because of you, 2024 was a milestone year

Incredible. Extraordinary. Transformative. These are just a few words that not only sum up how amazing 2024 was, but also your profound impact on the Children’s Health℠ mission to make life better for children.

Together, we achieved some huge milestones last year. Thanks to you, more than $220 million in philanthropic gifts were committed to this mission — the most ever raised in one year in the history of Children’s Health. In partnership with UT Southwestern, we made a game-changing announcement of a new $5 billion pediatric campus that will transform the pediatric landscape in North Texas for generations to come and replace the current Children’s Medical Center Dallas. In support of this new Dallas pediatric campus, we announced the largest donation in our history, a $100 million gift from the Pogue family. And then last fall, we broke ground on the campus encompassing more than 4.7 million square feet of construction and announced another $100 million gift from The Rees-Jones Foundation. This is the only nonprofit capital project in Texas ever to receive multiple nine-figure gifts. Now that’s incredible!

A little further north, construction was completed at Children’s Medical Center Plano and we officially opened the doors to the new 400,000 square foot tower expansion to serve the growing pediatric population in Plano and beyond. Generous donors contributed more than $19 million to that expansion and renovation, including the second largest gift ever for Children’s Medical Center Plano from the Andrea-Mennen Family Foundation. This support from the community is nothing short of extraordinary.

Throughout 2024, gifts of all sizes supported not only these capital projects, but they fueled our supply of mission funds to meet the greatest needs across our health system. Woven throughout this 2024 Annual Report, you’ll meet some of the donors who helped make these achievements possible, plus our Children’s Health team members and volunteers who go above and beyond. You’ll also read stories about our resilient patients and families who inspire us all to do the incredible every day.

It was a transformative year. Thank you for helping us make the impossible possible!