN THE OE CHANGE PACKAGE IMPLEMENTATION WORKGROUP. SPS PUBLISHED TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO REDUCING UNPLANNED EXTUBATION AND THE IMPACT OF SAFETY FOCUSED SITE VISITS BETWEEN CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS. THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NETWORK'S BEST PRACTICES, CHILDREN ARE BEING PROTECTED FROM HARM AND COSTS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. SINCE 2012, THIS NATIONAL EFFORT HAS LED TO AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF MORE THAN 805 MILLION AND SAVED 34,000 CHILDREN FROM SERIOUS HARM, WITH A CONSISTENT UPWARD TREND IN HARM PREVENTED EVERY MONTH. IN 2025, SPS HOSTED A SPRING IN-PERSON LEARNING EVENT AND A WINTER VIRTUAL LEARNING EVENT ENGAGING OVER 1700 PARTICIPANTS. ADDITIONALLY, SPS HELD AN IN-PERSON SESSION AND A WEBINAR FOR 120+ CEOS AND TOP PEDIATRIC LEADERS TO UTILIZE PEER TO PEER AND INDUSTRY LEARNINGS TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES FOR ELIMINATING HARM, AS WELL AS DISCOVER TRENDING TOPICS FOR THE NETWORK. SPS HOSTED THREE VIRTUAL QUALITY AND SAFETY LEADER CONVENINGS BRINGING TOGETHER 127 HOSPITAL SAFELY LEADERS TO DISCUSS THE SHIFT TOWARD MODERN SAFETY CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS TO INFLUENCE CULTURE AND DRIVE MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT. TWO BOARD TRAININGS W
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 December 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 June 2012.
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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