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Nonprofit · EIN 34-0714357

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON

Tax-exempt · AKRON, OH 44308

Financials

$1.4B$1.3B2023$1.5B$1.4B2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,540,288,244$1,353,888,762$186,399,482$2,507,373,699$666,993,722$1,840,379,977
December 31, 2023990$1,383,190,674$1,251,288,721$131,901,953$2,212,338,485$593,050,223$1,619,288,262
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$28,510,950
of which government grants
$5,369,685
Program service revenue
$1,453,633,921
Investment income
$51,925,945
Net gain from sales of assets
$10,911,380
Net income from fundraising events
-$1,069,998
Other revenue
$6,217,428

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$1,119,495
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$11,828,350
Other salaries and wages
$634,206,111
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$811,866,439
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$1,127,098
Accounting fees
$684,244
Occupancy
$8,116,287
Travel
$4,739,126
Depreciation
$62,652,436
Program services (functional)
$1,060,873,971
Management and general (functional)
$286,647,762
Fundraising (functional)
$6,367,029

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$2,212,338,485
Total assets, end of year
$2,507,373,699
Total liabilities, end of year
$666,993,722
Net assets, end of year
$1,840,379,977
Land, buildings and equipment
$553,838,669
Publicly traded securities
$1,019,989,952
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,682,369,898
Net assets with donor restrictions
$158,010,079
Gross unrelated business income
$99,843
Gross receipts
$2,706,783,059
Employees
8,707
Volunteers
1,069
Year formed
1897
State of legal domicile
OH

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
CHRISTOPHER A GESSNERBOD/OFFICER-PRESIDENT AND CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
47.8$1,475,726$315,582
SHAWN LYDENCHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER - PART YEAR
Key employee
48$1,571,036$122,165
ANJAY KHANDELWALDIR BURN SURGERY
Highest-paid employee
50$1,169,159$24,977
TODD RITZMAN MDSURGEON IN CHIEF
Key employee
50$1,121,356$44,098
KATHERINE WOLFE MDCHIEF MATERIAL FETAIL MED SVS
Highest-paid employee
50$1,070,455$56,310
TSULEE CHEN MDDIRECTOR NEUROSURGERY
Highest-paid employee
49$1,076,947$47,840
LISA AURILIOCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Key employee
49$1,055,002$38,023
RICHARD LOUBURN SURGEON
Highest-paid employee
50$1,034,761$53,275
ROBERT STEWART MDDIRECTOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Highest-paid employee
50$1,026,220$59,270
MARK WULKAN MDDEPARTMENT CHAIR SURGERY-PART YEAR
Trustee or director
50$944,848$45,687
GORDON EDWARDSBOD/OFFICER-CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
45$884,190$79,021
TARUN BHALLA MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
Key employee
49$792,001$55,811
MICHAEL BIGHAM MDCHIEF QUALITY OFFICER
Key employee
48$777,688$57,785
ROBERT MCGREGOR MDCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER - PART YEAR
Trustee or director, Officer
48$767,148$31,726
RHONDA LARIMORECHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Key employee
50$682,935$57,871
29 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
KERWYN JONESPEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
Trustee or director
50$667,658$58,751
KIMBERLY MOSESCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Trustee or director, Officer
50$449,541$47,285
SHEFALI MAHESH MDPRESIDENT OF MEDICAL STAFF/CHAIR PEDIATRICS
Trustee or director
47$367,852$43,974
VIRGINIA ADDICOTTCHAIR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Trustee or director, Officer
14$0$0
JODI VRABECDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
14$0$0
TIMOTHY BURKEDIRECTOR/CHAIR FINANCE COMMITTEE
Trustee or director
3$0$0
PAUL CATANIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
PATRICK COVEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
JOSEPH GINGODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MARK OELSCHLAGERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
MONTRELLA JACKSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LISA JEFFRIESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
14$0$0
WILLIAM KELLEHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
ROBERT DAVISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KARA LEWISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
REV LEWIS MACKLINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JOHN MAYERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
RICHARD ROGERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DENISE SCHAFFNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
14$0$0
SUSAN MCMAINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
14$0$0
BARBARA VARLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
15$0$0
TUCKER MARSHALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROBERT WELLSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SUZANNE LOCKESECRETARY - PART YEAR
Trustee or director, Officer
13$0$0
LISA BANDWENDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
VIRGINIA DROSOSDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOAN LAUCKDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
13$0$0
GLEN STEPHENSDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
DARREN WELLSDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 46 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
CHRISTOPHER A GESSNERBOD/OFFICER-PRESIDENT AND CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
47$1,409,649$321,825
ROBERT MCGREGOR MDCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Trustee or director, Officer
48$1,119,476$85,679
MARK WULKAN MDDEPARTMENT CHAIR SURGERY
Trustee or director
50$1,031,053$54,856
ANJAY KHANDELWAL MDDIR BURN SURGERY
Highest-paid employee
50$1,051,847$23,597
ROBERT STEWART MDDIRECTOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Highest-paid employee
50$1,014,080$55,429
KATHERINE WOLFE MDCHIEF MATERIAL FETAIL MED SVS
Highest-paid employee
50$1,004,880$52,019
TSULEE CHEN MDDIRECTOR NEUROSURGERY
Highest-paid employee
49$976,894$56,494
ABDELAZIZ SALEH MDPERINATOLOGIST
Highest-paid employee
50$979,056$52,957
SHAWN LYDENCHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Key employee
48$828,662$167,523
LISA AURILIOCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Key employee
49$788,243$154,582
GORDON EDWARDSBOD/OFFICER-CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER
Officer
45$789,672$85,889
MICHAEL BIGHAM MDCHIEF QUALITY OFFICER
Key employee
48$594,622$142,179
SHEFALI MAHESH MDPRESIDENT OF MEDICAL STAFF/CHAIR PEDIATRICS
Trustee or director
47$670,697$51,741
KERWYN JONES MDPEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
Key employee
50$635,869$60,851
RHONDA LARIMORECHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Key employee
50$472,325$126,716
ANTHEA DANIELSBOD/OFFICER ASST SECRETARYAND CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Officer
44$556,297$8,738
KIMBERLY MOSESCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Officer
50$86,559$4,246
VIRGINIA ADDICOTTCHAIR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Trustee or director, Officer
18$0$0
SUZANNE LOCKESECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
13$0$0
LISA BANDWENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TIMOTHY BURKEDIRECTOR/CHAIR FINANCE COMMITTEE
Trustee or director
5$0$0
PAUL CATANIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0
PATRICK COVEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
VIRGINIA DROSOSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TAMMY GERSMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
14$0$0
MONTRELLA JACKSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LISA JEFFRIESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
13$0$0
WILLIAM KELLEHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
JOAN LAUCKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
13$0$0
KARA LEWISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
6$0$0
REV LEWIS MACKLINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN MAYERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
RICHARD ROGERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DENISE SCHAFFNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GLEN STEPHENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
3$0$0
BARBARA VARLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
16$0$0
DARREN WELLSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROBERT WELLSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROBERT BERKDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAUL DUTTONDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILLIAM HOPKINSDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHELLE LUECKEDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEPHEN E MYERSDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN C ORRDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARGARET L STALTERDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHELLEY TAYLORDIRECTOR - PART YEAR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1 PERKINS SQ, AKRON, OH 44308-1063
In care of
% ALICIA LAMANCUSA
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
GORDON T EDWARDS, 1 PERKINS SQUARE, AKRON, OH 44308
Signed the 990
GORDON T EDWARDS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER & TREASURER
Phone
(330) 543-8171
Return prepared by
PLANTE & MORAN PLLC

Mission

TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • CHMCA IS THE LARGEST PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN NORTHEAST OHIO. IN 2024, CHMCA OPERATED TWO HOSPITAL CAMPUSES IN NORTHEAST OHIO PROVIDING INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES, EMERGENCY, URGENT CARE, AND PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE OFFICES THROUGHOUT OHIO. DURING 2024 CHMCA DELIVERED OVER 1,428,000 PATIENT VISITS THROUGH ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS.INPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDE AREAS OF ROUTINE CARE, NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE, PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, REGIONAL BURN CENTER, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, AND EMERGENCY/TRAUMA SERVICES. OUTPATIENT SERVICES OFFERS UNIQUE SERVICES IN A BROAD RANGE OF PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALTIES SUCH AS NEONATOLOGY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,REHABILITATION SERVICES, CARDIOLOGY, PLASTIC SURGERY, GENETICS, MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE, URGENT AND QUICK CARE, ADOLESCENT MEDICINE, PALLIATIVE CARE, PULMONARY MEDICINE, UROLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, NEUROLOGY, ALLERGY, DENTAL, ADDICTION SERVICES, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SERVICES.
    Expenses $1,060,873,971 · grants $1,119,495 · revenue $1,453,633,921

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
34-0714357
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Hospital or medical research organization
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1937
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Health care (E240)
Assets (IRS master file)
$2,507,373,699
Income (IRS master file)
$2,706,783,059

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,540,288,244$1,353,888,762$2,507,373,699XML
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$1,383,190,674$1,251,288,721$2,212,338,485XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$1,208,071,774$1,125,930,862$1,981,794,990IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 34-0714357).

Questions about CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON

What is the EIN of CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON?
The employer identification number (EIN) of CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON is 34-0714357.
Is CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1937.
Are donations to CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names GORDON T EDWARDS.
Who are the officers and directors of CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 44 people; 18 received compensation from the organization, the highest $1,475,726 (CHRISTOPHER A GESSNER, BOD/OFFICER-PRESIDENT AND CEO).
How much revenue does CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,540,288,244, expenses of $1,353,888,762 and total assets of $2,507,373,699 at year end.

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