Maryland · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC
CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC (Maryland) receives grants from 141 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,724,591 to it, the largest being Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation ($6,250,000). 80 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 141
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $90M
What Children's Inn at Nih Inc does
Mission
The children's inn at nih, inc. (the inn) is a private, nonprofit residence for families and their children who are participating in pediatric research at the national institutes of health's (nih) clinical center. The inn's mission is to fully and consistently meet the needs of children and families participating in groundbreaking research at nih by:- responding to evolving family support needs from pediatric research and clinical care;- providing a free family-centered "place like home; and- reducing the burdens of illness through therapeutic, educational and recreational programming.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing the children's inn at nih was founded 35 years ago to provide a comfortable and nurturing "place like home" at no cost to families with children participating in clinical research studies for the treatment of rare and severe diseases at the national institutes of health (nih). Today, the inn serves children, teens and young adults up to 30 years old, and their families, ensuring access to potentially lifesaving research and related clinical care at the nih clinical center. For many families, the costs of lodging in the washington, d.c. Metro area would be a barrier to participating in clinical research without the inn's free housing. Nih scientists work with young research participants to pioneer medical innovations that improve the lives and survival rates of young people worldwide. In addition to providing free lodging for the entire family, our goals are to make childhood possible, relieve the burden of illness on families and help advance nih clinical research.the children's inn features accommodations for 60 families. While most families spend between 1-5 nights at the inn per visit, many stay for weeks, months or years to receive treatments such as gene therapy,…
$10,229,071 spent$1,042,274 earned by the program78% of program spendingResident services - the children's inn at nih was founded 35 years ago to provide a comfortable and nurturing "place like home" at no cost to families whose children participate in clinical research studies for the treatment of rare and severe diseases at the national institutes of health (nih). Today, the inn serves children, teens and young adults up to 30 years old, as well as their families. Nih scientists work with young research participants to pioneer medical innovations that improve the lives and survival rates of young people worldwide. In addition to providing free lodging for the entire family, our goals are to make childhood possible, relieve the burden of illness on families and help advance nih clinical research. Through the family support program, the inn aims to meet the various needs of families who are staying with us by developing and implementing therapeutic, recreational and educational programs. Keeping families together is crucial for their health and well-being, especially when faced with a child's rare and serious illness. These activities not only provide entertainment but also help foster lasting relationships with other families, creating the inn's…
$2,938,728 spentof which $96,869 as grants22% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,167,799.
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 2024 to 2025, from $77M to $93M (+21%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 4% · 2023 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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.
Chief executive
Jennie Lucca
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Brian Kelly
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 30 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $432k → $4.3M.
25 of 141 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 141 funders by total. 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 INN AT NIH INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
34% 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 INN AT NIH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 17% · 2019 18% · 2020 14% · 2021 27% · 2022 13% · 2023 67% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
46% of CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 INN AT NIH INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$8.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sevenwest LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC?
- CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC (Maryland) receives grants from 141 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,724,591 to it, the largest being Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation ($6,250,000). 80 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC have?
- IRS filings report 141 organizations giving $17,724,591 in grants to CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC, 80 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC?
- Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation is the largest funder on record, with $6,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 141 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing