Childrens Hospital & Research Center at Oakland
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND IS TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN THROUGH CLINICAL CARE, TEACHING AND RESEARCH.
- Income
- $916.3 million
- Spending
- $686.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 74%
- Reserves
- 3.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 81%
- Employees
- 2,754
- Volunteers
- 123
- Highest pay
- $2.4 million, board member/ex officio
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
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.1 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 38% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 25% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1574% 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: 95 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2521 of 25 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
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
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)
- $76.6 million spent. 1. HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY SERVICES AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND (DBA UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OAKLAND) PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ALL PEDIATRIC BLOOD DISORDERS AND CANCER. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE STATE-OF-THE-ART CARE IN A WARM AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES ONGOING DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. OUR COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDE PROGRAMS FOR HEMOPHILIA, THALASSEMIA, AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE. OUR SICKLE CELL PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND INCLUDES ADULT PATIENTS. WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COMPREHENSIVE SICKLE CELL CENTER (NCCSCC). THROUGH NCCSCC, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM CONSISTING OF PHYSICIANS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE IN A MEDICAL HOME MODEL. MEDICAL THERAPY INCLUDES HYDROXYUREA, TRANSFUSIONS, APHERESIS, CHELATION, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. NCCSCC ALSO DEVELOPED AND COORDINATES THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NETWORK OF CARE FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE, A PARTNERSHIP AMONG LOCAL HOSPITALS, CLINICS, AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO HELP IMPROVE THE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE. WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS IN NEURO-ONCOLOGY, THROMBOPHILIA, STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION, AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. THE HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT HAS ITS OWN 25-BED INPATIENT UNIT WITH PRIVATE, AIR-FILTERED ISOLATION ROOMS. A 20-BED DAY-USE TRANSFUSION AND CHEMOTHERAPY UNIT IN OUR OUTPATIENT CENTER INCLUDES A PHERESIS PROGRAM AND A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION UNIT. CHILDREN'S HAS DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS FOR BLOOD DISORDERS AND REMAINS A MAJOR CENTER FOR HEMATOLOGICAL AND ONCOLOGICAL CLINICAL RESEARCH, ATTRACTING PATIENTS AND RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES.
- $70.2 million spent. 2. NEONATOLOGY - NEONATOLOGY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES HIGHLY SPECIALIZED INTENSIVE CARE TO CRITICALLY ILL AND PREMATURE NEWBORNS IN OUR LEVEL 4 NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU). OUR INTENSIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND SPECIALIST CARE TREATMENT TEAM IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST REASON FOR OUR SUCCESS. EACH NICU PATIENT AND FAMILY RECEIVES THE FULL ATTENTION OF THE NICU TEAM OF PEDIATRIC MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EXPERTS, INCLUDING NEONATOLOGISTS, NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSES, RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND DEVELOPMENTAL SPECIALISTS. THEIR COLLABORATION ENSURES COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND MONITORING OR SUPPORT OF VITAL FUNCTIONS BEYOND THOSE AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL PEDIATRIC UNIT OR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. THE NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE NURSERY AT CHILDREN'S IS A 55 BED, FAMILY-CENTERED, REGIONAL REFERRAL CENTER FOR NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE. BOARD CERTIFIED NEONATOLOGISTS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO VISIT ANY TIME. THIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE ENTIRE RANGE OF CHILDREN'S PEDIATRIC SUB-SPECIALTY SERVICES.
- $53.1 million spent. 3. ORTHOPEDIC - ORTHOPEDICS AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND WORKS WITH CHILDREN TO PREVENT OR CORRECT INJURIES AND DISORDERS OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED MUSCLES, JOINTS AND LIGAMENTS. WE ARE THE BUSIEST PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC DEPARTMENT IN THE BAY AREA, WITH MORE THAN 21,000 PATIENT VISITS A YEAR. WHEN A CHILD FRACTURES A BONE, SUFFERS A SPORTS INJURY, OR HAS A CONGENITAL DISORDER SUCH AS SCOLIOSIS OR A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER SUCH AS SPINA BIFIDA, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HIM OR HER TO SEE A PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIST. PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDISTS TREAT CHILDREN ONLY AND ADDRESS EACH CHILD'S FUTURE GROWTH AS PART OF THE TREATMENT PLAN. THIS IS HOW WE HELP THE CHILD ACHIEVE THE BEST FUNCTIONALITY AND EXPERIENCE THE LEAST DISRUPTION TO HIS OR HER NORMAL ACTIVITIES. AT CHILDREN'S, WE TREAT CHILDREN WITH ALL KINDS OF FRACTURES, CONGENITAL AND TRAUMATIC HAND INJURIES, PROBLEMS DUE TO CEREBRAL PALSY AND SCOLIOSIS, AS WELL AS LEGG-PERTHES DISEASE, LIMB DISORDERS, DISLOCATED HIPS, AND OTHER CONDITIONS. OUR SPORTS MEDICINE CENTER FOR YOUNG ATHLETES SPECIALIZES IN GETTING KIDS BACK IN THE GAME THROUGH PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF SPORTS-RELATED INJURIES.
- 4. GENERAL SURGERY - GENERAL SURGERY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND WORKS WITH PEDIATRICIANS, FAMILY PHYSICIANS, CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS AND OTHER MEDICAL SPECIALISTS TO SERVE THE GENERAL SURGICAL NEEDS OF THEIR PATIENTS. OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE THE STRESS AND DISCOMFORT OF SURGERY WHILE PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PEDIATRIC SURGICAL EXPERTISE, FROM THE TINIEST NEWBORNS TO ADOLESCENTS. OUR SURGICAL PRACTICE ENCOMPASSES THE FULL SPECTRUM OF GENERAL PEDIATRIC SURGERY. OUR SURGEONS HAVE PARTICULAR EXPERTISE IN NEONATAL SURGERY, OPEN-HEART SURGERY, ONCOLOGY, UROLOGY, AND THORACIC SURGERY, INCLUDING LAPAROSCOPIC AND ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES. THE SURGEONS ARE AVAILABLE AROUND THE CLOCK FOR CRITICAL CARE SITUATIONS INVOLVING TRAUMATIC INJURIES THAT REQUIRE SURGICAL INTERVENTION.5. EMERGENCY MEDICINE EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES IN OUR PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT IS THE BUSIEST IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE REGION'S ONLY LEVEL 1 PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER. IT IS STAFFED 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK WITH CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE SPECIALISTS. THE ED ALSO FUNCTIONS AS THE GATEWAY TO MEDICAL CARE FOR MANY CHILDREN IN THE REGION; OVER HALF OF ALL PATIENTS ADMITTED TO CHILDREN'S ARE FIRST SEEN IN THE ED. 6. GASTROENTEROLOGY/HEPATOLOGY - GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, AND NUTRITION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS AND DISEASES OF THE STOMACH, INTESTINES, LIVER AND PANCREAS. GASTROENTEROLOGY REFERS TO THE STOMACH, INTESTINES AND ASSOCIATED ORGANS. COMMON CONDITIONS INCLUDE FEEDING DISORDERS, PANCREATITIS, CONSTIPATION, CELIAC DISEASE AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. HEPATOLOGY REFERS TO THE LIVER. COMMON LIVER CONDITIONS TREATED INCLUDE HEPATITIS AND OTHER INFECTIONS, METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE, GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE, GALLSTONES AND GALL BLADDER DISORDERS, AND LIVER TRANSPLANT COORDINATION. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE GI TRACT ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON SURGICAL PROBLEMS IN NEWBORN INFANTS. CARE OF THESE COMPLEX INFANTS IS ONE OF OUR CORE AREAS OF EXPERTISE. THE GI-NICU PROGRAM AT CHILDREN'S IS AN INTEGRATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY, FAMILY-CENTERED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE TO INFANTS WITH SURGICAL AND/OR MEDICAL GI PROBLEMS. BASED IN OUR LEVEL IIID NICU, OUR PROGRAM EXTENDS FROM PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND PLANNING, THROUGH THE NEONATAL PERIOD, AND TRANSITIONS TO LONG-TERM OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT FOLLOW-UP.7. INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INFECTIOUS DISEASE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES TREATMENT FOR A WIDE SPECTRUM OF BACTERIAL, VIRAL, FUNGAL, AND PARASITIC INFECTIONS. THEY ALSO OVERSEE INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS, EXPOSURES, AND OUTBREAKS IN THE HOSPITAL. THE PEDIATRIC HIV PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR HIV-INFECTED AND EXPOSED CHILDREN. THE PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC SEES PATIENTS REFERRED FOR TREATMENT FROM EXPOSURE TO TUBERCULOSIS. THE SPECIALTY IS ALSO ACTIVE WITH CLINICAL RESEARCH, INCLUDING CLINICAL TRIALS. A THREE-YEAR ACCREDITED PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR CLINICIANS WHO WANT SPECIALIZED TRAINING.8. CARDIOLOGY - CARDIOLOGY SERVICES AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC, THERAPEUTIC, INTERVENTIONAL, SURGICAL AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH ALL TYPES OF HEART DISEASE. OUR SURGEONS PERFORM SUCCESSFUL OPEN-HEART SURGERIES ON CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING BABIES WITH HEARTS AS SMALL AS A WALNUT. PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGISTS AND PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGEONS LEAD THE CENTER WITH SUPPORT FROM A DEDICATED, SPECIALLY TRAINED TEAM THAT HELPS CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES COPE WITH THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. A SOCIAL WORKER, AN OUTPATIENT CARDIOLOGY NURSE AND A TEAM OF CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS PROVIDE COUNSELING AND INFORMATION ABOUT CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH CARDIAC DISORDERS. THE CENTER OFFERS A PACEMAKER CLINIC AND OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES IN OUR CATHETERIZATION LAB. 9. PULMONOLOGY - PULMONARY MEDICINE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND TREATS CHILDREN WITH A BROAD RANGE OF BREATHING OR RESPIRATORY HEALTH PROBLEMS. COMMON PROBLEMS INCLUDE ASTHMA, RECURRENT COUGHS, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, ALLERGIES, DYSPNEA (SHORTNESS OF BREATH) AND OTHER CONDITIONS. CHILDREN'S IS A NATIONALLY CERTIFIED CYSTIC FIBROSIS TREATMENT CENTER AND OUR CHILDREN'S PULMONARY FUNCTION LABORATORY PROVIDES ADVANCED PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING USING MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO EASE THE CHILD'S FEARS AND DISCOMFORTS.10. NEUROSURGERY - NEUROSURGERY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. CHILDREN WITH CONDITIONS SUCH AS BRAIN TUMORS, SPINAL DISORDERS, CONGENITAL ANOMALIES, CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS, SPASTICITY, AND HYDROCEPHALUS ARE TREATED BY OUR SURGICAL TEAM OF EXPERIENCED, PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGEONS AND OUR ADVANCED-PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES TRAINED SPECIFICALLY TO TREAT CHILDREN. OUR NEUROSURGERY PROGRAM IS EQUIPPED WITH A COMPUTER-GUIDED STEREOTACTIC NEUROSURGERY STATION AND NEURO-ENDOSCOPE FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE, STATE-OF-THE-ART BRAIN SURGERY. OUR PATIENTS RECEIVE THE FINEST POST-OPERATIVE CARE IN THE LARGEST PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. TRANSPORT TEAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE PATIENTS 24 HOURS A DAY. CHILDREN'S MULTIDISCIPLINARY NEURO-ONCOLOGY, SPINAL DISORDER, SPASTICITY, AND CRANIOFACIAL PROGRAMS ENSURE THAT NEUROSURGERY PATIENTS AT CHILDREN'S RECEIVE COMPLETE, INTEGRATED OUTPATIENT CARE.11. OTOLARYNGOLOGY (ENT) - OTOLARYNGOLOGY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH EAR, NOSE, THROAT,
- $306.1 million spent. 16. PRIMARY CARE - PRIMARY CARE PROVIDES THE BASIC HEALTHCARE SUPERVISION OF CHILDREN INCLUDING ROUTINE PREVENTATIVE CARE, CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT, AND IMMUNIZATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE PRIMARY CARE CLINIC PROVIDES HEALTH EDUCATION, PARTICIPATES IN TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH, OFFERS SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PEDIATRICIANS. THE PRIMARY CARE CLINIC IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC), A SPECIAL DESIGNATION FOR HEALTH CENTERS THAT SERVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY CARES FOR FOSTER AND HOMELESS YOUTH. THE CLINIC AT CHILDREN'S IS THE ONLY FQHC IN THE COUNTRY ASSOCIATED WITH A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE PRIMARY CARE CLINIC CONDUCTS SEVERAL SPECIALIZED CLINICS INCLUDING AN INTERNATIONAL CLINIC, WHICH PROVIDES CARE FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS, ENCORE MEDICAL CLINIC, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN FOSTER CARE, AND AN ASTHMA CLINIC, WHICH PROVIDES SPECIALIZED MEDICAL CARE AND ASTHMA MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH PARTICULARLY COMPLEX CASES OF ASTHMA.17. ENDOCRINOLOGY - ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND TREATS CHILDREN WHO HAVE ALL TYPES OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS. ENDOCRINE DISORDERS INCLUDE DIABETES, HYPERTHYROIDISM AND HYPOTHYROIDISM, AND OTHER DISORDERS OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS. THE DIVISION CARES FOR MORE THAN 1,200 CHILDREN WITH DIABETES, BOTH TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2. WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL FITNESS ARE EMPLOYED FOR CHILDREN MANAGING DIABETES AND OTHER ENDOCRINE DISORDERS.18. ADOLESCENT MEDICINE - THE ADOLESCENT MEDICINE PROGRAM AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN. THE DIVISION PARTICIPATES IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS AT OUR HIGH-VOLUME TEEN CLINIC, TWO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS, AND THE MEDICAL CLINIC AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER, THE LOCATION FOR ALL JUVENILE DETAINEES IN THE COUNTY. OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF ADOLESCENT PROVIDERS HELP PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF PRIMARY CARE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES INCLUDING WELL VISITS, CHRONIC AND ACUTE DISEASES, URGENT CARE, STDS, FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES, SPORTS EXAMINATIONS, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, HEALTH EDUCATION, AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. OUR ADOLESCENT MEDICINE PROVIDERS LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF AN ADOLESCENT'S LIFE TO HELP ADDRESS THE MANY MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY FACE.19. PLASTIC SURGERY - PLASTIC SURGERY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND EVALUATES AND TREATS A WIDE RANGE OF PLASTIC SURGERY PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN, INCLUDING CONGENITAL ANOMALIES, ACUTE TRAUMATIC INJURIES, AND RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING BURNS AND OTHER TRAUMATIC INJURIES. SERVICES INCLUDE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALL CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED RECONSTRUCTIVE PROBLEMS, CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, AND HAND/MICROSURGERY.20. NEPHROLOGY - NEPHROLOGY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND DEALS WITH THE FUNCTION AND DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS. NEPHROLOGISTS AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER OAKLAND PROVIDE CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE RENAL DISEASE.21. RHEUMATOLOGY - PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOLOGIC DISORDERS AND MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY DISEASES THAT AFFECT MUSCLES, JOINTS AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES. THIS INCLUDES THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF SYMPTOMS INCLUDING MUSCULOSKELETAL COMPLAINTS, BONE AND JOINT PAIN, UNEXPLAINED RASH, AND FEVERS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. DIAGNOSES TREATED INCLUDE JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS (JIA), SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE), JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS(JDM), VASCULITIS, SCLERODERMA, AND PERIODIC FEVER/INFLAMMATORY SYNDROMES.22. UROLOGY - THE DIVISION OF UROLOGIC SERVICES AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE KIDNEYS, BLADDER AND GENITALIA. OUR COMPASSIONATE PROFESSIONALS SPECIALIZE IN TREATING DEFECTS OF THE URINARY TRACT, SUCH AS HYPOSPADIAS AND EPISPADIAS (BIRTH DEFECTS IN BOYS IN WHICH THE URINARY TRACT OPENING IS NOT AT THE TIP OF THE PENIS), BLADDER EXSTROPHY, AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA AND OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY (BLOCKED URINE FLOW) CAUSED BY URETHRAL ABNORMALITIES.23. DENTISTRY - DENTISTRY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND PROVIDES THE EXPERTISE NECESSARY TO MEET THE PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE PATIENTS WHO REQUIRE SEDATION TO ALLOW ADEQUATE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF THEIR DENTAL NEEDS. 24. AUDIOLOGY - AUDIOLOGY SERVICES AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND WORKS WITH CHILDREN TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HEARING LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT. WE HAVE A SPECIALLY TRAINED TEAM OF AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS THAT OFFER CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP CHILDREN IMPROVE HEARING, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE.25. OPHTHALMOLOGY - OPHTHALMOLOGY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND EVALUATES AND TREATS EYE PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN FROM INFANCY THROUGH ADOLESCENCE. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE BOTH OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL PEDIATRIC EYE CONDITIONS.26. CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES - OUR CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1984 TO FOSTER A STRONG COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS THAT ENSURE ABUSED CHILDREN RECEIVE THE CARE THEY NEED. WE WORK WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, FROM INFANTS TO ADOLESCENTS. OUR TEAM OF DOCTORS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS IS SPECIALLY TRAINED TO EVALUATE CHILDREN AND PROVIDE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE WHEN ABUSE IS SUSPECTED. OUR TEAM PROVIDES FORENSIC MEDICAL ASSESSMENTS AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH FAMILIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.27. DERMATOLOGY - DERMATOLOGY AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND CONSISTS OF A TEAM OF BOARD-CERTIFIED
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 November 6, 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 September 1934.
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 November 4, 2026.
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