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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 18 January 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.

Listed only on the later return

  • Thomas Durbin

Totals

Total revenue
$23,541,029
Total expenses
$14,469,197
Contributions and grants received
$22,555,287
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$141,460
Other revenue
$1,127,202
Total assets, end of year
$20,205,066
Total liabilities, end of year
$547,098
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,657,968
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,478,076
Management and general expenses
$850,488
Fundraising expenses
$140,633
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,478,076

Program services were 93.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $22,555,287

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $46,749 · related or exempt $46,749

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $971,336 · related or exempt $971,336

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $601,180 · other assets $24,883

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

    securities $727,764 · other assets $86,508

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$126,584 · other assets -$61,625

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$188,209 · related or exempt -$188,209

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $183,669

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $52,915

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $130,754 · excluded $130,754

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,504

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,465

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,039 · related or exempt $2,039

  • 11a · Other revenue: Credit Card Points

    total $23,073 · excluded $23,073

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $23,073

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,471,025 · program services $1,471,025

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,193,920 · program services $3,166,825 · management and general $27,095

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $583,966 · program services $573,755 · management and general $10,211

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $330,447 · program services $330,447

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,389 · management and general $3,389

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,086,158 · program services $2,981,649 · management and general $104,509

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,493 · management and general $30,493

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,778,515 · program services $2,692,115 · management and general $86,400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $202,328 · program services $4,754 · management and general $197,574

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $769,932 · program services $631,433 · management and general $94,633 · fundraising $43,866

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $299,025 · program services $294,901 · management and general $4,124

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $458,985 · program services $458,985

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $61,532 · management and general $61,532

  • 24a · Other expenses: Merchant Fees

    total $194,926 · management and general $194,926

  • 24b · Other expenses: Video and Photo Expenses

    total $503,964 · program services $503,964

  • 24c · Other expenses: Consulting-writers research

    total $46,919 · program services $46,919

  • 24d · Other expenses: Publications

    total $321,304 · program services $321,304

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $127,369 · management and general $30,602 · fundraising $96,767

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,577,552 · end of year $2,544,363

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,440,385 · end of year $15,323,518

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,558,344

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $60,840

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $56,662 · end of year $124,595

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $903,768 · end of year $590,333

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $78,634 · end of year $273

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $2,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $470,865 · end of year $547,098

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,586,136 · end of year $17,685,553

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,972,415

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Our mission is to end the epidemic of childrens chronic health conditions by working aggressively to eliminate harmful exposures, hold those responsible accountable, and establish safeguards so this never happens again

  • Education and Outreach ProgramWhen a harmful exposure is identified,we follow the precautionary principle and immediately eeducate the public regarding strategies to avoid these exposures through publication of informative and well referenced articles. These are distributed through social media, electronic newsletters (Kennedy News & Views), and on our website.Once these exposures are identified we utilize health informatics data tofurther assess exposures to these chemicals and adverse health outcomes. If our finding support a causal relationship between the exposure and adverse health outcomes we identify potential sources of these exposures, those responsible for the exposures and work with them to reduce and eliminate.

    Expenses $8,047,805

  • Litigation ProgramIn order to hold those responsible accountable, Childrens Health Defense files civil and criminal legal actions in federal and state court to force transparency, scientific integrity, and policy change within industry and government regulatory agencies.

    Expenses $4,199,246

  • ResearchChildrens Health Defense has thousands of members throughoutthe US who share with us personal stories about the decline in their childrens health and what they think might have been the responsible. We then engage our team of scientists, researchers, and advocates to dig deeper by combing through full-text archives of biomedical and life sciences research at the US National Institutes of Healths National Library of Medicine to determine if the parents concerns are supported by research.

    Expenses $1,231,025

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert F Kennedy Jr

    Chairman Chief Legal Counsel

    Total calculated
    $514,229
    From this org
    $510,515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,714
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $510,515
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,714
    Filer's total
    $514,229

  • Mary S Holland

    President Director

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $180,000

  • Laura Bono

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $172,437
    From this org
    $172,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,437
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $172,437

  • Rolf Hazlehurst

    General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $155,250
    From this org
    $149,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,304
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,946
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,304
    Filer's total
    $155,250

  • Giorgio Zeolla

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $133,333
    From this org
    $130,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,643
    Hours/week
    40

  • Doug Kissell

    Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $127,604
    From this org
    $127,604
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brian Hooker

    Chief Science Officer Direct

    Total calculated
    $119,583
    From this org
    $119,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Heidi Kidd

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $36,267
    From this org
    $36,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rita Shreffler

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $32,322
    From this org
    $32,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kay Sullivan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sheila Ealey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michelle Walrath

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Horwin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Terena Eisner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kristina Kristin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Katie Wright

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Baum

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Aimee Rickabus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tiffany Neu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alix Mayer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
31 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303059349302305

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