Manning Family Children's

What Manning Family Children's does

Manning Family Children's is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) freestanding children's hospital headquartered at 200 Henry Clay Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the pediatric anchor of the LCMC Health system. Founded in 1955 as Children's Hospital New Orleans and rebranded to its current name in 2026, the hospital operates as a Level I Trauma Center and Level IV NICU and is the only facility in Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast with a da Vinci Surgical System dedicated solely to pediatric care. It serves as the regional referral center for pediatric specialty care across Louisiana and the Gulf South, treating tens of thousands of children annually through a main inpatient campus and a network of 24+ outpatient specialty and primary-care satellites stretching from Metairie to Biloxi.

The clinical platform spans ten-plus core service lines — behavioral health, emergency/trauma, heart center (including cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, and ECMO), hematology/oncology with hematopoietic stem cell transplant, neonatal intensive care, neurosciences, orthopedics, pediatric surgery, transplant services, and urology — augmented by specialty clinics in vascular anomalies, wound care, burn care, cochlear implants, diabetes, and sickle cell disease. The hospital is a member of the Children's Oncology Group, giving patients access to clinical trials, and in June 2026 became the first site in the Gulf South to administer Casgevy CRISPR gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease. Family-support infrastructure includes on-campus Ronald McDonald House (22 suites, opened December 2022) and Hogs for the Cause Family Center (13 suites, opened October 2018).

Revenue is generated primarily through patient care services billed to insurance providers and Medicaid, supplemented by philanthropic donations and annual fundraising events such as the Sugarplum Ball (over $11 million cumulative since 1981). The organization is undertaking a $300 million campus transformation — the largest capital campaign in its history — adding 235,000 square feet of clinical space, expanding the NICU from 35 to 60 beds, and developing new capacity in cardiac ICU, cancer care, surgery, emergency/trauma, and behavioral health. A January 2026 Medical Legal Partnership with Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (W.K. Kellogg Foundation-funded) represents an emerging social-determinants-of-health service line.

Name

Manning Family Children's

Legal name

Manning Family Children's

Website

https://manningchildrens.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Manning Family Children's is a nonprofit freestanding children's hospital in New Orleans and the pediatric hub of the LCMC Health system, operating a Level I Trauma Center, Level IV NICU, and 24+ regional specialty care locations serving children across Louisiana and the Gulf South.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Hospital Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems (HLAFAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Pediatric Direct-to-Consumer Virtual Care (HLALAAAI)

Keywords

• Pediatric hospital services
• Children's specialty care
• Neonatal intensive care
• Pediatric trauma services
• Pediatric oncology treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: As a nonprofit hospital, Manning Family Children's generates primary revenue through comprehensive pediatric healthcare services billed to patients and insurance providers including Medicaid.
2. Donations and Philanthropy: Charitable donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations support hospital programs, equipment purchases, and patient-family assistance.
3. Special Events: Annual fundraising events including Sugarplum Ball, Boo at the Zoo, and Holiday Parade generate significant donations.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Manning Family Children's is a nonprofit pediatric hospital that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical care for children from birth through young adulthood. Services span emergency/trauma care, cardiac care, hematology/oncology with transplant, neonatal intensive care, neurosciences, orthopedics, surgery, urology, behavioral health, and primary care. It is the first and largest free-standing children's hospital in Louisiana and operates as a Level I Trauma Center with a Level IV NICU.

Product overview

Manning Family Children's is a comprehensive pediatric healthcare system offering a unified platform of clinical services spanning general pediatric care to highly specialized treatments. The core portfolio includes Behavioral Health, Emergency/Trauma Care, Heart Center, Hematology & Oncology (with transplant services), Neonatal ICU, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Pediatric Surgery, Transplant Services, and Urology. Supporting these are specialty services such as Vascular Anomalies Clinic, Wound Care, Burn Care, Diabetes Center, Cochlear Implant Center, and the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Program (now offering Casgevy CRISPR therapy). The organization operates enabling services including Child Life & Creative Therapies, Clinical Trials (via Children's Oncology Group), and Virtual Care telehealth. Family support infrastructure includes Ronald McDonald House and Hogs for the Cause Family Center accommodations. The hospital is undergoing a $300 million capital transformation campaign (Extraordinary Together) including NICU expansion. Technology offerings include Da Vinci robotic surgery (only pediatric-dedicated system in Louisiana/Gulf Coast).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Behavioral Health Services

Quantifiable outcome

• First person in Gulf South functionally cured of sickle cell disease using Casgevy CRISPR gene-editing therapy
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ronald McDonald House Charities of South LouisianacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide on-campus family housing for families traveling from outside New Orleans. Ronald McDonald House opened on Manning Family Children's campus in December 2022, 47% larger than previous location. Offers 22 family suites with game room, playroom, library, community spaces, 64-person dining room, outdoor barbecue space, free accommodations, volunteer-provided meals, transportation, and food pantry.
• Hogs for the CausecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit organization that hosts annual music and food festival to raise money for pediatric brain cancer care. Established Hogs for the Cause Fund at the hospital in 2013 to support families with children with all types of cancer. Partnership includes Hogs for the Cause Family Center opened October 2018 with 13 family suites for on-campus housing.
• Loyola University New Orleans College of LawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical Legal Partnership integrating legal services into pediatric healthcare settings. Loyola's Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic provides civil legal services to address legal issues affecting family stability and health outcomes. MLP began serving families in January 2025 at no cost to eligible families, funded by W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant.
• Harvard Law School Access to Justice LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducting randomized control study to evaluate whether families receiving holistic legal services can avoid unnecessary child welfare system involvement.
• RTA (New Orleans Public Transit)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic transportation partnership providing bus routes directly to hospital (Routes 11 and 32). Opportunity Pass program offering free rides for youth ages 16-24.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nationwide Children's Hospital: Large free-standing children's hospital with comprehensive pediatric specialty care and behavioral health, a model analog for Manning Family Children's.
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Major academic children's hospital comparable in service breadth, research/clinical trials, and pediatric subspecialty depth.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Top-ranked pediatric hospital delivering the same comprehensive specialty, surgical, and advanced-therapy care at national scale.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): Leading national children's hospital offering the same full range of pediatric specialty care, transplant, and gene-therapy programs at greater scale.

Regional players

• Ochsner Hospital for Children: Pediatric arm of Louisiana's largest health system, directly competing for children's specialty and inpatient care in the same New Orleans / Gulf South market.
• Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital: Free-standing children's hospital in Baton Rouge serving overlapping Louisiana pediatric populations with similar trauma, NICU, and specialty services.

Direct peers

• Arkansas Children's: Regional free-standing pediatric health system covering a neighboring state with comparable comprehensive children's specialty and trauma care model.
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Free-standing nonprofit children's hospital with comparable Level I trauma, NICU, oncology and gene-therapy offerings serving a regional pediatric population.
• Texas Children's Hospital: Large free-standing children's hospital system with the same comprehensive pediatric specialty, NICU, surgery and research model, serving the broader Gulf region.

Others

• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Pediatric research/treatment hospital in the Mid-South focused on catastrophic diseases; adjacent referral peer for advanced hematology-oncology and gene therapy cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/manfamchildrens
• Facebookfacebook.com/manningchildrens
• Instagraminstagram.com/manningchildrens
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/manning-family-childrens

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries25 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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