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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$23,484,456 changed to $20,163,089
Total expenses
$34,275,209 changed to $33,491,875
Contributions and grants received
$18,140,519 changed to $15,017,044
Grants paid
$3,643,234 changed to $3,528,440
Program services expenses
$21,329,681 changed to $23,510,273
Management and general expenses
$4,986,629 changed to $7,594,542
Fundraising expenses
$7,958,899 changed to $2,387,060
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,329,681 changed to $23,510,273

Totals

Total revenue
$20,163,089
Total expenses
$33,491,875
Contributions and grants received
$15,017,044
Grants paid
$3,528,440
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$23,510,273
Management and general expenses
$7,594,542
Fundraising expenses
$2,387,060
Program service expenses (Part III)
$23,510,273

Program services were 70.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARTIN RODGERS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAN BENTSEN

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ZACHARY BOYERS

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAPHONZA BUTLER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MALAAK COMPTON-ROCK

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL BIONDI

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DON DARIUS BUTLER

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH COGUT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH JEWELL-SHERMAN

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DD EISENBERG

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARMEN ROJAS

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STARSKY WILSON

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $335,200
    From this org
    $325,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,750
    Hours/week
    35 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $325,450
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $325,450

  • MARIAN EDELMAN

    PRESIDENT EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $120,788
    From this org
    $120,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24
    Hours/week
    35 + 2 related

  • SHERI BRADY

    VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGY AND PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $206,690
    From this org
    $200,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,000
    Hours/week
    35 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,690
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $200,690

  • SHAMIR SHAHI

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $30,214
    From this org
    $29,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $877
    Hours/week
    35

  • AUDREY JOHNSON

    VP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $196,990
    From this org
    $191,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,700
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,290
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $191,290

  • RANDY MARSH

    VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $129,523
    From this org
    $125,922
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,601
    Hours/week
    35

  • THOMAS HARVEY

    CALIFORNIA STATE DIRECTOR AND NATIONAL LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $197,287
    From this org
    $189,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,328
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,959
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $189,959

  • KERCENA DOZIER

    NEW YORK STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $171,556
    From this org
    $166,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,988
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,568
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $166,568

  • OLETA FITZGERALD

    DIRECTOR OF SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFC

    Total calculated
    $173,463
    From this org
    $168,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,980
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,483
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,483

  • ROBERT FARRACE

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $160,538
    From this org
    $157,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,674
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,864
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $157,864

  • KRISTAL CLEMONS

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR, CDF FREEDOM SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $161,774
    From this org
    $157,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,526
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,248
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $157,248

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 October 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502919349300100

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