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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 7 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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
$9,921,628 changed to $2,081,099
Total expenses
$9,189,313 changed to $2,761,208
Contributions and grants received
$4,409,912 changed to $835,063
Grants paid
$242,600 changed to $119,000
Program service revenue
$4,670,797 changed to $1,121,707
Investment income
$381,104 changed to $108,910
Other revenue
$459,815 changed to $15,419
Total assets, end of year
$17,829,127 changed to $17,878,432
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,860,325 changed to $2,741,739
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,968,802 changed to $15,136,693
Program services expenses
$7,049,320 changed to $2,069,234
Management and general expenses
$1,477,325 changed to $508,149
Fundraising expenses
$662,668 changed to $183,825
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,049,320 changed to $2,069,234

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Andrew Brady
  • Anita Odom
  • Antoinette Laskey
  • Brian D Chilton
  • Elizabeth Solhtalab
  • Karen Guskin
  • Kathleen Strader
  • Kathryn Cortright
  • Tom Carhart
  • William Boltz

Listed only on the later return

  • Andy Brady
  • Thomas Carhart
  • Toni Laskey
  • William D Boltz

Listed under a different title

  • Bernardo Wolfson: GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING then GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Totals

Total revenue
$2,081,099
Total expenses
$2,761,208
Contributions and grants received
$835,063
Grants paid
$119,000
Program service revenue
$1,121,707
Investment income
$108,910
Other revenue
$15,419
Total assets, end of year
$17,878,432
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,741,739
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,136,693
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,069,234
Management and general expenses
$508,149
Fundraising expenses
$183,825
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,069,234

Program services were 74.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $29,322

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $280,893

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $524,848

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $621,987 · related or exempt $621,987

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TRAINING FEES

    total $411,220 · related or exempt $411,220

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PEER ACCREDITATION

    total $88,500 · related or exempt $88,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $96,910 · excluded $96,910

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $12,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $12,000 · excluded $12,000

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $16,773

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,020

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $11,753 · excluded $11,753

  • 11a · Other revenue: HONORARIA

    total $3,550 · excluded $3,550

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $116 · excluded $116

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,666

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $119,000 · program services $119,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $287,841 · program services $213,002 · management and general $48,933 · fundraising $25,906

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,304,787 · program services $966,332 · management and general $219,997 · fundraising $118,458

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $100,716 · program services $74,601 · management and general $16,959 · fundraising $9,156

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $122,005 · program services $90,346 · management and general $20,598 · fundraising $11,061

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $8,958 · management and general $8,958

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $216,448 · program services $116,980 · management and general $99,034 · fundraising $434

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $137,185 · program services $137,185

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $127,895 · program services $73,791 · management and general $37,329 · fundraising $16,775

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,965 · program services $6,356 · management and general $983 · fundraising $626

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,098 · program services $32,098

  • 17 · Travel

    total $153,010 · program services $137,173 · management and general $15,758 · fundraising $79

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,752 · program services $4,824 · fundraising $928

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,458 · program services $26,585 · management and general $2,471 · fundraising $402

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,178 · program services $33,178

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $37,783 · program services $37,783

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSS EXPENSE

    total $37,129 · management and general $37,129

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,321,579 · end of year $2,804,349

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,795,801 · end of year $2,795,242

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $269,506 · end of year $304,828

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,369,282 · end of year $1,079,688

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $148,866 · end of year $165,046

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $629,617

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $476,733

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $177,361 · end of year $152,884

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,442,779 · end of year $9,314,485

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,333 · end of year $2,500

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,300,620 · end of year $1,259,410

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $221,579 · end of year $666,617

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $221,218 · end of year $685,652

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,417,528 · end of year $1,389,470

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,999,845 · end of year $7,372,995

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,968,957 · end of year $7,763,698

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA'S (PCA AMERICA) MISSION IS TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT BEFORE IT OCCURS. SINCE 1972, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED, PROMOTED AND SCALED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES PROVEN BY SCIENCE THAT ENABLE KIDS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE. THEY TACKLE THIS ISSUE THROUGH THREE MAIN APPROACHES: INTERVENTION, ADVOCACY, AND RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT BEFORE IT OCCURS

  • PREVENTION PROGRAMS -HEALTHY FAMILIES AMERICA IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING MODEL LED BY PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA. BY SUPPORTING PARENTS IN THE HOME, HEALTHY FAMILIES AMERICA BUILDS A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR SAFE, NURTURING, AND TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CAREGIVER AND CHILD THAT MAXIMIZES OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND ENJOY LIFELONG SUCCESS. HFA HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE SCHOOL READINESS, REDUCE CHILD MALTREATMENT AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND IMPROVE FAMILY ECONOMIC STABILITY, AMONG OTHER POSITIVE OUTCOMES.

    Expenses $1,021,289 · Revenue $1,085,282

  • PREVENTION RESEARCH. RESEARCH INFORMS ALL THE WORK WE DO AT PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA. OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS WORK ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT OUR PREVENTION STRATEGIES ARE GUIDED BY THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA AND EVIDENCE. THEY ALSO TRANSLATE RESEARCH FINDINGS FOR PRACTICE AND POLICY AUDIENCES, ELEVATING LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIELD AND ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WORKS, AND SUPPORT OUR NETWORK OF STATE CHAPTERS THROUGH GRANTS TO STUDY INNOVATION IN CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION. ADDITIONALLY, PCAA'S RESEARCH TEAM LEADS PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE OUR SIGNATURE HOME VISITING PROGRAM, HEALTHY FAMILIES AMERICA (HFA). CURRENTLY, THEY ARE WORKING TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY TO COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND DRIVE CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THE HFA MODEL.

    Expenses $225,143

  • PREVENTION EDUCATION AND AWARENESS: GREAT COMMUNICATIONS CAN CHANGE LIVES. AT PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA, WE COMMUNICATE VIA A WIDE RANGE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS TO HELP ENSURE THE SAFE, STABLE, AND NURTURING RELATIONSHIPS AND ENVIRONMENTS THAT ENABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THRIVE.

    Expenses $275,595

  • STRATEGY ACTIVITIES: AT PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA, WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE AND PROSPER. PCAA EMBARKED ON A COMPREHENSIVE, ADAPTIVE STRATEGY PROCESS IN 2022 TO SET A VISION FOR THE CREATION OF A PRIMARY PREVENTION ECOSYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES THAT BUILDS THE WELLBEING OF OUR NATION'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THEY DEVELOPED A BOLD THEORY OF CHANGE A COMPREHENSIVE, EVIDENCED-BASED, AND BOLD PREVENTION FRAMEWORK THAT CAN GUIDE NOT ONLY THE WORK OF PCA AMERICA, BUT ALSO THE BROADER PREVENTION FIELD AND POLICY MAKERS INTO THE FUTURE. THE FRAMEWORK IS GROUNDED IN THE PRIMARY PREVENTION AND SYSTEMS CHANGE LITERATURE AND WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A SERIES OF DESIGN SESSIONS, INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYS THAT ENGAGED NEARLY 1700 INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES.

    Expenses $333,316 · Grants $119,000

  • PREVENTION ADVOCACY. THE PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM AT PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA OPERATES ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO MOBILIZE NONPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL POLICIES AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO HELP FACILITATE EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS, TOO. WHEN COMMUNITIES, POLICYMAKERS, AND RESOURCES ARE INVESTED IN PREVENTION STRATEGIES, WE CAN BEGIN TO ENVISION A WORLD WHERE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES FROM CHILD MALTREATMENT WILL BE NONEXISTENT.

    Expenses $128,497

  • CHAPTER ACTIVITIES: THE PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA (PCA AMERICA) NATIONWIDE STATE CHAPTER NETWORK RANGES FROM INDEPENDENT 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO AGENCIES THAT OPERATE UNDER UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HOSPITALS, AND UNIVERSITIES. CHAPTERS CONTRIBUTE INVALUABLY TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTION EFFORTS, PROVIDING STATE-LEVEL EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES AND ULTIMATELY AMPLIFYING OUR WORK WIDELY IN COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE. THEY WORK IN TANDEM WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DELIVER VALUABLE DAY-TO-DAY PREVENTION WORK, INCLUDING THE FORMULATION OF INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, RAISING AWARENESS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND ADVOCATING WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    Expenses $85,394 · Revenue $36,425

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Axelrod

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bruce Perry

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Stockton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jodi Scheurenbrand

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Melissa Merrick

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $83,722
    From this org
    $74,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,237
    Hours/week
    45
  • William D Boltz

    RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clinton Boyd

    PROGRAMS & RESEARCH CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maura Somers Dughi

    CHAPTERS & PUBLIC POLICY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernardo Wolfson

    GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Ban

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynnwood Bibbens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Brady

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Carhart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Dang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Duncan-Andrade

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Habeebah Grimes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carley Kramer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Laraque-Arena

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Toni Laskey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lolita McDavid

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Merchant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Moore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramya Parekh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Rotondi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kalen Thornton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Walch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marilyn Zimmerman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Lubben

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $58,622
    From this org
    $49,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,547
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Jones

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $49,591
    From this org
    $44,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,829
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kelly Christopher

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $49,902
    From this org
    $40,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,595
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeffry B Klika

    CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $45,998
    From this org
    $40,815
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,183
    Hours/week
    40

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
PCAA PAID FOR HEALTH CLUB DUES FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S EMPLOYEES. THIS BENEFIT WAS TAXABLE.
PART I, LINE 3
CEO COMPENSATION WAS ESTABLISHED BASED ON A COMPARISON OF CEO COMPENSATION AT ORGANIZATIONS WITH COMPARABLE MISSION AND/OR SIZE.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513199349300101

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