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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHILDREN NOW ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$225,100
Total expenses
$113,660
Contributions and grants received
$225,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$100
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$435,047
Total liabilities, end of year
$75,868
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$359,179
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$97,391
Management and general expenses
$16,269
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$97,391

Program services were 85.7% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $225,000

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $100 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $100

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,990 · management and general $10,990

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $855 · program services $855

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20 · management and general $20

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,100 · management and general $2,100

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,159 · management and general $3,159

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $96,417 · program services $96,417 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $119 · program services $119 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $245,630 · end of year $432,418

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,284 · end of year $2,629

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $175 · end of year $75,868

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $247,739 · end of year $359,179

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CHILDREN'S WELFARE, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN WHO ARE POOR, AND TO WORK FOR SPECIFIC PUBLIC POLICY INITIATIVES ON THE BEHALF OF CHILDREN, AND ENGAGE IN SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NECESSARY AND PROPER TO CARRY OUT THE FOREGOING PURPOSE.

  • CHILDREN NOW ACTION FUND IS A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN 501(C)(4) ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PUSHING KIDS TO THE TOP OF THE PUBLIC POLICYMAKING AGENDA. THE ACTION FUND HOLDS POLICYMAKERS ACCOUNTABLE BY PUBLISHING SCORECARD AND CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT REFORMS AND INVESTMENTS ACROSS KIDS'S ISSUES AND HOW ELECTED OFFICIALS PROVIDED LEADERSHIP IN THOSE ISSUES. THE ACTION FUND ALSO AMPLIFIES THE POWER OF THE CHILDREN'S MOVEMENT OF CALIFORNIA, A NETWORK LED BY CHILDREN NOW, AN AFFILIATED NONPARTISAN 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, BY ADVOCATING ON VITAL KIDS' ISSUES.

    Expenses $97,391

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lenny Mendonca

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Mintz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Lempert

    PRESIDENT

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

  • CHILDREN NOW

    501(C)3 · TO PROMOTE AND ADVOCATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF CHILDRENS WELFARE · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202511849349301326

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