Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC
PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,231,441 to it, the largest being BREAKTHROUGH T1D ($4,231,441). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $108M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Physicians Organization at Children's Hospital Inc does
Mission
The organization operates exclusively for the benefit of the charitable purposes of boston children's hospital (the hospital) and the affiliated foundations. It works jointly with the hospital and the foundations in developing and coordinating an (see schedule o) integrated child health system and to foster cost effective, quality patient care within that system. The organization negotiates and enters into agreements with insurers, payors, managed care plans, and fringe benefit plans on behalf of its member foundations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The physicians organization at children's hospital, inc. (the organization) sponsors health, dental, life, and disability benefit plans for the member foundations. The health and dental plans are self-funded with internal premiums based upon the expected utilization of the plan members. Any surplus or deficit generated at the plan year-end is applied to the calculation when determining the subsequent year's premiums. Life and disability revenue is directly offset by premiums paid to the insurance carriers.
$55,488,986 spentof which $3,368 as grants$41,850,840 earned by the program51% of program spendingThe organization provides professional services to certain member foundations to assist them in accounting, consulting, strategic management, quality programs, patient billing, patient safety, coordinated care cost containment, and other administrative services. Annual membership dues received from member foundations support the administrative activities of the members by arranging for the delivery of healthcare services with insurers, managed care plans, and health maintenance organizations.
$20,716,130 spent$15,624,497 earned by the program19% of program spendingThe organization has entered into leases at satellite locations for clinical and general office space. Member foundations reimburse the organization for use of these facilities at cost. In addition, the organization provides management services to the hospital and foundations. The hospital or foundation reimburses the organization for salary and fringe support of employees.
$32,445,760 spent$24,471,205 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $108,650,876.
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 2019 to 2020, from $63M to $84M (+33%).
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.
24% of PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Carlos R Estrada Jr Md
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $573k → $95k.
From the IRS filings of PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT 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.
Where its funders are
PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state 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
PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,241 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,241 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 17 related entities
- Boston Business Advisors LLC · disregarded
- Boston Children's Heart Foundation Inc · exempt
- Boston Pediatric Neurosurgical Foundation Inc · exempt
- Boston Plastic & Oral Surgery Foundation Inc · exempt
- Chmc Anesthesia Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC?
- PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,231,441 to it, the largest being BREAKTHROUGH T1D ($4,231,441). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,231,441 in grants to PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC?
- BREAKTHROUGH T1D is the largest funder on record, with $4,231,441 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 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 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