CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF is a public charity based in Akron, Ohio. The organization describes itself as Northeast Ohio’s largest pediatric healthcare system. In 2024, it operated two hospital campuses and provided inpatient and outpatient care, emergency and urgent care, and primary and specialty services throughout Ohio, delivering more than 1,428,000 patient visits.
Key facts about Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
In short: Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron gave $652K across 27 grants in 2024 (avg $24K), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 34-0714357
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024
- Annual giving (2024)
- $652,498
- Grants made (2024)
- 27
- Average grant
- $24,167
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $2,507,373,699
- Primary geography
- Ohio (93% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.
Financial Overview
From 2024 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$2.5B
+13.3% YoY
Annual Giving
$652K
+28.6% YoY
Grant Count
27
-12.9% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$24K
+47.6% YoY
How Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron gives
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s stated mission is “to improve the health of children, teenagers and young adults through excellence in patient care, education, research, advocacy and community partnerships.”
Its 2024 grants included general support and sponsorships for a range of organizations. Examples include the Akron Zoo, whose mission is to connect people to wildlife while inspiring lifelong learning and conservation action; the Mahoning County Agricultural Society, which operates an annual county agricultural and educational fair; and the Fearless Fighters Foundation, which says it supports children and families affected by pediatric cancer and funds organizations researching cancer treatments and cures.
Grantmaking
In 2024, the organization reported 27 grants totaling $652,498. The median grant was $10,000; individual grants ranged from $5,088 to $351,000. Reported purposes included general support and sponsorships.
The largest grant listed was $351,000 to Akron Baseball LLC for general support. Other notable grants included $34,430 to Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber and $30,000 to Covelli Centre, both for general support; $21,000 to Kaulig Companies Championship for general support; and $19,200 to Akron Zoological Park. Additional grants included $15,000 to Akron Area YMCA and $15,000 to Mahoning County Agricultural Society, both for general support, and $12,400 to Youngstown Phantoms for sponsorships. The organization also gave $10,000 to Akron Community Foundation for general support.
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization’s patient-care system operates in Northeast Ohio, with services and offices throughout Ohio. In 2024, 93% of its grant dollars went to recipients in Ohio. The remaining reported shares were Florida (3%), Illinois (2%), Texas (2%), and Virginia (1%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 27 itemized grants.
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $481K (2022) to $2.5M (2021). In 2024 it made 27 grants totaling $652K.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was Akron Baseball LLC ($351K). Together the top 10 received $520K.
Grant Size Distribution
93 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 85 grants of 93 (91%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Akron Baseball LLC Akron, OH | General Support | $351,000 |
| Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Youngstown, OH | General Support | $34,430 |
| Covelli Centre Youngstown, OH | General Support | $30,000 |
| Kaulig Companies Championship Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | General Support | $21,000 |
| Akron Zoological Park Akron, OH | General Support | $19,200 |
| Akron Area YMCA Akron, OH | General Support | $15,000 |
| Mahoning County Agricultural Society Canfield, OH | General Support | $15,000 |
| Youngstown Phantoms Youngstown, OH | Sponsorships | $12,400 |
| Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce Akron, OH | General Support | $11,750 |
| Citizens Committee for Children Services Akron, OH | General Support | $10,600 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,507,373,699 | $1,540,288,244 | $1,353,888,762 | $652,498 |
| 2023 | $2,212,338,485 | $1,383,190,674 | $1,251,288,721 | $507,519 |
| 2022 | $1,981,794,990 | $1,208,071,774 | $1,125,930,862 | $481,462 |
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $2,507,373,699 | $2,212,338,485 | $1,981,794,990 |
| Revenue | $1,540,288,244 | $1,383,190,674 | $1,208,071,774 |
| Expenses | $1,353,888,762 | $1,251,288,721 | $1,125,930,862 |
| Net Investment Income | $51,925,945 | $58,479,320 | $5,361,953 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 13, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Christopher A. Gessner as president and CEO, Gordon Edwards as chief financial officer and treasurer, and Virginia Addicott as chair of the board of directors. Other listed officers and directors include Kimberly Moses, Mark Wulkan, Robert McGregor, Shefali Mahesh, Jodi Vrabec, Timothy Burke, and Paul Catania.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron is led by Christopher A. Gessner, Bod, Officer-President & CEO since 2023 (on filings since 2021); 18 of 44 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Christopher A. Gessner
Bod, Officer-President & CEO
President - CEO → President & CEO, 2022
President & CEO → Bod, Officer-President & CEO, 2023
On filings since 2021
47.8 hrs/week
$207K (2021) → $1.5M (2024)
Shefali Mahesh MD
President of Medical Staff & Chair Pediatrics
Director - Department Chair - Nephrology & Dialy → Department Chair of Pediatrics, 2022
Department Chair of Pediatrics → President of Medical Staff & Chair Pediatrics, 2023
On filings since 2021
47 hrs/week
$364K (2021) → $368K (2024)
Mark Wulkan MD
Department Chair Surgery-
Chair of Surgery → Department Chair Surgery, 2023
Department Chair Surgery → Department Chair Surgery-, 2024
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$1M (2021) → $945K (2024)
Timothy M. Burke
Director & Chair Finance Committee
Director → Director & Vice Chair Finance Committee, 2021
Director & Vice Chair Finance Committee → Director & Chair Finance Committee, 2022
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Virginia C. Addicott
Chair of Board of Directors
Director → Chair of Board of Directors, 2022
On filings since 2020
14 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Stewart MD
Director Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief Cardiothoracic Surgery → Director Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$963K (2020) → $1M (2024)
Tsulee Chen MD
Director Neurosurgery
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery → Neurosurgeon, 2022
Neurosurgeon → Director Neurosurgery, 2023
On filings since 2020
49 hrs/week
$957K (2020) → $1.1M (2024)
Anjay Khandelwal
Director Burn Surgery
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$1.1M (2023) → $1.2M (2024)
Glen L. Stephens
Director -
Director → Director -, 2024
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kara Lewis
Director
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrick M. Covey
Director
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul N. Catania
Director
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard S. Rogers
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert J. Wells
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Virginia C. Drosos
Director -
Director → Director -, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Kelleher
Director
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barbara J. Varley
Director
On filings since 2021
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Darren R. Wells
Director -
Director → Director -, 2024
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John F. Mayer
Director
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Montrella S. Jackson
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joan Lauck
Director -
Director → Director -, 2024
On filings since 2022
13 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lewis Macklin
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa M. Bandwen
Director -
Secretary → Director, 2023
Director → Director -, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Denise Schaffner
Director
On filings since 2023
14 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Jeffries
Director
On filings since 2023
14 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jodi Vrabec
Director
New on the 2024 filing
14 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Gingo
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Oelschlager
Director
New on the 2024 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Davis
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan McMains
Director
New on the 2024 filing
14 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tucker Marshall
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Aurilio
Chief Operating Officer
On filings since 2020
49 hrs/week
$689K (2020) → $1.1M (2024)
Michael Bigham MD
Chief Quality Officer
On filings since 2020
48 hrs/week
$483K (2020) → $778K (2024)
Rhonda Larimore
Chief Human Resources Officer
Chief of Human Resources → Chief Human Resources Officer, 2022
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$404K (2020) → $683K (2024)
Robert McGregor MD
Chief Medical Officer -
Director & Chief Medical Officer → Chief Medical Officer, 2023
Chief Medical Officer → Chief Medical Officer -, 2024
On filings since 2020
48 hrs/week
$679K (2020) → $767K (2024)
Shawn Lyden
Chief Strategy Officer -
Chief Strategy Officer → Chief Strategy Officer -, 2024
On filings since 2020
48 hrs/week
$763K (2020) → $1.6M (2024)
Todd Ritzman MD
Surgeon in Chief
Chairman & Dept of Ortho → Surgeon in Chief, 2024
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$887K (2020) → $1.1M (2024)
Gordon Edwards
Bod, Officer-Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
CFO & Treasurer - → Bod, Officer-Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2022
45 hrs/week
$220K (2022) → $884K (2024)
Katherine Wolfe MD
Chief Material Fetail Med Svs
Chief Material Fetal Med Svs → Chief Material Fetail Med Svs, 2023
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$1.1M (2022) → $1.1M (2024)
Kerwyn Jones
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$636K (2023) → $668K (2024)
Kimberly Moses
Chief Legal Officer
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$87K (2023) → $450K (2024)
Richard Lou
Burn Surgeon
New on the 2024 filing
50 hrs/week
$1M (2024)
Tarun Bhalla MD
Chief Clinical Officer
New on the 2024 filing
49 hrs/week
$792K (2024)
Suzanne Locke
Secretary -
Secretary → Secretary -, 2024
On filings since 2020
13 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (37)
- Former: Anthea Daniels (2020–2023) — Bod & Officer Assistant Secretaryand Chief Legal Officer
- Former: John C. Orr (2020–2023) — Director -
- Former: Margaret L. Stalter (2020–2023) — Director -
- Former: Paul M. Dutton (2020–2023) — Director -
- Former: Robert C. Berk (2020–2023) — Director -
- Former: Stephen E. Myers (2020–2023) — Director -
- Former: Tammy Gersman (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: William M. Hopkins (2020–2023) — Director -
- Former: Abdelaziz Saleh MD (2021–2023) — Perinatologist
- Former: Michelle M. Luecke (2021–2023) — Director -
- Former: Shelley Taylor (2021–2023) — Director -
- Former: Grace Wakulchik (2020–2022) — Former President
- Former: Harun Rashid (2020–2022) — Chief Information Officer
- Former: Jodi Regan MD (2020–2022) — Perinatologist
- Former: Michael Forbes MD (2020–2022) — Interim Chair of Pediatrics
- Former: William Considine (2020–2022) — CEO Emeritus
- Former: Alicia Lamancusa (2021–2022) — Treasurer -
- Former: Chrstine Young (2021–2022) — Chief Nursing Officer
- Former: Craig McGhee (2021–2022) — Chief Non Hospital Svs Officer
- Former: Bernett Williams (2022) — Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
- Former: Kristene Grayem (2022) — Chief Population Health Officer
- Former: Michele Brown (2022) — Chief Development Officer
- Former: Greg McDermott (2020–2021) — Director -
- Former: Joanne Felden (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: John Crow MD (2020–2021) — Assistant Chief Medical Officer
- Former: Sarah Rossi (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Spencer Kowal (2020–2021) — CFO & Treasurer -
- Former: Peg Stalter (2021) — Director
- Former: Anton Milo MD (2020) — Division of Ent Director
- Former: Brian Wagner (2020) — Director
- Former: Dale Koblenzer (2020) — Director
- Former: Duane Isham (2020) — Director
- Former: Elaine Russell Reolfi (2020) — Director
- Former: Elinore Marsh Stormer (2020) — Director
- Former: Norman Christopher MD (2020) — Chairman Dept of Peds
- Former: Philip Maynard (2020) — Director
- Former: William Wooldredge (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $1.6M, to Shawn Lyden (Chief Strategy Officer - Part Year). 18 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Contact
Mailing address: 1 Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44308
Phone: (330) 543-8171
Website: https://akronchildrens.org
Frequently asked questions about Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
How much does Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron give each year?
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron gave $652K across 27 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $508K across 31 grants.
What is Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron's typical grant size?
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron's median grant in 2024 was $10,000, and its average grant was $24,167, across 27 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990.
Where does Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron give grants?
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron gives mostly in Ohio: 93% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Akron, OH (11 grants) and Youngstown, OH (5 grants).
Does Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron give general operating support?
Yes: 96% of Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron's 2024 grants with a stated purpose (26 of 27) were for general or operating support, per its 2024 IRS Form 990.
Who are Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron's largest grantees?
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron's largest 2024 grantees include Akron Baseball LLC ($351,000), Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber ($34,430) and Covelli Centre ($30,000), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. Together they received 64% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.
How large is Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron?
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron reported $2.5B in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.5B.
What does Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron fund?
The organization’s stated mission is “to improve the health of children, teenagers and young adults through excellence in patient care, education, research, advocacy and community partnerships.” See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron?
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check akronchildrens.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron's EIN?
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 34-0714357. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
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