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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE GORDON AND MARY CAIN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,319,076
Total expenses
$982,668
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$896,897
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,319,076
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$35,831,321
Total liabilities, end of year
$912,020
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$34,919,301
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$982,668
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$982,668

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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue

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

  • 2b · Program service revenue

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

  • 2c · Program service revenue

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

  • 2d · Program service revenue

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

  • 2e · Program service revenue

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

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $380,501 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $380,501

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

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

  • 5 · Royalties

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

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

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

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,067,750 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,129,175 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,938,575 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,938,575 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,938,575

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

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

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

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

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $896,897 · program services $896,897

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $66,678 · program services $66,678 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER INVESTMENT-RELATED FEES

    total $19,093 · program services $19,093

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $59,564 · end of year $51,375

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $29,889,610 · end of year $35,779,946

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,160 · end of year $15,123

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,019,440 · end of year $896,897

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $28,916,574 · end of year $34,919,301

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE GORDON AND MARY CAIN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (THE "FOUNDATION") EXISTS PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF RESEARCH, TEACHING, TREATMENT, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT RESEARCH, TEACHING, TREATMENT, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.

  • The expenses for the Cain Foundation support research, teaching, treatment and related activities at the Cain Laboratories at Texas Children's Hospital.

    Expenses $982,668 · Grants $896,897

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANTHONY F DELUCA

    BOARD MEMBER & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ANTHONY G PETRELLO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GARY L ROSENTHAL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • JOSEPH W SUTTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LE SIMMONS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • AISHA JAMAL

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $825,100
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $542,606
    Other
    $282,494
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $318,628 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $176,900 related
    Other
    $0 + $47,078 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $263,659 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,835 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $825,100 related

  • BRADLEY S MORRILL

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $145,661
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,711
    Other
    $20,950
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

  • JESSICA V FLEISCHER

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY THROUGH 7/8/24

    Total calculated
    $199,748
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $166,699
    Other
    $33,049
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $152,397 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,815 related
    Other
    $0 + $12,487 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,546 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,503 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $199,748 related

  • LANCE A LIGHTFOOT

    FORMER OFFICER / SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT THROUGH 8/6/24

    Total calculated
    $1,482,060
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,171,971
    Other
    $310,089
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $753,293 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $237,110 related
    Other
    $0 + $181,568 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $272,711 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,378 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,482,060 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
Compensation for the organization's top management official is established by Texas Children's and Texas Children's Hospital, using the following methods: *Compensation Committee *Independent Compensation Consultant *Compensation survey or study *Approval by the board or compensation committee
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b 457(F) PLAN
457(F) PLAN: PAID/DEFERRED AISHA JAMAL 0 / 39,800 LANCE A. LIGHTFOOT 120,014 / 129,240 457(F): THE 457(F) PLAN IS A NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN THAT ALLOWS EXECUTIVES AND ELIGIBLE PHYSICIANS TO RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT INCOME. FUNDS MAY BE CREDITED INTO THIS ACCOUNT FROM AN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION, CALCULATED BASED ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S TITLE AND BASE SALARY AS OF JANUARY 1. THESE EMPLOYER FUNDED CONTRIBUTIONS VEST AFTER THE EARLIER OF 5 YEARS IN THE PLAN, THE ATTAINMENT OF AGE 60 WITH 75 POINTS DETERMINED AS THE SUM OF AGE AND YEARS OF SERVICE, OR AT AGE 65 WITH 3 OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE. THE 457(F) PLAN ALSO CONTAINS RESIDUAL CAPITAL APPRECIATION CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A FLEXIBLE BENEFIT ACCOUNT SURPLUS. THESE CONTRIBUTIONS VEST AFTER A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS IN THE PLAN.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b SPLIT-DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE PLAN
Certain individuals listed at Form 990, Part VII, have split-dollar life insurance policies. The premiums paid by Texas Children's Hospital will be recovered partially or fully when the policy is terminated or transferred to the executive. Participants include the following executives: Lance A. Lightfoot.
Schedule J, Part II, Column (C) LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
The Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) spans 3 years with the current plan being for fiscal years 2022-2024. Per the terms of the LTIP, participants must generally be actively employed on the payment date to receive a payment. Employment of the individuals listed below terminated in 2024 and the estimated LTIP values, reported as deferred compensation on Schedule J, Part II, Column (C), were forfeited and will not be paid to these individuals: - Lance A. Lightfoot: $108,259 for 2023 and $104,095 for 2022 - Aisha Jamal: $88,015 for 2023 and $84,630 for 2022

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 corporations and trusts

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202532269349301323

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