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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: May 2026 Expires: May 2028

Kosair for Kids

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(502) 637-7696
982 Eastern Pkwy
Louisville, KY, 40217
https://www.kosair.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Kosair for Kids meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

In regard to Standard 10, BBB has determined that Kosair Charities meets this standard even though the organization's unrestricted net assets available for use are more than three times the size of its past year’s expenses. To ensure prudent management of its investments, Kosair's investment committee has established a 6% spending rate of the fair market value of investments, so as to protect the long-term viability of its endowment.

Stated Purpose:
Kosair for Kids enhances the health and well-being of children by delivering financial support for healthcare, research, education, social services, and child advocacy.

Year, State Incorporated:
1923, KY

Also Known As:
Kosair Charities

Programs and services include, but are not limited to, medical education, clinical study, publication of papers and articles, teaching the knowledge of chronic diseases and physical disabilities of children and the application of such knowledge to the prevention and treatment of such conditions. Kosair for Kids also provides services, counseling, and advice in connection with the care and treatment of children, to promote and provide scientific research in the pediatric field of medicine and to provide for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Direct and indirect public support in the form of contributions, bequests, and gifts are added to an endowment fund, the earnings of which are used to achieve stated purposes.

For the year ended September 30, 2025, Kosair for Kids's program expenses were:

Children services and other grants $21,985,410
Total Program Expenses $21,985,410

Chief Executive
Barry Dunn, President & CEO

Chair of the Board
Kenneth Reiss

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired

Board Size
25

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Telephone appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Membership appeals, Other

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Kosair for Kids's audited financial statements - consolidated for the year ended September 30, 2025.

Source of Funds
Net gain on investments $41,725,341
Interest and dividends from investments, net of fees $5,590,441
Legacies and bequests $2,496,407
Change in value of investments held in trust by others $2,289,725
Contributions of cash and other financial items $1,804,886
Program service revenues $1,386,346
Special events, net $878,748
Contributions of nonfinancial assets $272,860
Other income $108,156
Total Income $56,552,910

Programs: 95% Fundraising: 1% Administrative: 4%

Total Income $56,552,910
Total expenses: $23,121,869
  Program expenses $21,985,410
  Fundraising expenses $273,181
  Administrative expenses $863,278
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $33,431,041
Beginning Net Assets $327,020,339
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $360,451,380
Total Liabilities $22,114,810
Total Assets $382,566,190
Ending net assets as reported above include $127,440,033 without donor restrictions and $233,011,347 with donor restrictions. 

Total assets as reported above include $6,894,573 in property and equipment, net.

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BBB serving Greater Kentucky and South Central Indiana