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The Hospital for Sick Children

THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, dba children's national rehabilitation & specialized care (rsc), provides quality rehabilitative, transitional, and specialty care for youth with special health care needs in the washington, d.c.

$102k
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$10k
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, FY2022 to 2023.

Health$68kEducation$67kCrime & Legal$20kEmployment$20kYouth Development$20k
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $97,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $102,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $90k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER$10,000
ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC$10,000
ARC OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA$10,000
POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC$10,000
FOUNDATION SCHOOLS INC$10,000
ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION INC$10,000
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$10,000
BROADFUTURES INC$10,000
IVYMOUNT SCHOOL INC$10,000
PHILLIPS PROGRAMS$7,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%ARC OF LOUDOUN: $9k → 4%POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $10k → 8%POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $10k → 8%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$179k · 9 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
1

Total granted

$179k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BROADFUTURES INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +26%
  • PC
    POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +21%
  • TI
    The Ivymount School Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ARC OF LOUDOUN
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +13%
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
Baltimore Lab School Inc

Baltimore Lab School is an innovative learning community fostering scholarship and creativity in students with different learning styles. In an environment of inquiry and hands-on exploration, Baltimore Lab School students learn to…

Education
2
Linwood Center Inc

Linwood creates the possibility of extraordinary lives for children and adults living with autism and related developmental disabilities by providing education, vocational training, residential support, and employment opportunities.

Education
3
The Arc Maryland Inc

The arc maryland works to create a world where children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) have and enjoy equal rights and opportunities.

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4
The Maryland School for the Blind

As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…

Education
5
The Benedictine School for Exceptional Children Inc

To support children and adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilities so they can achieve their greatest potential. we accomplish our mission through the values of dignity, integrity, collaboration, and excellence. at…

Education
6
Spectrum Support Inc

To form relationships which support people to achieve their life goals in the areas of residential, employment, meaningful community engagement and personal services.

Employment
7
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware

Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.

Human Services
8
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
9
The Arc of the Capital Area

We empower central texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through compassionate case management and innovative programs.

—
10
Ivymount Foundation Inc

To provide financial support for the development and delivery of educational, therapeutic, and school related programs that serve students and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and unique learning needs in the…

Education
11
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
12
Achievekids

Achievekids schools provide individualized and multi-disciplinary programs that deliver special education, mental health, and family support services for students ages 5 to 22 who have complex and often severe developmental, emotional, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of Southern Maryland Inc; the most unlike its peers is Broadfutures 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.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
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

The Ivymount School Inc: $20,000 · EducationThe Ivymount School IncTHE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS: $20,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION SCHOOLSMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONPHILLIPS PROGRAMS: $7,000 · EducationPHILLIPS PROGRAMSTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INCAdvocates for Justice and Education: $20,000 · OtherAdvocates for Justice and Educatio…The Arc of Northern Virginia: $19,000 · OtherThe Arc of Northern VirginiaPOTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesPOTOMAC COMMUNIT…THE ARC OF LOUDOUN: $9,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF LOUDO…BROADFUTURES INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitBROADFUTURE…LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentLATIN AMERI…
Education$67,000Other$59,000Human Services$29,000Public Benefit$20,000Youth Development$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBROADFUTURES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPOTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Ivymount School Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAdvocates for Justice and Education: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc of Northern Virginia: $19,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ARC OF LOUDOUN: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILLIPS PROGRAMS: $7,000 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.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Hsc FoundationThe Morris and Gwendo…Clark-Winchcole Found…Greater Washington Co…William S Abell Found…Verizon FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Hsc FoundationDC22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hsc Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Hospital for Sick Children funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hospital for Sick Children. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Arc of Southern Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 11 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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