About Cook Children's Medical Center
Knowing every child's life is sacred; Cook Children's Promise: everything for the child — delivering family-centered pediatric care, research and innovation to improve children's health.
Focus Areas
pediatricspediatric researchprecision medicinehematology and oncologyneuro-oncologygastroenterologygeneticsendocrinologypulmonologycardiologyinfectious diseasesorthopedics/surgeryclinical trials
Funding Style
general operating support
About Cook Children's Medical Center
Cook Children's Medical Center's largest recent grants are operational subsidies to Cook Children's Physician Network, including $99,658,309 in 2025 and $92,789,588 in 2024. That pattern shows a funder that is closely tied to the delivery of pediatric care rather than a broad external grantmaker. The foundation's public summary centers on the idea that every child's life is sacred and on a promise to deliver family-centered pediatric care, research, and innovation to improve children's health. Its grant activity is heavily concentrated in Texas, and its recent list includes a small set of recurring community and health-related recipients alongside the physician network. Junior League of Fort Worth received $35,000 in both 2024 and 2025, and Ronald McDonald House in Fort Worth received $10,000 in 2024 and 2025. The presence of repeated awards to the same organizations suggests a short-term, annual funding pattern in some categories, while the largest dollars are directed internally through operations support.
What Cook Children's Medical Center Funds
The foundation's stated focus areas run across pediatric medicine and specialty care, including hematology and oncology, neuro-oncology, gastroenterology, genetics, endocrinology, pulmonology, cardiology, infectious diseases, orthopedics and surgery, and clinical trials. A clear example is the 2025 grant of $7,500 to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Dallas for sponsorship. Community and family support also appears in the grants list. Warm Place in Fort Worth received $25,000 in 2023 for sponsorship, and the Junior League of Fort Worth received $35,000 in 2024 for sponsorship. March of Dimes, based in Atlanta, received $17,500 in 2025 and $10,000 in 2024, both for sponsorship. These awards show that the foundation supports both pediatric health priorities and related community organizations through modest sponsorship grants.
How Cook Children's Medical Center Gives
Typical grants are modest compared with the operational subsidies at the top of the list: the p25 size is $10,000, the median is $16,250, and the p75 is $35,000. The recent record also shows repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, including the physician network, the Junior League of Fort Worth, Ronald McDonald House, March of Dimes, and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. That points to a recurring annual pattern in several grant relationships. The foundation makes grants from a local, Texas-centered platform and does not fund individuals. The listed philosophy tags emphasize general operating support, sponsorship, operational subsidy, and short-term or annual funding.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$110.1M
Total Assets
$3.4B
Total Revenue
$2.3B
Total Expenses
$1.7B
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $35K, with a median of $16K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$16K
75th Percentile
$35K
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Rick W Merrill
CEO
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