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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 26 April 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
$23,874,522 changed to $17,509,448
Total expenses
$28,045,615 changed to $28,336,010
Contributions and grants received
$22,137,983 changed to $18,579,535
Grants paid
$3,239,412 changed to $3,340,966
Program services expenses
$20,027,240 changed to $18,286,393
Management and general expenses
$4,700,030 changed to $3,431,574
Fundraising expenses
$3,318,345 changed to $6,618,043
Program service expenses (Part III)
$20,027,240 changed to $18,286,393

Totals

Total revenue
$17,509,448
Total expenses
$28,336,010
Contributions and grants received
$18,579,535
Grants paid
$3,340,966
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,286,393
Management and general expenses
$3,431,574
Fundraising expenses
$6,618,043
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,286,393

Program services were 64.5% 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

  • RUTH-ANN HUVANE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • IVANNA OMEECHEVARRIA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • 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

    BOD MEMBER

    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

    BOD MEMBER

    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

  • GEORGE GRESHAM

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARMEN ROJAS

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STARSKY WILSON

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $342,901
    From this org
    $315,384
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,517
    Hours/week
    35 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,384
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,017
    Filer's total
    $342,901

  • MARIAN EDELMAN

    PRESIDENT EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $132,305
    From this org
    $116,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,769
    Hours/week
    35 + 2 related

  • SHERI BRADY

    VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGY AND PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $208,807
    From this org
    $196,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,331
    Hours/week
    35 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,476
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,924
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,407
    Filer's total
    $208,807

  • SHAMIR SHAHI

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $193,978
    From this org
    $190,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,288
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,690
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,288
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $193,978

  • AUDREY JOHNSON

    VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $196,210
    From this org
    $186,076
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,134
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,076
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,727
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,407
    Filer's total
    $196,210

  • RANDY MARSH

    VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $170,960
    From this org
    $162,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,708
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,252
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,856
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,852
    Filer's total
    $170,960

  • THOMAS HARVEY

    CALIFORNIA STATE DIRECTOR AND NATIONAL LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $177,168
    From this org
    $171,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,402
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,766
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,402
    Filer's total
    $177,168

  • KERCENA DOZIER

    NEW YORK STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $171,872
    From this org
    $161,641
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,231
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,641
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,379
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,852
    Filer's total
    $171,872

  • OLETA FITZGERALD

    DIRECTOR OF SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFC

    Total calculated
    $171,580
    From this org
    $160,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,033
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,547
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,626
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,407
    Filer's total
    $171,580

  • ROBERT FARRACE

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $159,052
    From this org
    $153,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,751
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,301
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,414
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,337
    Filer's total
    $159,052

  • KRISTAL CLEMONS

    NATIONAL DIR, CDF FREEDOM SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $153,944
    From this org
    $149,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,586
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,358
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,586
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,944

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
2022
Filed
17 October 2025
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202502919349300000

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