EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

2018 W CLINCH AVE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37916-0000

In care of

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Principal officer (990 for 2024)

MATTHEW SCHAEFER, PO BOX 15010, KNOXVILLE, TN 379015010

Signed the 990

ANDREW ROSENDAHL, VP OF FINANCE AND CFO

Phone

(865) 541-8154

Website

HTTPS://WWW.ETCH.COM

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Mission

EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS A FREE-STANDING, INDEPENDENT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WHICH SERVES THE EAST TENNESSEE REGION. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AS A COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL PEDIATRIC CENTER. OUR VISION IS TAKING CARE OF OUR FUTURE, ONE CHILD AT A TIME.

Program accomplishments

• EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ("ETCH") IS THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL PEDIATRIC CENTER IN EAST TENNESSEE. SINCE 1937, ETCH HAS PROVIDED EXCELLENT PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO 21 YEARS OF AGE. ETCH OFFERS MORE PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALTIES THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN THE REGION, SERVING CHILDREN FROM EAST TENNESSEE, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE SUBSPECIALTIES AVAILABLE AT ETCH INCLUDE: ADOLESCENT MEDICINECHILD ABUSE PEDIATRICS(SUBSPECIALTY LIST CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)DEVELOPMENTAL-BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICSNEONATOLOGYPEDIATRICS/PRIMARY CAREPEDIATRIC ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGYPEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGYPEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY CLINICAL GENETICSPEDIATRIC CRITICAL CAREPEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGYPEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINEPEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGYPEDIATRIC FORENSIC MEDICINEPEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGYPEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGYPEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASEPEDIATRIC INPATIENT MEDICINEPEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CAREPEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGYPEDIATRIC NEUROLOGYPEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERYPEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGYPEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICSPEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGYPEDIATRIC PHYSIATRYPEDIATRIC PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERYPEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGYPEDIATRIC RADIOLOGYPEDIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICESPEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGYPEDIATRIC SLEEP MEDICINEPEDIATRIC SURGERYPEDIATRIC UROLOGYPERINATOLOGYPSYCHOLOGYIN ADDITION, ETCH PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING: MEDICAL/SURGICAL SERVICES:THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS STAFFED WITH BOARD CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC PHYSICIANS, NURSING STAFF, AND DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR ALL TYPES OF EMERGENCIES 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES EVALUATION AND TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS UP TO 21 YEARS OF AGE WITH VARYING LEVELS OF ILLNESS AND INJURY, FROM MINOR TO LIFE THREATENING. THE HOSPITAL'S PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU) PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE, 24-HOUR-A-DAY TREATMENT FOR CRITICALLY ILL AND INJURED CHILDREN. THE PICU IS STAFFED WITH FELLOWSHIP TRAINED, BOARD CERTIFIED, CRITICAL CARE PHYSICIANS AND NURSES SPECIFICALLY TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED IN THE CARE OF CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN. PATIENTS IN THE PICU RECEIVE A HIGH LEVEL OF MONITORING AND/OR TREATMENT UNTIL THEY ARE WELL ENOUGH TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A REGULAR PATIENT ROOM OR DISCHARGED HOME.IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU), TINY AND FRAGILE INFANTS BORN PREMATURELY OR FACING LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES RECEIVE TREATMENT FROM A TEAM OF BOARD-CERTIFIED NEONATOLOGISTS, WITH VALUABLE ASSISTANCE FROM SPECIALLY TRAINED NURSES, RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS, LACTATION CONSULTANTS, AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. THE NICU TREATS MORE THAN 900 NEWBORNS EACH YEAR.AS A REGIONAL REFERRAL CENTER FOR EAST TENNESSEE, ETCH OFFERS NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC TRANSPORT FROM OUTLYING HOSPITALS IN LIFELINE, A MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN THE SAME QUALITY OF CARE DURING TRANSPORT AS PATIENTS RECEIVE IN THE HOSPITAL'S CRITICAL CARE UNITS. LIFELINE CARRIES MORE THAN 1,000 SUPPLIES TO ADMINISTER CARE TO PATIENTS, FROM THE TINIEST PREMATURE INFANT TO AN ADULT-SIZE PEDIATRIC PATIENT, DURING TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL. IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, THE LIFELINE MEDICAL TEAM MAY INCLUDE A NEONATOLOGIST, NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER, PEDIATRIC/NEONATAL RN, RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, AN EMT, A-EMT, AND PARAMEDICS, DEPENDING ON THE CONDITION OF THE PATIENT.ETCH MEETS A WIDE RANGE OF PEDIATRIC SURGICAL NEEDS, FROM COMMON OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES SUCH AS TONSILLECTOMIES TO MORE COMPLICATED PROCEDURES, SUCH AS RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OR NEUROSURGERY. FIVE DEPARTMENTS COMPRISE ETCH'S SURGICAL SERVICES: OPERATING ROOM, PRE/POST SURGERY (OUTPATIENT SURGERY), INPATIENT SURGERY, ANESTHESIA, AND STERILE PROCESSING. THESE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE EACH CHILD'S SURGERY AND RECOVERY IS AS QUICK AND PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE. THE DOCTORS, NURSES, ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND OTHER SURGICAL STAFF ARE TRAINED IN PEDIATRIC MEDICINE. AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, A CHILD MAY NEED TO BE ADMITTED TO ETCH AS AN INPATIENT. DOCTORS AND NURSES CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR AND TREAT INPATIENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. ALONG WITH PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND NURSING CARE, ETCH IS DEDICATED TO MAKING A CHILD'S STAY IN THE HOSPITAL AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE. EACH ROOM HAS A TV WITH ACCESS TO MOVIE CHANNELS, AND PLAY ROOMS ARE LOCATED ON EACH FLOOR. OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS CHILD LIFE, NUTRITION, PASTORAL CARE. REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL WORK PROVIDE FOR THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF THE CHILD. THE RESPIRATORY CARE DEPARTMENT AT ETCH IS STAFFED WITH LICENSED AND ACCREDITED RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS WHOSE ROLES INCLUDE TREATING PATIENTS WITH LUNG AND/OR HEART DISEASES SUCH AS ASTHMA, PNEUMONIA, PREMATURE LUNGS AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS. TREATMENTS PROVIDED BY RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS INCLUDE AEROSOL MEDICATIONS, DELIVERY OF OXYGEN AND OTHER MEDICAL GASES, VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT AND MANY OTHER PROCEDURES. RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS HELP PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL, FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO THE NICU. THEY ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PEDIATRIC TRANSPORT TEAM THAT HELPS BRING SICK AND INJURED CHILDREN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALIZED CARE. EDUCATION IS ALSO A KEY ROLE OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS; THEY TEACH PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HOW TO CARE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS AT HOME. THE PULMONARY FUNCTION LAB, A VITAL PART OF THE RESPIRATORY CARE DEPARTMENT, PERFORMS TESTS TO DIAGNOSE LUNG AND HEART DISEASES. THE DEPARTMENT IS STAFFED BY SPECIALLY TRAINED RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS. SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE SPIROMETRY TESTING, METABOLIC STUDIES, CARDIAC STRESS TESTING, LUNG VOLUMES AND THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS CLINIC. ECHOCARDIOGRAMS ARE PERFORMED IN THE ECHO LAB. PATIENTS IN A VARIETY OF HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS MAY BENEFIT FROM SEDATION DURING SOME PAINFUL TESTS AND PROCEDURES. IN ADDITION, YOUNG CHILDREN MAY NEED SEDATION TO REMAIN STILL DURING LONG TESTS, SUCH AS A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI). TO MEET THESE NEEDS, ETCH OFFERS PEDIATRIC ANALGESIA AND SEDATION SPECIALISTS (PASS). WHILE THE HOSPITAL CANNOT ELIMINATE PAIN FOR SOME CHILDREN, IT IS OUR GOAL TO KEEP PAINFUL OR UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS TO A MINIMUM. PASS IS A DEDICATED SERVICE THAT UTILIZES THE MOST CURRENT SEDATION TECHNIQUES TO HELP CHILDREN UNDERGOING LENGTHY OR PAINFUL PROCEDURES AT ETCH. A MULTISPECIALTY TEAM SEES EACH CHILD, INCLUDING A PEDIATRIC SEDATION PHYSICIAN AND PEDIATRIC NURSES WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY PREPARED TO WORK WITH PEDIATRIC SEDATION. DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES:THE CLINICAL LAB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS: HEMATOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, SEROLOGY AND BLOOD BANK.NEUROLOGY LAB - THE NEUROLOGY LAB OFFERS A VARIETY OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR PATIENTS DEALING WITH SEIZURES, HEARING PROBLEMS, SLEEP DISORDERS AND OTHER CONDITIONS INVOLVING THE BRAIN. THE MOST COMMON TESTS OFFERED IN THE NEUROLOGY LABORATORY ARE THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) FOR CHILDREN HAVING SEIZURES AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND THE BRAINSTEM AUDITORY EVOKED RESPONSE (BAER) HEARING TEST, OFFERED MOST OFTEN TO INFANTS WHO FAIL NEWBORN HEARING SCREENINGS AND TODDLERS WHO ARE SPEECH DELAYED. CHILDREN'S SLEEP MEDICINE CENTER - THE CHILDREN'S SLEEP MEDICINE CENTER OFFERS SLEEP STUDY TESTING FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SLEEP. THE SLEEP STUDIES TAKE PLACE OVERNIGHT, DURING THE CHILD'S REGULAR SLEEP CYCLE, TO FIND THE CAUSE OF PROBLEMS SUCH AS SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING AND PARASOMNIAS (NIGHT TERRORS, SLEEPWALKING). ETCH IS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE AS THE ONLY SLEEP MEDICINE CENTER DEDICATED TO PEDIATRICS IN EAST TENNESSEE.THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SERVES AS AN "IMAGING" CENTER FOR CHILDREN. THESE IMAGES INCLUDE X-RAY, ULTRASOUND, CT SCAN, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, MRI, AND FLUOROSCOPY.
  Expenses $281,188,376 · grants $250,985 · revenue $385,378,735

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

62-6002604

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Hospital or medical research organization

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1952

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Health care (E240)

Assets (IRS master file)

$740,417,732

Income (IRS master file)

$414,860,195

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 62-6002604).

Questions about EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC

What is the EIN of EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC is 62-6002604.

Is EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1952.

Are donations to EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names MATTHEW SCHAEFER.

Who are the officers and directors of EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 40 people; 18 received compensation from the organization, the highest $872,869 (MATT SCHAEFER, BOARD MEMBER/PRESIDENT & CEO).

How much revenue does EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $413,764,965, expenses of $351,919,144 and total assets of $740,417,732 at year end.

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