Charitable Spending By Children’s Hospitals

Hospital Name Spending Charity Charity % Of Spending Community Benefit Community Benefit % Of Spending Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin $514,234,106 $1,357,157 0.27% $40,419,348 7.92% Miami Children’s Hospital $391,198,594 $2,159,940 0.57% $11,192,569 2.93% Children’s Hospital Oakland, CA $436,614,257 $3,160,982 0.74% $4,654,208 1.83% Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH $823,119,485 $5,395,359 0.74% $45,613,062 6.77% Children’s Medical Center of Akron $422,861,876 $3,549,596 0.85% $9,491,091 2.29% Children’s Hospitals & Clinics, Minneapolis $543,821,382 $8,039,923 1.50% $35,279,729 6.60% Children’s Medical Center of Dallas $830,565,764 $21,804,001 2.98% $35,112,768 4.80% Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory University $349,586,298 $10,186,357 3.30% $24,215,068 7.70%

Selected examples. Only some children’s hospitals’ tax returns include charity spending.

Source: Hospital 2009 tax returns.

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