Nonprofit · EIN 44-0605373
CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL
Tax-exempt · KANSAS CITY, MO 64108
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,340,991,656 | $2,006,474,542 | $334,517,114 | $3,795,083,283 | $693,695,421 | $3,101,387,862 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,076,068,874 | $1,814,371,760 | $261,697,114 | $3,348,948,694 | $669,396,243 | $2,679,552,451 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $2,042,894,714 | $1,778,140,684 | $264,754,030 | $3,015,652,104 | $648,592,709 | $2,367,059,395 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $92,394,142
- of which government grants
- $28,311,446
- Program service revenue
- $2,010,436,901
- Investment income
- $147,290,592
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$1,013,288
- Other revenue
- $90,870,021
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $156,774,759
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $17,118,364
- Other salaries and wages
- $891,106,714
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,139,058,874
- Professional fundraising fees
- $509,341
- Legal fees
- $4,048,991
- Accounting fees
- $442,321
- Occupancy
- $19,876,258
- Travel
- $8,680,424
- Depreciation
- $65,580,802
- Program services (functional)
- $1,541,338,213
- Management and general (functional)
- $456,696,382
- Fundraising (functional)
- $8,439,947
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,348,948,694
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,795,083,283
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $693,695,421
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,101,387,862
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $792,340,573
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,755,646,552
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,821,674,417
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $279,713,445
- Gross unrelated business income
- $3,443,004
- Gross receipts
- $2,342,915,078
- Employees
- 10,248
- Volunteers
- 1,105
- Year formed
- 1901
- State of legal domicile
- MO
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Kempinski MS FACHE | Director; President & CEO; End 1/2/25 Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $1,760,635 | $42,433 |
| William Douglas MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,718,527 | $50,231 |
| James O'Brien Jr MD FACS | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,709,538 | $54,683 |
| Shawn St Peter MD | SVP; Chair, Department of Surgery Key employee | 40 | $1,190,498 | $55,523 |
| William Gibson DO | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,187,862 | $47,196 |
| Jodi Coombs MBA BSN RN | EVP & Chief Operating Officer; End 9/3/24 Officer | 40 | $1,161,804 | $30,891 |
| Edo Bedzra MD MBA | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $989,390 | $39,973 |
| James Simaras CPA MBA | EVP & Chief Financial Officer Officer | 40 | $887,838 | $77,173 |
| Bhargava Mullapudi MD | Physician; End 12/1/24 Highest-paid employee | 40 | $863,404 | $46,612 |
| Robert Steele MD MBA | EVP & Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer Officer | 40 | $775,499 | $88,187 |
| Douglas Rivard DO | EVP & Physician-in-Chief; Start 9/8/24 Officer | 40 | $804,691 | $56,190 |
| Robin Foster JD | EVP, General Counsel; End 7/2/25 Officer | 40 | $771,146 | $48,628 |
| Jeanne James MD MBA FAAP | Sr VP Chair, Department of Pediatrics Key employee | 40 | $720,382 | $55,060 |
| Jenea Oliver PhD | Sr VP, Chief Development Officer Key employee | 40 | $713,181 | $49,617 |
| Thomas Wright | EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer; End 7/1/25 Officer | 40 | $637,851 | $47,828 |
22 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Meyer MS-FNP RN NEA-BC | EVP & Chief Nursing Exec/COO Acute Care; Start 2/8/25 Officer | 40 | $563,752 | $0 | $46,661 |
| Mary Anne Queen MD FAAP | Director; End 12/31/24 Trustee or director | 40 | $534,518 | $0 | $53,768 |
| Steven Leeder PharmD PhD | EVP & Chief Scientific Officer; Start 2/9/25 Officer | 40 | $508,997 | $0 | $46,790 |
| Jennifer Kingry CPA | Former Interim CFO Former | 40 | $434,157 | $0 | $46,107 |
| Amy Fallon PhD MPH | President of Regional Operations; Start 2/9/25 Officer | 40 | $392,312 | $0 | $23,698 |
| Jennifer Sauer MD | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $349,746 | $10,573 |
| Jotishna Sharma MD DCH Med FAAP | Director; Start 1/1/25 Trustee or director | 40 | $292,007 | $0 | $26,554 |
| Robert Lane MD | Former EVP & Physician-in-Chief Former | 40 | $266,690 | $0 | $28,213 |
| Alejandro Quiroga MD MBA | Director; President & CEO; Start 1/2/25 Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Charlie Harris | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Diane Gallagher | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin Barth | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Vince Clark | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Ashley McClellan | Director; Start 7/1/24 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bill Krueger | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christy Dempsey | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Gehab | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin Bryant | Director; Start 7/1/24 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Olga Koper | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Paul McLaughlin | Director; Start 7/1/24 Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry Matlack | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Walter Porter | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 32 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul D Kempinski MS FACHE | Director; President & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $1,675,833 | $0 | $41,752 |
| James O'Brien Jr MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,571,440 | $0 | $51,120 |
| William Douglas MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,519,540 | $0 | $46,032 |
| Alex Daneshmand DO MBA | EVP&Chief Quality Officer;End 7/1/23 Officer | 40 | $1,187,257 | $0 | $25,244 |
| Shawn St Peter MD | SVP/Surgeon-in-Chief;ChairDeptOfSurg Key employee | 40 | $1,146,051 | $0 | $46,248 |
| Thomas Curran PhD | SVP,CSO,Exec Dir-CMRI;End 11/17/23 Key employee | 40 | $1,073,053 | $0 | $38,272 |
| Jodi Coombs MBA BSN RN | EVP & COO Officer | 40 | $940,377 | $0 | $54,408 |
| Norman Otsuka MD | Medical Chairman; End 5/23/24 Highest-paid employee | 40 | $947,467 | $0 | $24,696 |
| Charles Snyder MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $834,479 | $0 | $44,502 |
| Robert Lane MD | EVP & Physician-in-Chief;End 4/18/24 Officer | 40 | $793,472 | $0 | $65,917 |
| John Gatti MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $798,259 | $0 | $51,198 |
| Robert Steele MD | EVP & Chief Strategy/Innovation Off. Officer | 40 | $762,515 | $0 | $61,963 |
| Robin Foster JD | EVP, General Counsel Officer | 40 | $767,700 | $0 | $47,237 |
| James Simaras | EVP & CFO Officer | 40 | $764,846 | $0 | $48,623 |
| Douglas Rivard DO | InterimEVP/Physician-in-Chief4/18/24 Officer | 40 | $734,779 | $0 | $51,669 |
| Jeanne James MD | Sr VP, Chair of Pediatrics Key employee | 40 | $714,886 | $0 | $46,230 |
| Thomas Wright | EVP & Chief HR Officer Officer | 40 | $652,503 | $0 | $38,115 |
| Mary Ann Queen MD | Director Trustee or director | 40 | $514,449 | $0 | $51,311 |
| Jennifer Kingry | Former Interim CFO Former | 40 | $443,355 | $0 | $42,948 |
| Jennifer Sauer MD | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $461,962 | $9,900 |
| Bill Krueger | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Diane Gallagher | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Vince Clark | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Charlie Harris | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin Barth | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jean-Paul Chaurand | Director; End 12/31/23 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christy Dempsey | Director; Start 7/1/23 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Gehab | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Jones | Director; End 5/15/24 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Olga Koper | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry Matlack | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Walter Porter | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 33 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul D Kempinski MS FACHE | Director; President & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $1,652,635 | $44,665 |
| James O'Brien Jr MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,557,650 | $48,228 |
| William Douglas MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $1,503,246 | $43,665 |
| Shawn St Peter MD | SVP/Surgeon-in-Chief;ChairDeptOfSurg Key employee | 40 | $1,069,659 | $43,665 |
| Thomas Curran PhD | SVP, CSO, Executive Director-CMRI Key employee | 40 | $1,018,420 | $36,096 |
| Jodi Coombs MBA BSN RN | EVP & COO Officer | 40 | $887,403 | $28,477 |
| Robert Lane MD | EVP & Physician-in-Chief Officer | 40 | $823,844 | $43,665 |
| Charles Snyder MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $816,531 | $41,766 |
| Paul Grabb MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $818,759 | $38,787 |
| John Gatti MD | Physician Highest-paid employee | 40 | $799,735 | $48,240 |
| Robin Foster JD | EVP, General Counsel Officer | 40 | $790,712 | $48,240 |
| Robert Steele MD | EVP & Chief Strategy/Innovation Off. Officer | 40 | $795,302 | $40,615 |
| Alex Daneshmand DO MBA | EVP & Chief Quality Officer Officer | 40 | $800,627 | $29,910 |
| Jeanne James MD | Sr VP, Chair of Pediatrics Key employee | 40 | $728,663 | $29,910 |
| Thomas Wright | EVP & Chief HR Officer Officer | 40 | $605,374 | $19,530 |
| Jennifer Kingry | Interim CFO; End 10/23/22 Officer | 40 | $533,882 | $40,591 |
| Mary Ann Queen MD | Director; Start 1/1/23 Trustee or director | 40 | $491,677 | $49,212 |
| Douglas Swanson MD | Director; End 12/31/22 Trustee or director | 40 | $257,922 | $21,917 |
| David Cauble | Former EVP & CFO; End 2/18/22 Former | 40 | $219,576 | $17,050 |
| James Simaras | EVP & CFO; Start 10/24/22 Officer | 40 | $142,509 | $2,636 |
| Bill Krueger | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Braham | Vice Chair; End 6/30/23 Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Vince Clark | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Teigen | Secretary; End 4/19/23 Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin Barth | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jean-Paul Chaurand | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Geheb | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Sauer MD | Director; Start 7/1/22 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry Matlack | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Charlie Harris | Director; Start 7/1/22 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Walter Porter | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Diane Gallagher | Director Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Olga Koper | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2401 GILLHAM RD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64108-4619
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- James Simaras, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108
- Signed the 990
- James Simaras, Senior VP & CFO
- Phone
- (816) 234-3000
- Website
- www.childrensmercy.org
- Return prepared by
- KPMG LLP
Mission
Children's Mercy is a leading independent children's health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, breakthrough innovation, and educating the next generation of caregivers. Together, we transform the health, well-being and potential of children, with unwavering compassion for those most vulnerable.
Program accomplishments
- All expenses for program services relate to providing healthcare. There was a total of 390 licensed beds and 203,844 adjusted patient days during the year from 14,807 admissions. Outpatient visits totaled 585,160 which includes 50,803 primary care visits, 91,051 urgent care visits, 95,187 emergency department visits and 348,119 specialty clinic visits. Telemedicine visits totaled 59,319 which includes both synchronous and asynchronous visits. There was a total of 21,482 surgical cases which includes 4,528 inpatient cases and 16,954 outpatient cases. Children's Mercy's Adele Hall Campus consists of a 338-bed teaching hospital for children located in Kansas City, Missouri, and a 52-bed hospital for children located in Overland Park, Kansas. Children's Mercy Hospital provides the highest level of medical care, technology, services, equipment, and facilities promoting the health and well-being of children in the region, from birth through adolescence. Patients and their families are treated with compassion in a family-centered environment that recognizes their physical, emotional, financial, social, and spiritual needs. The comprehensive healthcare environment provided by the Hospital includes clinical services, research, and teaching efforts, which are designed to serve today's and tomorrow's children, and the community in which they live. The Hospital's services are available to all regardless of ability to pay.Expenses $1,433,901,754 · grants $152,512,435 · revenue $2,098,943,515
- Children's Mercy Hospital (CM) is dedicated to becoming a leader in pediatric translational research. A strategic planning initiative established the Children's Mercy Research Institute (CMRI) to focus on research and research infrastructure. Through the generosity of two philanthropic gifts totaling $150 million, the Hospital has built a nine story, 375,000 square foot facility enabling research scientists to gain access to state-of-the-art research technology as well as dry lab and wet lab space to support that research. The building includes an auditorium for presentations to train medical school students and inform the public about pediatric healthcare innovations that are being developed and created by research scientists and physicians here in collaboration with others throughout the nation and world. In addition these generous gifts will help support funding for scientific programs and recruitment. Research conducted today at CM includes basic science and clinical research in numerous areas including pharmacology, cancer, cardiology, genetic diseases and health outcomes. Areas of research strength include Precision Therapeutics, Genomics Medicine, Population Health, Emerging Infections and Health Care Innovation. During the year ended June 30, 2025 there were more than 823 active sponsored research projects. The Children's Mercy Research Institute occupies about 16% of the space on the main campus and 7% of the total annual operating budget. Children's Mercy spent $107 million in the year ended June 30, 2025 on research and per information from the NIH Reporter received more than $12.4 Million in NIH funding in this same time period. More than 700+ publications were accepted and/or published. The Children's Mercy Research Institute provides seed funding to investigators with internal competitive grant programs such as the Midwest Cancer Alliance and the Katherine Berry Richardson (KBR) Fund, with expectations that this funding will lead to applications for externally funded grant programs in the future.Expenses $107,436,459 · grants $4,262,324
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 44-0605373
- 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
- 1956
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Health care (E240)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,795,083,283
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,342,915,078
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,340,991,656 | $2,006,474,542 | $3,795,083,283 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $2,076,068,874 | $1,814,371,760 | $3,348,948,694 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $2,042,894,714 | $1,778,140,684 | $3,015,652,104 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $2,052,831,088 | $1,694,039,940 | $2,741,802,615 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 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 44-0605373).
Questions about CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL
- What is the EIN of CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL is 44-0605373.
- Is CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1956.
- Are donations to CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL 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 MERCY HOSPITAL due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names James Simaras.
- Who are the officers and directors of CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 37 people; 22 received compensation from the organization, the highest $1,760,635 (Paul Kempinski MS FACHE, Director; President & CEO; End 1/2/25).
- How much revenue does CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,340,991,656, expenses of $2,006,474,542 and total assets of $3,795,083,283 at year end.
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