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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AKRON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$31,970,206
Total expenses
$19,911,756
Contributions and grants received
$14,434,553
Grants paid
$19,911,756
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$17,617,008
Other revenue
-$81,355
Total assets, end of year
$168,211,926
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,586,446
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$162,625,480
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,911,756
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,911,756

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $87,748

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $191,929

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $14,154,876

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,617,008 · unrelated business -$2,223 · excluded $17,619,231

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $87,748

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $81,355

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$81,355 · excluded -$81,355

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $19,911,756 · program services $19,911,756

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,189,562 · end of year $9,724,350

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,880 · end of year $28,880

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

    $4,015,360

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

    $581,485

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,443,776 · end of year $3,433,875

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $130,517,235 · end of year $140,238,363

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,948,274 · end of year $6,553,811

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,827,829 · end of year $8,232,647

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,376 · end of year $15,667

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,051,420 · end of year $5,570,779

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,001,041 · end of year $13,523,794

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $135,855,719 · end of year $149,101,686

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON ("CHMCA"). ITS PURPOSE IS TO SOLICIT GIFTS FROM DONORS TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF CHMCA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON. ITS PURPOSE IS TO SOLICIT GIFTS FROM DONORS.

  • THE AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION WORKS TO ENSURE THAT THE HOSPITAL (CHMCA) CAN CONTINUE TO UPHOLD ITS THREE PROMISES: 1) TO TREAT EVERY CHILD AS WE WOULD OUR OWN 2) TO TREAT OTHERS AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED 3) TURN NO CHILD AWAY. DURING 2024, $19,911,756 FOUNDATION FUNDS WERE USED BY CHMCA TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION. THESE FOUNDATION FUNDS SUPPORTED NUMEROUS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE HOSPITAL SUCH AS HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PALLIATIVE CARE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, THE REGIONAL BURN CENTER, SAFETY AND INJURY PREVENTION, CHILD ADVOCACY, NEONATAL, PEDIATRICS, TELE-HEALTH, AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $19,911,756 · Grants $19,911,756

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher Gessner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,791,308
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,475,726
    Other
    $315,582
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,000,002 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $472,501 related
    Other
    $0 + $3,223 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $279,014 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,568 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,791,308 related
  • Michele Brown

    VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $626,336
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $577,539
    Other
    $48,797
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $346,732 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $103,231 related
    Other
    $0 + $127,576 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,845 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,952 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $626,336 related
  • Bruce Cohen MD

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR NEURODEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $659,871
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $601,506
    Other
    $58,365
    Hours/week
    1 + 49 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $465,488 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $121,018 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,150 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,215 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $659,871 related
  • Shefali Mahesh MD

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR OF PEDIATRICS

    Total calculated
    $411,826
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $367,852
    Other
    $43,974
    Hours/week
    1 + 49 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $383,959 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + -$16,107 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,816 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,158 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $411,826 related
  • Gordon Edwards

    CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $963,211
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $884,190
    Other
    $79,021
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $656,011 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $206,644 related
    Other
    $0 + $21,535 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $43,825 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $35,196 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $963,211 related
  • Mark W Oelschlager

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR OF BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12 + 3 related
  • Kevin J Helmick

    OFFICER/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beth R Spain

    OFFICER/SECRETARY - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Virginia Addicott

    DIRECTOR/CHMCA CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 14 related
  • Louis Lou M Altman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexa Sweeney Blackann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debra Deb A Calevich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy B Clepper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Chuck A Crawford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas R Crowley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert L Davis

    DIRECTOR - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Gary J Didado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marci M Matthews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marshall C Murdough

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irene M Prezelj

    DIRECTOR - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William A Scala

    DIRECTOR - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James M Schmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul N Thomarios

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David G Tisch

    DIRECTOR - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marlene K Toot

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda A Venner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian C Wagner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Myers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexis Petito

    DIRECTOR - PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Varley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 15 related
  • Danielle Covelli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Flory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alicia Lamancusa

    DIRECTOR - ASST TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $473,510
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $427,340
    Other
    $46,170
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $350,218 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $72,430 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,692 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,150 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,020 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $473,510 related
  • Kyle Shelton

    ASST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $171,251
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $146,133
    Other
    $25,118
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $153,499 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + -$7,366 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,148 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,970 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $171,251 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
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings

Answered no

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION RELIED ON THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, CHMCA, TO ESTABLISH THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL'S COMPENSATION. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON'S EXECUTIVE TOTAL COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS ULTIMATELY GOVERNED BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AN INDEPENDENT SALARY SURVEY WAS LAST COMPLETED IN 2024.
PART I, LINE 4B
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS BECAME PARTICIPANTS IN SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLANS DURING 2018, WHEREBY THEY BECOME VESTED PER THE TERMS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. CHMCA IS ACCRUING FOR THE BENEFIT THAT WILL OCCUR, THEREFORE THESE AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN THEIR DEFERRED COMPENSATION. DISTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE IN 2024 IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS: MICHELE BROWN - $130,487 CHRISTOPHER GESSNER - $0 CHMCA HAS A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED PLAN OPEN TO SELECTED EMPLOYEES WHEN WAGES EXCEED THE MAXIMUM THRESHOLD FOR THE QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS. THE AMOUNTS ARE CALCULATED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR OF EARNINGS AND EITHER PAID TO THE EMPLOYEE IF THEY ARE VESTED AS TAXABLE INCOME OR PUT INTO THE PLAN UNTIL VESTED AND THEN PAID.
PART I, LINE 5
AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION RELIED ON THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, CHMCA, TO ESTABLISH THE BONUSES OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. CHMCA DOES HAVE CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN PHYSICIANS THAT EARN BONUSES BASED ON WORK RELATIVE VALUE UNITS (WRVU'S). PHYSICIANS WORK RVU: THE RELATIVE LEVEL OF TIME, SKILL, TRAINING, AND INTENSITY TO PROVIDE A GIVEN SERVICE. EACH CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY (CPT) CODE IS TARGETED FOR REVIEW AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS TO DETERMINE THE WORK RVU FOR A PARTICULAR SERVICE. A CODE WITH A HIGHER RVU WORK TAKES MORE TIME, MORE INTENSITY OR SOME COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
PART I, LINE 6
AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION RELIED ON THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, CHMCA, TO ESTABLISH THE BONUSES OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. CHMCA BASES A PORTION OF BONUSES ON THE NET EARNINGS OF CHMCA.

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

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.

  • GAMUT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE LLC

    CONTRACT MANAGEMENT · OH

  • GALLIARD BROAD MARKET CORE FUND

    INVESTMENTS · NC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349300532

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