Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,823,791
- Total expenses
- $1,872,470
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,785,957
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $37,834
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,042,225
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $266,667
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $775,558
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,199,169
- Management and general expenses
- $369,684
- Fundraising expenses
- $303,617
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,199,169
Program services were 64.0% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$100,629
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,685,328
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3 · Investment income
total $37,834 · excluded $37,834
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $162,612 · program services $40,653 · management and general $48,784 · fundraising $73,175
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,123,947 · program services $747,349 · management and general $193,737 · fundraising $182,861
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $44,291 · program services $30,604 · management and general $7,280 · fundraising $6,407
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $32,442 · program services $19,955 · management and general $6,089 · fundraising $6,398
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $94,582 · program services $58,177 · management and general $17,753 · fundraising $18,652
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11g · Fees: other
total $155,622 · program services $97,143 · management and general $58,441 · fundraising $38
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13 · Office expenses
total $42,353 · program services $24,565 · management and general $10,588 · fundraising $7,200
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16 · Occupancy
total $42,134 · program services $25,916 · management and general $7,909 · fundraising $8,309
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17 · Travel
total $11,884 · program services $11,884
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $17,610 · program services $17,610
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23 · Insurance
total $3,397 · program services $1,971 · management and general $849 · fundraising $577
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24a · Other expenses: Parent Engagement
total $123,342 · program services $123,342
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24e · All other expenses
total $18,254 · management and general $18,254
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $4,061 · end of year $42,005
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $972,158 · end of year $657,035
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $16,667 · end of year $125,488
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $11,752 · end of year $70,426
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,356 · end of year $8,985
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$10,799
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$10,799
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $113,775 · end of year $130,518
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $38,690 · end of year $7,768
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $141,321 · end of year $34,835
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $214,065 · end of year $231,832
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $807,073 · end of year $775,558
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
The Children's Agenda advocates for effective policies and drives evidence-based solutions for the health, education and success of children. We are especially committed to children who are vulnerable because of poverty, racism, health disparities and trauma.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Promotes research-based change for the health and well-being of children in Monroe County and statewide.
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The Children's Agenda improves the health, education, and success of children by advocating for effective, equitable policies, especially for families most impacted by poverty, racism, health inequities and trauma. Many communities have programs to help children and families through direct services. To make lasting change, we need to address the root causes of why children and families need services in the first place, and to improve all children's lives, especially the most vulnerable. That's were The Children's Agenda comes in.(Continued on Schedule O)We work across systems, from local neighborhoods to the state capitol, and apply our strengths in policy-driven research, effective parent organizing, and impactful advocacy to improving children's lives and futures. This approach has yielded many wins for children, including: NYS Paid Family Leave Signed into law, supporting 117,851 families for newborn and infant care by 2022; NYS Child Poverty Reduction Act signed into law in 2021, impacting the futures of 895,000 children; 993,700 children included in the Empire State Child Credit, and the first Early Intervention rate increase in decades, benefiting 65,000 children annually. At the local level, our Very Invested Parents (VIP) group harness their lived experiences to drive the advocacy for key agenda areas and systemic reforms, especially with the Rochester City School District in areas like school-based health centers with on-site mental health counseling and restorative practices to improve school climate.
Expenses $1,199,169
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Steve Hogan
Immediate Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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Jennifer Cathy
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.7
-
Bill Destler
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Meredith Dragon
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Celia McIntosh
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Sahar Elezabi
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
-
Laura Gustin
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
-
Shanterra Randle-Mitchum
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
-
Eric Van Dusen
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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Langston McFadden
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
-
Erin Bombard
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
-
Holly Barrett
Co-Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Monica Graham
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
-
Nancy Kaplan
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
-
Cheryl Wearen
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
-
Sam Gross
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
-
Sylvia Mendez
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
-
Danette Campbell-Bell
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
-
Peter Stein
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
-
Elma Borcilo-King
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Larry Marx
CEO
- Total calculated
- $162,611
- From this org
- $153,407
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,204
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,407
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,204
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $162,611
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 · 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 14 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202622299349300847
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