About Shriners Hospitals for Children

First hospital: 1922, in Shreveport, La.

Headquarters: Tampa, Fla.

Operating budget: $674 million in 2010

Endowment: $6.3 billion at end of 2009

Hospitals: 20 in the U.S., one each in Mexico and Canada

In Minneapolis: 40-bed hospital serves Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, North and South Dakota, parts of Canada

Eligibility: Children under 18