Maryland · Nonprofit
KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC
KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,593,514 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($22,442,648). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $278M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $94M
What Kennedy Krieger Children's Hospital Inc does
Mission
Kennedy krieger children's hospital (kkch) offers clinical programs to meet the specialized needs of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. More than 35 different outpatient programs and four inpatient units address the specific conditions of children with a wide range of disorders. Kkch is recognized for the range of services in areas including autism, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, neurorehabilitation, spinal cord injury and feeding disorders. As a provider of specialty pediatric healthcare services, kkch is viewed as a "niche" provider. Many services provided at kkch are not duplicated throughout the general healthcare system in the city, region or world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Outpatient programspatients are seen on an outpatient basis in one of more than 35 different clinics. A child may be seen by a single professional or an interdisciplinary team depending upon the nature of the child's needs. Clinics provide diagnostic and treatment services in the following areas: assistive technology, ataxia telagiectasia, audiology, behavior management, botulinum toxin treatment, autism and related disorders, development and learning problems, genetic muscle disorders, cerebral palsy, feeding disorders, developmental cognitive neurology, down syndrome, environment health problems, fragile x, holoprosencephaly, spinal cord injuries, movement disorders, nicu follow-up, neurogenetics, neurophysiology, nutrition, occupational therapy, orthopedics, osteogenesis imperfect, child psychiatry, rehabilitation, physical therapy, social work and speech and language.
$182,340,028 spentof which $360,000 as grants$210,077,152 earned by the program76% of program spendingInpatient programs are made up of 3 units:the neurobehavioral unit (nbu) provides services for individuals with developmental disabilities who are self-injurious, aggressive and display other severe behaviors.the pediatric feeding disorders unit (pfdu) serves children with severe feeding problems. Medical assessments, nutritional monitoring, oral motor assessments and intense behavioral interventions can be conducted.the pediatric rehabilitation unit (pru) operates one of the most successful neurorehabilitation programs in the world and includes the brain injury program and the international spinal cord injury program.
$52,695,282 spent$60,400,307 earned by the program22% of program spendingProfessional training programskennedy krieger dedicates substantial resources to increasing the number of qualified specialists in the fields of neurological and developmental disabilities. We also take seriously our responsibility not only to improve care through research, but to share that knowledge with others. That is why more than 400 individuals come here to train in a wide variety of disciplines each year. The goals of the institute's clinical training programs are twofold: 1) to train leaders in the field of neurodevelopmental disabilities and 2) to help ensure that there is a sufficient number of qualified professionals to meet the needs of children with special health care needs and their families. By training future generations of researchers and professionals from undergraduate students to current staff we are ensuring that children everywhere can receive the best possible care.
$4,015,103 spent$691,678 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $239,050,413.
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 2018 to 2019, from $127M to $92M (−28%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Bradley L Schlaggar Md Phd
President & CEO
Board chair
Ronald Peterson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $3.2M → $3.9M.
Left out of every figure on this page: $17M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Kennedy Krieger Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 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
KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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 KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
99% of KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
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
KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC has grown faster than half of the 1,241 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,241 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.5M on record.
- MD$6.5M
- MA$155
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 KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Kennedy Krieger Institute Inc · exempt
- Hugo W Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger Inc · exempt
- Kennedy Krieger Education & Community Services Inc · exempt
- Kennedy Krieger Associates Inc · exempt
- Madison Street Properties Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC?
- KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,593,514 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($22,442,648). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $22,593,514 in grants to KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC?
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $22,442,648 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENNEDY KRIEGER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 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.
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 6 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