Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,753 to it, the largest being RUNX1 Foundation dba RUNX1 Research Program ($80,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $88k
- Net assets
- $24M
What Children's Hospital Ophthalmology Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation's mission is to provide ophthalmology services primarily to patients at boston children's hospital and at satellite locations. The foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field of (see schedule o) ophthalmology. The foundation also provides care for patients regardless of their ability to pay.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation provides ophthalmology services primarily to patients at boston children's hospital and at satellite locations. The foundation may charge for patient care, other medical services, and related products, provided that any net income is used exclusively for the charitable, scientific, and educational purposes for which the foundation was created. The foundation also provides care for patients regardless of their ability to pay, as well as providing hospital and community based services that are either unavailable or limited elsewhere in the community. During the year ended september 30, 2025, the foundation performed 57,707 ambulatory visits and 1,560 surgical cases. The foundation provided $335,993 in free care services and provided funding of $695,727 for teaching or (see schedule o) educational initiatives for the year ended september 30, 2025.
$33,161,869 spentof which $2,360,000 as grants$37,277,675 earned by the program99% of program spendingThe foundation receives income from boston children's hospital for providing administration, supervision, and teaching services. The foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field of ophthalmology by teaching students and other medical and scientific personnel; by providing fellowships, research grants, and stipends; and by giving lectures and publishing information concerning conditions and research results in the field of pediatric ophthalmology in order to educate the general public and the medical profession.
$334,968 spent$545,518 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,496,837.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $67M to $49M (−27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 2% · 2021 8% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $80k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Children's Ophthalmology Management Services LLC · disregarded
- Boston Children's Hospital · exempt
- Physicians Organization at Children's Hospital Inc · exempt
- Foundation Optical LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC?
- CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,753 to it, the largest being RUNX1 Foundation dba RUNX1 Research Program ($80,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $87,753 in grants to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC?
- RUNX1 Foundation dba RUNX1 Research Program is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing