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← CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,995,349
Total expenses
$34,918,824
Contributions and grants received
$19,359,115
Grants paid
$7,061,812
Program service revenue
$3,909,075
Investment income
$805,651
Other revenue
-$78,492
Total assets, end of year
$40,067,480
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,389,199
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$27,678,281
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,554,069
Management and general expenses
$7,140,215
Fundraising expenses
$2,224,540
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,554,069

Program services were 73.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • STARSKY WILSON

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $377,061
    From this org
    $366,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,350
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $366,711
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $377,061

  • SHERI BRADY

    VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGY & PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $207,192
    From this org
    $200,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,450
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,742
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $207,192

  • CHERYL COOK-POSLEY

    NATL DIR, MVMT BUILDING & PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $160,016
    From this org
    $160,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,016
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,016

  • OLETA FITZGERALD

    DIRECTOR OF SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $160,607
    From this org
    $155,443
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,164
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,443
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,164
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,607

  • KATHLEEN FLYNN

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,463
    From this org
    $143,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,585
    Hours/week
    35

  • KRISTAL CLEMONS

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR FREEDOM SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $142,312
    From this org
    $137,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,670
    Hours/week
    35

  • ALTA RIGGS

    CONTROLLER TO OCTOBER 2024

    Total calculated
    $141,445
    From this org
    $137,349
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,096
    Hours/week
    35

  • SHAQUITE PEGUES

    MANAGING DIRECTOR FREEDOM SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $139,939
    From this org
    $135,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,046
    Hours/week
    35

  • MARIAN EDELMAN

    PRESIDENT EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $115,150
    From this org
    $115,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24
    Hours/week
    35

  • DON DARIUS BUTLER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DEBORAH JEWELL-SHERMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTIN RODGERS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ZACHARY BOYERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM CLAY GRUBB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MALAAK COMPTON-ROCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543159349303449

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