Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Boston, MA EIN: 04-2970129

The foundation provides sports related injury and medical services primarily to patients at boston children's hospital and at satellite locations. The foundation was organized exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes. The mission strives to provide comprehensive assessment, treatment, and follow up care to children, adolescents, and young adults with sports-related orthopaedic injuries.

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc gave $4.1M across 5 grants in 2025 (avg $828K), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$4,140,170
+3271.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
5
+25.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$828,034
+2597.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$35,000
Total assets
$51,588,054
-12.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Massachusetts (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 5 recipients in 2025

Boston Children's Hospital: $4.0MBoston Children's Hospital$4.0MBoston Ballet: $49KBoston Ballet$49KThe Skating Club of Boston: $35KThe Skating Club of Boston$35KJacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: $20KJacob's Pillow Dance FestivalInc$20KChildren's Orthopaedic Surgery Foundation Inc: $10KChildren's Orthopaedic SurgeryFoundation Inc$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Boston Children's Hospital ($4.0M). Together the top 5 received $4.1M.

Grant Size Distribution

17 grants across all recorded years

13<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M2$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 13 grants of 17 (76%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 5 itemized grants.

Cities

BostonNorwoodBecketBrighton

How Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving grew 13149% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M2 grants2019 5 grants2020 3 grants2021 2 grants2022 3 grants2023 4 grants2024 5 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $31K (2022) to $4.1M (2025). In 2025 it made 5 grants totaling $4.1M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MAGeneral Support$4,026,000
Boston Ballet Boston, MAGeneral Support$49,170
The Skating Club of Boston Norwood, MAGeneral Support$35,000
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc Becket, MAGeneral Support$20,000
Children's Orthopaedic Surgery Foundation Inc Boston, MAGeneral Support$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$51,588,054$44,493,692$45,973,924$4,140,1705$50
2024$58,750,454$40,573,726$40,037,453$122,7944$19,552
2023$53,575,173$34,246,935$36,050,180$1,943,6033$40,188
2022$49,523,391$32,304,814$31,519,049$31,2502$8,318
2021$54,618,061$30,327,152$27,566,933$284,3343$3,736
2020$41,075,553$24,732,867$25,202,774$583,0235$8,339
2019$39,569,164$29,711,580$28,436,127$123,4292$55,687

About Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Boston, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $51.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 5 grants totaling $4.1M. Net investment income was $50.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc is led by Mininder S. Kocher MD, President on every filing since 2019; 9 of 11 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mininder S. Kocher MD

    President

    On filings since 2019

    55 hrs/week

    $1.8M (2019) → $2.5M (2025)

  • Andrea Straccolini MD

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    60 hrs/week

    $639K (2019) → $726K (2025)

  • Benton E. Heyworth MD

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    60 hrs/week

    $1.5M (2019) → $1.7M (2025)

  • Bridget Quinn MD

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $171K (2019) → $312K (2025)

  • Dennis E. Kramer MD

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    60 hrs/week

    $1.1M (2019) → $1.4M (2025)

  • Lyle J. Micheli MD

    Director

    President → Director, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $1.8M (2019) → $652K (2025)

  • Martha M. Murray MD

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    6 hrs/week

    $632K (2019) → $909K (2025)

  • Melissa Christino MD

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    55 hrs/week

    $442K (2020) → $693K (2025)

  • Physicians ORG AT CH INC

    Institutional Trustee

    Independent Board Member → Institutional Trustee, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William J. Meehan III MD

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    55 hrs/week

    $451K (2019) → $667K (2025)

  • Cristina C. Murphy

    Clerk

    On filings since 2019

    30 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (14)
  • Former: Cynthia Stein MD (2019–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Kathryn E Ackerman MD (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Pierre A d'Hemecourt MD (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Yi-Meng Yen MD (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Peter M Waters MD (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Donald S Bae MD (2021) — Director
  • Former: Ellen Geminiani MD (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Gianmichel Corrado MD (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jill Muise (2019–2020) — Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Matthew D Milewski MD (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Michael Beasley MD (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Michael O'Brien MD (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Thanh Dinh DPM (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Vorderer DPM (2019–2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Mininder S Kocher MD — President: $2.5MMininder S Kocher MDPresident$2.5MBenton E Heyworth MD — Director: $1.7MBenton E Heyworth MDDirector$1.7MDennis E Kramer MD — Director: $1.4MDennis E Kramer MDDirector$1.4MMartha M Murray MD — Director: $909KMartha M Murray MDDirector$909KAndrea Straccolini MD — Director: $726KAndrea Straccolini MDDirector$726KMelissa Christino MD — Director: $693KMelissa Christino MDDirector$693KWilliam J Meehan III MD — Treasurer: $667KWilliam J Meehan III MDTreasurer$667KLyle J Micheli MD — Director: $652KLyle J Micheli MDDirector$652KBridget Quinn MD — Director: $312KBridget Quinn MDDirector$312K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $2.5M, to Mininder S Kocher MD (President). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc

How much does Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc give each year?

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc gave $4.1M across 5 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $123K across 4 grants.

What is Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc's typical grant size?

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $35,000, and its average grant was $828,034, across 5 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc give grants?

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc gives mostly in Massachusetts: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (3 grants).

Does Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc give general operating support?

Yes: 100% of Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (5 of 5) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Who are Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Boston Children's Hospital ($4,026,000), Boston Ballet ($49,170) and The Skating Club of Boston ($35,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 99% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc?

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc reported $51.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $44.5M.

What is Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc's EIN?

Children's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2970129. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 12, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 2, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 7, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 2, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 30, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 13, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 31, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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