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CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

EIN 52-1654453 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2023
$102,117,603
Expenses 2023
$132,962,022

Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H98Z
Classification
1000
Street
111 MICHIGAN AVE NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE DBA CHILDREN'S NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE CONDUCTS AND PROMOTES TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT LEAD TO IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CARE OF CHILDHOOD DISEASES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE OCHILDREN'S NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE CONDUCTS AND PROMOTES TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT LEAD TO IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CARE OF CHILDHOOD DISEASES.

  • CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH (CNR) - SEE SCHEDULE O.PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY 1CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH (CNR): THE CNR HAS GROWN RAPIDLY IN THE PAST 10 YEARS WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE PROGRAM AND THE GENERATION OF IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. THE CNR CURRENTLY COMPRISES 50 FACULTY MEMBERS WITH FULL APPOINTMENTS AT OUR ACADEMIC AFFILIATE, THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES (GW). IN RECOGNITION OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CNMC CONSTRUCTED A NEW FLOOR OF LABORATORY SPACE IN 2008 TO SERVE AS HOME FOR THE CNR AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR RECRUITMENTS. THE CNR CURRENTLY RESIDES IN OVER 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH SPACE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE CNR IS NOW UNIQUELY POISED TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, AS ITS RESEARCH PROGRAM, RESEARCH LABS, AND SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURES ARE NOW PHYSICALLY LOCATED ON THE 6TH FLOOR OF THE MAIN BUILDING OF CNMC. THIS ALLOWS CLOSE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BASIC NEUROSCIENTISTS, TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENTISTS, AND CLINICIAN NEUROSCIENTISTS, INCLUDING CHILD NEUROLOGISTS, NEONATOLOGISTS, AND CRITICAL CARE PEDIATRICIANS. THIS UNIQUE AND EXCITING SETTING HAS SUPPORTED AND PROMOTED A LARGE NUMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT SPAN BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. THE CNR INCLUDES EIGHT MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH, INCLUDING NEURAL STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY, BRAIN INJURY AND BRAIN PROTECTION, PERINATAL HYPOXIA AND HYPEROXIA, EPILEPSY, NEURO-ONCOLOGY, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS, ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, AND AUTISM. THE CNR COMPRISES AN EXPANDING GROUP OF HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE LAB-BASED DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENTISTS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE ESTABLISHED STRONG RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND COLLABORATIONS IN THE AREA OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. WHILE THESE INVESTIGATORS HAVE DISTINCT EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS, THEIR RESEARCH AS A WHOLE IS FOCUSED ON CHILDHOOD NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, FROM EARLY STAGES OF WHEN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IS FIRST ESTABLISHED, TO POSTNATAL STAGES THAT INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF NEURONAL CONNECTIONS AND THE WRAPPING OF NEURONAL PROCESSES BY THE MYELIN INSULATOR. THUS, INVESTIGATORS AT THE CNR HAVE A COMMON GOAL FOR WHICH THEY ARE ALL STRIVING. THE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH HAD $28,607,487 IN EXPENSES FY 2024.

    Expenses $28,607,487

  • CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE - SEE SCHEDULE O.PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY 2CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE: THE CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE SUPPORTS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF INVESTIGATORS (FACULTY, TRAINEES, AND STAFF) AT CHILDREN'S NATIONAL WHO ARE PERFORMING PATIENT-CENTERED CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH (CTR), AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (HSR). THE POOL OF SUCH INVESTIGATORS AT CHILDREN'S IS LARGE AND GROWING, AND THESE INDIVIDUALS APPROACH THEIR WORK WITH A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, AND SUPPORT. IT HOUSES BOTH LARGE PROGRAMS OF EXTRAMURALLY FUNDED RESEARCH (E.G. THE CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARD (CTSA) FUNDED BY NIH, THE HRSA-FUNDED PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE AND APPLIED RESEARCH NETWORK/PECARN) AND FACULTY WITH LIMITED FUNDING WORKING ON SPECIFIC, LIMITED PROJECTS. THIS GROWING CENTER EXPENSED $26,367,716 IN FY 2024.

    Expenses $26,367,716

  • CENTER FOR CANCER AND IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH - SEE SCHEDULE O.PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY 3CENTER FOR CANCER AND IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH: THE CENTER FOR CANCER & IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH (CCIR) AIMS TO DEVELOP AND APPLY SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE AREAS OF CANCER, BLOOD, AND INFECTIOUS AND IMMUNOLOGIC DISORDERS TO ADVANCE PATIENT CARE. THE CCIR WAS REORGANIZED TO INTEGRATE THE CLINICAL AND RESEARCH ENTERPRISES IN ONCOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, HEMATOLOGY, ALLERGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND RHEUMATOLOGY IN ORDER TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE CENTER FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS (CCBD) AND PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE CONDUCT OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH. THIS REORGANIZATION HAS NOW RESULTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 5 SECTIONS:1. CHILDHOOD CANCER2. INFECTIOUS DISEASE3. CANCER IMMUNOLOGY/IMMUNOTHERAPY4. HEMATOLOGY & TRANSFUSION MEDICINE 5. ALLERGY, IMMUNOLOGY, RHEUMATOLOGYTHE NEW STRUCTURE HAS ALLOWED THE CCIR LEADERSHIP TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CCBD LEADERSHIP TO BETTER DEVELOP A STRATEGIC GOAL FOR THE FUTURE, INCLUDING STRATEGIC EXPANSION OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS RATHER THAN OPPORTUNISTIC RECRUITMENTS. THE CENTER OF CANCER AND IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH HAD $22,706,348 IN EXPENSES FY 2024.

    Expenses $22,706,348

  • CENTER FOR GENETIC MEDICINE RESEARCH: THE CENTER FOR GENETIC MEDICINE RESEARCH RESEARCHES, DIAGNOSES, AND TREATS GENETIC DISORDERS-DISEASES AND CONDITIONS IN CHILDREN THAT ARE CAUSED BY INHERITED GENES THAT DO NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY. FOUNDED IN 1999, THE CENTER EMPHASIZES TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH (BENCH-TO-BEDSIDE) AND HARNESSES EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR GENETIC AND PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS.RESEARCHERS AT THE CENTER FOR GENETIC MEDICINE RESEARCH CONDUCT BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH INTO SOME OF CHILDHOOD'S MOST WELL-KNOWN GENETIC DISORDERS, INCLUDING ASTHMA AND LUNG DISEASE, DIABETES, INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM, MACULAR DEGENERATION, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, SICKLE CELL DISEASE, OBESITY & METABOLIC SYNDROME AND WHITE MATTER DISEASE. ALMOST ALL OF THE CENTER'S PROGRAMS COMBINE BASIC, CLINICAL, AND/OR COMMUNITY RESEARCH, INCLUDING STUDIES OF: MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY, GENETICS, & METABOLISM AND DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. THE CENTER FOR GENETIC MEDICINE RESEARCH HAD $18,440,934 IN EXPENSES FY 2024.SHEIKH ZAYED INSTITUTE (SZI) FOR PEDIATRIC SURGICAL INNOVATION:LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 2009, THE RESEARCH SPACE OFFICIALLY OPENED IN APRIL 2011. THE SHEIKH ZAYED INSTITUTE FOR PEDIATRIC SURGICAL INNOVATION AT CHILDREN'S NATIONAL REDEFINES WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN SURGERY FOR CHILDREN BY COMBINING RESEARCH AND CLINICAL EXPERTISE INTO ONE COLLABORATIVE TEAM. THE INSTITUTE DEVELOPS KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND PROCEDURES THAT BENEFIT CHILDREN IN THE WASHINGTON DC REGION, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO LEARN FROM TODAY'S SURGERIES AND CONDUCT INNOVATIVE RESEARCH BASED ON THAT KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE PEDIATRIC SURGERY FOR CHILDREN. EACH YEAR THE SZI FACULTY PUBLISH OVER 90 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES IN TOP RANKED JOURNALS, MORE THAN 50 NEW PATENTS HAVE FILED TO DATE, AND MORE THAN 10 STARTUP COMPANIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED. ALL FACULTY AT THE SZI NOW HOLD NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PEER REVIEWED FUNDING. THE SZI HOSTS THE NATIONAL CAPITAL CONSORTIUM FOR PEDIATRIC DEVICES INNOVATION, AN FDA FUNDED PROGRAM (ONE OF THE 8 IN THE COUNTRY), TO SUPPORT PEDIATRIC FOCUSED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY. THE SHEIKH ZAYED INSTITUTE FOR PEDIATRIC SURGICAL INNOVATION HAD $14,205,678 IN EXPENSES FY 2024.TOTAL OTHER PROGRAMS:

    Expenses $32,646,612 · Revenue $206,629

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Aldwin Lindsay

    EVP, CFO & BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $1,273,757
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,138,312
    Other
    $135,445
    Hours/week
    2 + 53 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $680,428 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $318,096 related
    Other
    $0 + $139,788 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $122,532 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,913 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,273,757 related
  • Michelle Riley-Brown

    CHAIR, PRES/CEO (CNMC) FROM 07/23

    Total calculated
    $859,008
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $843,121
    Other
    $15,887
    Hours/week
    2 + 53 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $643,121 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $200,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,887 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $859,008 related
  • Mary Anne Hilliard

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $1,059,010
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $932,977
    Other
    $126,033
    Hours/week
    2 + 53 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $583,992 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $260,644 related
    Other
    $0 + $88,341 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $89,381 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,652 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,059,010 related
  • Vittorio Gallo PhD

    BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN TO 09/23

    Total calculated
    $844,963
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $818,162
    Other
    $26,801
    Hours/week
    39 + 16 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $425,491 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $247,497 related
    Other
    $0 + $145,174 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,050 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,751 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $844,963 related
  • Yves D'Udekem D'Acoz MD

    CHIEF OF CARDIO SURGERY

    Total calculated
    $2,377,268
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,329,784
    Other
    $47,484
    Hours/week
    1 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,875,059 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $325,450 related
    Other
    $0 + $129,275 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,984 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,377,268 related
  • Anthony Sandler MD

    SVP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

    Total calculated
    $1,789,752
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,577,071
    Other
    $212,681
    Hours/week
    9 + 46 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $972,616 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $454,064 related
    Other
    $0 + $150,391 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $167,855 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $44,826 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,789,752 related
  • Robert Keating MD

    CHIEF OF NEUROSURGERY

    Total calculated
    $1,234,974
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,191,135
    Other
    $43,839
    Hours/week
    1 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $916,576 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $176,288 related
    Other
    $0 + $98,271 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,339 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,234,974 related
  • David Wessel MD

    CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,304,579
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,250,087
    Other
    $54,492
    Hours/week
    1 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $742,703 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $349,664 related
    Other
    $0 + $157,720 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,992 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,304,579 related
  • Mark L Batshaw MD

    SENIOR INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $1,073,885
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,035,577
    Other
    $38,308
    Hours/week
    1 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $523,403 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $131,659 related
    Other
    $0 + $380,515 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,808 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,073,885 related
  • Kurt D Newman MD

    FORMER BOARD CHAIR, PRES/CEO CNMC

    Total calculated
    $3,046,608
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,000,204
    Other
    $46,404
    Hours/week
    0 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,006,360 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,635,633 related
    Other
    $0 + $358,211 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,904 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,046,608 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $102,117,603
    Expenses
    $132,962,022
    Contributions
    $100,671,561
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $89,672,961
    Expenses
    $119,693,833
    Contributions
    $88,006,748
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $79,596,993
    Expenses
    $109,045,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,067,806
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $66,659,816
    Expenses
    $99,232,699
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,958,035
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,337,060
    Expenses
    $97,861,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,650,569
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $64,948,372
    Expenses
    $97,796,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,864,803
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $62,475,893
    Expenses
    $93,346,474
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,437,749
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $57,630,198
    Expenses
    $87,546,150
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,180,795
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,165,498
    Expenses
    $84,062,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,987,936
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $58,183,452
    Expenses
    $84,757,970
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,450,391
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,622,657
    Expenses
    $87,561,668
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,871,372
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $75,624,515
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,898,442

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2023 return

  • CHILDREN'S PEDIATRICIANS AND ASSOCIATES LLC

    HEALTH CARE · DC

  • 5253 NMTC LLC

    PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · DC

  • 5253 HTC LLC

    PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · DC

  • 54 NMTC LLC

    PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · DC

  • 54 HTC LLC

    PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · DC

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HEALTH NETWORK

    C · HEALTH CARE · DC

  • BEARACUDA RE

    C · REINSURANCE · CJ

  • PEDIATRIC HEALTH NETWORK INC

    C · HEALTH CARE · DC

  • BUILDING 5253 MANAGING MEMBER LLC

    C · PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · DC

  • BUILDING 54 MANAGING MEMBER LLC

    C · PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · DC

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.