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Children's Heart Foundation

The mission of the CHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION (chf) is to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital heart defects (chds) by funding the most promising research.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$7.2MScience & Tech$1.2MEducation$454k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $845k
  • $250k+3 grants · $900k
$200,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORIGA TECH CORPORATION$300,000
UNIVERSITY OF NINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES$300,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$300,000
PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$200,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$200,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER$160,000
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$142,500
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEART CENTER$142,500
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$35,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LISA BERGERSEN MD: $40k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF NINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES: $300k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $200k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $200k → 14%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER: $187k → 17%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $602k → 14%CARDIAC NETWORKS UNITED: $300k → 14%THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN: $200k → 17%GEORIGA TECH CORPORATION: $300k → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $400k → 14%MARK RODFELD: $100k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $200k → 18%CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $143k → 16%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $35k → 7%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $96k → 6%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $200k → 19%LISA BERGERSEN MD: $40k → 16%PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $200k → 22%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER: $160k → 17%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $559k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEART CENTER: $300k → 14%JESSICA GARBEN: $35k → 7%SUNJAY KAUSHAL MD: $100k → 19%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $419k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEART CENTER: $300k → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $35k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $98k → 19%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $300k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEART CENTER: $300k → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $35k → 7%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $300k → 14%CARDIAC NETWORKS UNITED: $300k → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $35k → 7%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $300k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEART CENTER: $143k → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $35k → 7%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $225k → 14%SARA PASQUALI MD: $22k → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $35k → 7%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $200k → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $35k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
MD
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 7 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$5.6M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+28%

Still filing today

57%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +33%
  • EU
    Emory University
    2× · 2022–2023 · $600k · revenue +15%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    2× · 2022–2023 · $400k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEART CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $300k
  • IU
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • BC
    BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $199k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
3
Rhode Island Hospital

As a founding hospital in the brown university health system, rih is committed to its mission: delivering health with care.

Health
4
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
5
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
6
Upmc

Support of subsidiary tax-exempt healthcare, education and research organizations (see schedule o)

Health
7
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
8
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
9
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
10
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
11
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
12
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Medical Center; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American Heart Association Inc: $2,904,558 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncChildren's Hospital Corporation: $399,667 · HealthChildren's Hospital CorporationGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $300,000 · HealthGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATIONAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $245,000 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICSTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $200,000 · HealthPRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM: $200,000 · Health+1 more: $142,500 · HealthREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $742,500 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANCARDIAC NETWORKS UNITED: $600,000 · OtherCARDIAC NETWORKS UNITEDUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEART CENTER: $300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEART CENTERIndiana University School of Medicine: $200,000 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $199,326 · OtherBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $194,153 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO+8 more: $631,512 · Other+8 moreEmory University: $600,000 · EducationEmory UniversityTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $547,046 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF …University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc: $98,205 · EducationUniversity of Ma…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $60,000 · Education
Health$4,391,725Other$3,167,491Education$1,305,251

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,904,558 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEmory University: $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $547,046 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $399,667 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $245,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $142,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc: $98,205 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Children's Heart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Children's Heart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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