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CHILDRENS INSTITUTE FOUNDATION

EIN 87-2684499 PITTSBURGH, PA

Revenue 2023
$6,567,916
Expenses 2023
$8,450,701

Program services were 82.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
1405 SHADY AVE

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO HEAL. TO TEACH. TO EMPOWER. TO AMAZE.

  • THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOUNDATION IS THE FUNDRAISING ARM FOR THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE PARENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES. THE FOUNDATION FUNDRAISES TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS' MISSION THROUGH GRANTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND TARGETED CAMPAIGNS.SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O.THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH, WHICH IS A LEADER IN PEDIATRIC THERAPEUTIC AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES; AND FAMILY PLACEMENT, PRESERVATION, REUNIFICATION, AND ENRICHMENT SERVICES. ESTABLISHED IN 1902, THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT, LICENSED ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING A SPECIALIZED CONTINUUM OF SERVICES THAT ENABLES THEM TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.HEADQUARTERED IN PITTSBURGH WITH SATELLITE LOCATIONS ACROSS WESTERN PA., THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH IS ONE OF THE ONLY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFERING SUCH A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES INCLUDING: EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AUTISM SERVICES, OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, EARLY INTERVENTION, AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS UNIQUE, COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH SETS THE ORGANIZATION APART.IN FY 24, THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOUNDATION RAISED $1,081,949 IN SUPPORT OF THE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE PARENT COMPANY.DURING FY 24, THE FIRST YEAR OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, VISION 2026, WAS EXECUTED AND CONTINUES TO GUIDE US IN BECOMING A BEST-IN-CLASS PROVIDER, USING THESE FIVE MAIN PILLARS:1. TEAM: OUR TEAM IS AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO. WE WILL INVEST IN OUR PASSIONATE AND HIGHLY TALENTED TEAM MEMBERS TO DRIVE THE QUALITY OF OUR PROGRAMS AND BEST SERVE OUR AMAZING KIDS AND FAMILIES.2. MISSION HEALTH: WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING EVERY CHILD AND FAMILY WHO COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS. WE WILL PROMOTE INNOVATION AND ENHANCE THE IMPACT OF OUR EXCEPTIONAL CARE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.3. QUALITY: UTILIZING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, WE WILL FOCUS ON ACHIEVING BEST-IN-CLASS PERFORMANCE ACROSS ALL OF OUR SERVICES THAT WILL HELP EACH CHILD REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL.4. TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT INNOVATION: ACCESSIBLE AND EXPANDABLE TECHNOLOGY WILL SUPPORT OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY OUR ARRAY OF SERVICES.5. ELEVATING OUR PRESENCE: WE WILL IGNITE MORE COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OUR SERVICES ON AMAZING KIDS AND FAMILIES, WHICH WILL GARNER GREATER SUPPORT FOR OUR MISSION.

    Expenses $6,927,129 · Grants $6,927,129

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.

  • WENDY A PARDEE PHD

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $393,559
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $367,275
    Other
    $26,284
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $312,533 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $47,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $7,242 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,011 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,273 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $393,559 related

  • MICHAEL J HANNON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related

  • J A KATARINCIC JR

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 2 related

  • ROMAYNE L BOTTI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 2 related

  • DANICA GRIFFITH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 2 related

  • GREGORY B BENCKART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • SUSAN L BOYLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 2 related

  • BRIAN M MCINERNEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 2 related

  • JOHN K THORNBURGH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • JOHN JUBAS

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $223,554
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $210,689
    Other
    $12,865
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $178,591 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,528 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,570 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,381 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,484 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $223,554 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
    $6,567,916
    Expenses
    $8,450,701
    Contributions
    $1,081,949
    Grants paid
    $6,927,129
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,432,964
    Expenses
    $6,882
    Contributions
    $2,250,000
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $820
    Assets (EOY)
    $180

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.