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Not-for-profit status

not-for-profit statusCook Children's status as a not-for-profit organization allows us the freedom to focus on providing exceptional care, instead of improving the bottom line.

For example:

  • In fiscal year 2009, Cook Children’s spent more than $80 million in community benefit projects — far more than we would pay in taxes if we were a for-profit entity.
  • We have opened five Neighborhood Clinics to provide a medical home to underserved children.
  • Cook Children’s leads Safe Kids Tarrant County, a collaborative effort of various organizations that works to prevent childhood injuries.
  • We launched two oral health initiatives – the Oral health Coalition and Save a Smile campaign, both of which bring needed dental care to underserved and vulnerable populations.
  • Cook Children’s has collaborated with other organizations to help the considerable homeless population in our area. Through innovative new efforts, we are providing vital medical care to the most vulnerable of all children.
  • We conducted the Community-wide Children’s Health and Planning Survey (CCHAPS), a unique and comprehensive study of the state of children's health care in the six-county area we serve. CCHAPS will be an invaluable tool for our community partners and local and state policymakers in the years to come.
  • We’ve established The Center for Children’s Health to provide the infrastructure to help us sustain our Community-wide Children’s Health Assessment & Planning Survey (CCHAPS) and the resulting initiatives born from the data. Through CCHAPS, we’ve identified seven child health issues: abuse, access to care, asthma, dental health, mental health, obesity and safety. In response, we are teaming up with others within our six-county service area to develop targeted plans of action to tackle these issues.