Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $853,298 to it, the largest being HOWARD H ROBERTS ($344,457). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $853k
- Net assets
- $56M
What Hms School for Children With Cerebral Palsy does
Mission
Hms school educates, nurtures, and cares for children and young adults with complex physical disabilities resulting from cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or other neurological impairments, with the (continued on schedule o)goal of enabling each to reach their maximum potential. We promote independence and improve the quality of life for youth in a safe and secure environment so each can lead a fulfilling, stimulating life now and as an adult.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education: at hms school, we are leaders in the field of special education, with expertise in providing individualized and differentiated instruction, utilizing assistive technology, as well as the latest in state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. Our interdisciplinary team collaborates seamlessly to support each student's unique needs and achieve their individualized education program (iep) goals. Hms provides support for 64 students across 180 school days, in addition to offering 25 extended school year day sessions over the summer, which were attended by 60-62 students. Students work directly with a certified special education teacher in a small classroom environment, where the student-to-teacher ratio is approximately 8:1. Each student is assigned a dedicated team of 9-14 staff members to assist with their educational needs and enhance their program experience. To provide further assistance, students are assigned nursing staff, personal care attendants, and a social worker for any additional support they need.
$7,025,213 spentof which $241,068 as grants$6,937,390 earned by the program62% of program spendingHealth and food services: health services is comprised of our dedicated team of licenses pediatric nurses and personal care assistants who tend to our students complex medical needs for our residential and day school programs, ensuring the health and safety of students with complex medical conditions. Our nurses work alongside trained caregiving staff to deliver expert medical support tailored to each child's needs. Health services provides approximately 1,200 hours of nursing and personal care for our students. Nurses also support educational enrichment by chaperoning weekly field trips and power mobility groups in the local community. This enables the students to work on their mobility goals in an urban setting. Nurses accompanied students on 45 class field trips, 32 horseback riding trips and 60 power mobility group trips during the day school program. Food services' primary function is to fulfill the dietary needs of all students attending hms school. Specialized meals are prepared on site according to specific diet orders from each student's physician. Feeding support plans are formulated by hms' speech therapists to guide food services staff on individualized meal textures…
$2,199,473 spent$2,171,977 earned by the program19% of program spendingResidential services: for residential students, hms offers a program that extends beyond the classroom walls. Open 260 days each year, harris hall residence provides both residential and respite services to any clinically eligible hms student. During their stay - whether residential or respite - the residential coordinator works closely with the recreational therapy team to deliver a wide range of after-school activities. These activities are designed to strengthen essential life skills such as communication, mobility, feeding, and socialization, creating a strong foundation for a successful transition to adult life beyond hms. Families can choose from 5-day, 7-day or overnight respite programs, offering flexibility to meet individual needs. For sy 24-25, we served 6 permanent residents, 21 students who received 530 nights of respite care, in addition to providing 4,700 hours of nursing and personal care. Beyond daily care, the residence enriches student life through at least five sessions of recreational or expressive arts therapies each week, monthly field trips, and community outings. Additionally, harris hall hosts a week-long afternoon and evening camp each summer, ensuring…
$1,661,769 spent$1,640,995 earned by the program15% of program spendingTherapies: hms integrates a wide range of therapies - speech/language, physical, occupational, recreation, music, dance/movement, and adaptive art - into its educational program. These services are individualized to meet each student's unique needs as determined during the iep process in partnership with the hms team, the family, the school district, and the student. Therapies help our students engage with their environment and enhance development. Therapy sessions may be one-on-one, in small groups, or embedded in classroom activities, with flexibility for optimal timing and co-treatment. Students received between 12-18 sessions per week of the various therapy activities, each lasting up to 45 minutes. Each student works with our assistive technology team, who are on the leading edge of providing equipment and/or devices that help our students improve, maintain, or increase their functional and communication capabilities.
$529,961 spent$523,336 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,416,416.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $57M to $50M (−12%).
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 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY’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. 1 of the last 5 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
Theresa Newhard
President & CEO (as of 12/24)
Board chair
Rebecca H Bradbeer
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $68k → $109k.
8 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 26 of 27 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
HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 60% · 2019 43% · 2020 43% · 2021 36% · 2022 45% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.
“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
37% of HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
88% of HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $241k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY?
- HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $853,298 to it, the largest being HOWARD H ROBERTS ($344,457). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $853,298 in grants to HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY?
- HOWARD H ROBERTS is the largest funder on record, with $344,457 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 27 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