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← COOK CHILDRENS HEALTH ENTERPRISES

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COOK CHILDRENS HEALTH ENTERPRISES.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,410,302
Total expenses
$8,202,202
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$8,410,302
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,457,808
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,608,581
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$150,773
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,188,430
Management and general expenses
$13,772
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,188,430

Program services were 99.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRANSPORTATION FEES

    total $8,410,302 · related or exempt $8,410,302

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,759 · management and general $11,759

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,269,437 · program services $2,269,437 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,260 · program services $16,260

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,209,638 · program services $1,209,638

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $299,481 · program services $299,481

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEDDY BEAR AIR

    total $4,117,304 · program services $4,117,304

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $252,016 · program services $251,526 · management and general $490

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $12,538 · program services $12,538

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEDERAL TAX

    total $12,165 · program services $12,165

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,604 · program services $81 · management and general $1,523 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $17,741,241

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $12,111,450

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,929,271 · end of year $5,629,791

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,627,162 · end of year $828,017

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,440,617 · end of year $6,261,115

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,474,689 · end of year $347,466

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$358,873 · end of year -$150,773

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CORPORATION, THROUGH ITS ACQUISITION AND OWNERSHIP OF AIRCRAFT, SUPPORTS THE PROVISION OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PERSONNEL ASSOCIATED WITH COOK CHILDREN'S.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THROUGH ITS ACQUISITION AND OWNERSHIP OF AIRCRAFT WILL SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

  • THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF THE CORPORATION IS TO ACQUIRE AND OWN ONE OR MORE AIRCRAFT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PERSONNEL ASSOCIATED WITH COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ITS AFFILIATES (COOK CHILDREN'S).

    Expenses $8,188,430 · Revenue $8,410,302

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • R Russell Morton

    Trustee - Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 6 related

  • Rick Sorenson

    Trustee - Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • Stephen W Kimmel

    EVP, SYS FINANCE/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $1,393,062
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,217,680
    Other
    $175,382
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $724,153 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $348,741 related
    Other
    $0 + $144,786 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $154,581 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,801 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,393,062 related

  • Jack Sosebee

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $608,983
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $518,020
    Other
    $90,963
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $348,978 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $155,047 related
    Other
    $0 + $13,995 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $79,929 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,034 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $608,983 related

  • Mary Cara Martz

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $205,002
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $183,907
    Other
    $21,095
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $142,535 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $35,260 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,112 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,934 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,161 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $205,002 related

  • Rick W Merrill

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $3,305,517
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,755,443
    Other
    $550,074
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,464,049 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $876,600 related
    Other
    $0 + $414,794 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $524,397 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,677 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,305,517 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, A RELATED ORGANIZATION USES THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO DETERMINE CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION: COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
Rick W Merrill - Paid by System - $366,672 Deferred, $0 W-2 Stephen W Kimmel - Paid by System - $133,956 Deferred, $106,897 W-2 Jack Sosebee - Paid by CCMC - $55,179 Deferred, $0 W-2

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • CPS Pediatrics LLC

    N/A · ASC · TX

    Directly controlled by NA

  • COOK CHILDREN'S SURGERY CENTER

    N/A · ASC · TX

    Directly controlled by NA

  • CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC SURGERY

    N/A · ASC · TX

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Sandia Crest LP

    N/A · Investments · MA

    Directly controlled by NA

  • SCP OPPORTUNITY FUND

    N/A · Investments · SN

    Directly controlled by NA

  • SAGAMORE HEALTHCARE I LP

    N/A · Investments · MD

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Oberweis International Select Fund LLC

    N/A · Investments · IL

    Directly controlled by NA

  • HT STORK LP

    N/A · Investments · NV

    Directly controlled by NA

  • CC TRUEACCORD SPV II LLC

    N/A · Investments · CO

    Directly controlled by NA

  • STEPSTONE VC HEALTHCARE I LP

    N/A · Investments · MD

    Directly controlled by NA

  • GOFF FOCUSED ENERGY STRATEGIES LP

    N/A · INVESTMENTS · TX

    Directly controlled by NA

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Cook Children's Health Services

    C Corporation · Healthcare · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CCHCS

  • Cook Children's Indemnity Company

    C Corporation · Self Insurance · CJ · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CCHCS

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (2)

    Trust · SPLIT INT TRUST · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542259349302194

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