Shriners Hospital for Children

The Shrine's official philanthropy is Shriners Hospitals for Children, a network of 22 hospitals that provide expert, no-cost orthopedic and burn care to children under 18 years of age. If you know a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help, contact any of the YOMO Officers listed on the Officers page of this web site.

For over 80 years, Shriners Hospitals for Children have provided some of the best medical care in the world, totally free of charge, to more than 770,000 children with orthopaedic problems, severe burns and spinal cord injuries. Founded in 1922, and today supported by the members of the international Shrine fraternity, this network of pediatric specialty hospitals is located across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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The orthopaedic Shriners Hospitals are dedicated to providing specialized medical and rehabilitative services to children with congenital deformities, problems resulting from orthopaedic injuries, and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Some of the most commonly treated disorders include club foot, limb deficiencies and discrepancies, scoliosis (curvature of the spine), osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), cleft lip and palate, craniofacial abnormalities, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and problems related to spina bifida, cerebral palsy, dwarfism and muscular dystrophy. The orthopaedic hospitals in Chicago, Philadelphia and Sacramento also provide spinal cord injury rehabilitation.  Located in Galveston, Boston, Cincinnati and Sacramento, the burn Shriners Hospitals have been leaders in burn research and treatment since opening in the mid-1960s. Treatment is provided for severe burn injuries and related scarring, along with physical and emotional rehabilitation. This vast experience and knowledge has had far-reaching affects on burn treatment techniques worldwide.

2005 Budget:

Shriners Hospitals’ total budget for 2005 is $625 million, of which $580 million is targeted for operating
expenses (including $28 million for research) and $45 million for buildings and equipment expenditures.
During the 83-year history of Shriners Hospitals, approximately $7 billion has been spent to operate
Shriners Hospitals, and over $1.7 billion has been spent on construction and renovation.

Since the first Shriners Hospital opened in Shreveport, La., in 1922:

• Shriners Hospitals have helped more than 770,000 children

• Shriners Hospitals have spent approximately $6 billion operating their 22 hospitals and over $1.2 billion on construction and renovation for the hospitals.

Since 1922, there have been:

• 9,419,130 Radiology procedures;

• 7,112,840 outpatient, outreach and telemedicine visits;

• 1,254,854 orthotic and prosthetic devices applied;

• 740,945 operations performed; and

• 16,410,800 physical therapy treatments.