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Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children

Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $996,720 to it, the largest being H ELDRIDGE AND LOUISE R HANNAFORD ($996,720). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$13M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$997k
Net assets
$229M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children does

Mission

The purpose of Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children is to provide financial support and otherwise operate for the benefit and support of cincinnati children's hospital medical center. Cincinnati children's hospital medical center's mission is to improve child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education and innovation. For patients from the community, the nation and the world, the care provided will achieve the best medical and quality of life outcomes, patient and family experience and value, today and in the future.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children ("chfc") was formed for the sole purpose of providing financial support to cincinnati children's hospital medical center which participates in the treatment of, or research into, diseases or disorders affecting children. During chfc's fiscal year of july 1, 2024, through june 30, 2025 (the year covered by this return), chfc provided financial support amounting to $11,711,648 to cincinnati children's hospital medical center ("cchmc"), an ohio not-for-profit pediatric hospital located in hamilton county, ohio. Ongoing financial support is provided from expendable income received from investments of restricted and unrestricted funds and special commitments are funded from principal balances of unrestricted funds. It is the policy of chfc to invest such assets, thereby increasing fund principal and enhancing future expendable income. Cchmc utilized the financial support from chfc to support the operating costs of its pediatric rehabilitation program, adolescent psychiatric services program, disability services program, psychology adherence program, special needs children program, and to support the general mental and behavioral health and…

    $11,711,648 spentof which $11,711,648 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $11,711,648.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($8.3M) Expenses 100 ($3.7M) Net assets 100 ($129M)2018 Revenue 154 ($13M) Expenses 103 ($3.8M) Net assets 113 ($146M)2019 Revenue 125 ($10M) Expenses 109 ($4.0M) Net assets 125 ($161M)2020 Revenue 224 ($19M) Expenses 109 ($4.0M) Net assets 122 ($157M)2021 Revenue 377 ($31M) Expenses 178 ($6.5M) Net assets 159 ($204M)2022 Revenue 89 ($7.4M) Expenses 325 ($12M) Net assets 138 ($178M)2023 Revenue 113 ($9.4M) Expenses 427 ($16M) Net assets 147 ($189M)2024 Revenue 104 ($8.6M) Expenses 450 ($17M) Net assets 165 ($212M)2025 Revenue 156 ($13M) Expenses 324 ($12M) Net assets 178 ($229M)
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Revenue (156)Expenses (324)Net assets (178)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $157M to $204M (+30%).

$130M
$146M
$162M
$157M
$204M
$178M
$189M
$212M
$229M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,743 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$4.6M
’17
$9.0M
’18
$6.4M
’19
$15M
’20
$25M
’21
−$4.6M
’22
−$6.3M
’23
−$8.0M
’24
$1.0M
’25
9.1
months of
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.

Board chair

Susan Shelton

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed192018171616161615
Joined·+1+1+0+0+0+2+1+0
No longer listed·03110211
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $157k → $172k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children’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.

Where its funders are

100% of Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve9.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children

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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Children's Hospital Medical Center · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children?
Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $996,720 to it, the largest being H ELDRIDGE AND LOUISE R HANNAFORD ($996,720). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $996,720 in grants to Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children?
H ELDRIDGE AND LOUISE R HANNAFORD is the largest funder on record, with $996,720 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Convalescent Hospital Fund for Children find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 1 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