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SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES

EIN 23-2048664 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Largest nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Revenue 2024
$4,401,922
Expenses 2024
$5,422,436

Program services were 72.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I72Z
Classification
1000
Street
1617 JOHN F KENNEDY BOULEVARD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES, FOUNDED IN 1977, IS THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST AND LARGEST PRO BONO LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY FOR CHILDREN. OUR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT WITH THE GOAL OF SECURING SAFETY, JUSTICE, WELL-BEING AND A PERMANENT, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY CHILD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVOCATE FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT WITH THE GOAL OF SECURING SAFETY, JUSTICE, WELL-BEING AND A PERMENANT, NURTURING, ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY CHILD.

  • CHILD ADVOCATES' COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE INCLUDED TRAINING VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS TO TEAM WITH STAFF SOCIAL WORKERS AND STAFF ATTORNEYS IN THE REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN ALL COURT HEARINGS AND INTERAGENCY MEETINGS. WORKING IN CONCERT, STAFF SOCIAL WORKERS, STAFF ATTORNEYS AND VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS ASSESSED EACH CHILD VICTIM'S SAFETY AND NEEDS BY CONDUCTING HOME VISITS, REVIEWING ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS, AND ARRANGING FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENTS AND SERVICES. THESE CHILD ADVOCATE TEAMS ALSO REPRESENTED CHILDREN WHO WERE VICTIMS OF PROSECUTED CRIMES, ACCOMPANYING AND SUPPORTING CHILD/VICTIMS TO PREPARE FOR COURT AND TO TESTIFY IN PRELIMINARY HEARINGS AND TRIALS OF ALLEGED ABUSERS. CHILD ADVOCATES SERVED AS THE CHILD'S COUNSEL AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM AS LONG FOR AS THE CHILD WAS A PARTY TO DEPENDENCY OR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, PROVIDING CONTINUING PROTECTION OF RIGHTS, ASSESSMENT, REFERRAL TO SERVICES, AND PROGRESSION TOWARDS PERMANENT NURTURING HOMES. ON AVERAGE, CHILD ADVOCATES REPRESENTS CLIENTS FOR SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 2 YEARS.

    Expenses $3,926,366

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dominic Prophete

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TIL 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $214,882
    From this org
    $186,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,936
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,946
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,493
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,443
    Filer's total
    $214,882
  • Lisa Barrimond

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (EFF 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $137,285
    From this org
    $113,698
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,587
    Hours/week
    35
  • Xia Chen

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $134,225
    From this org
    $112,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,635
    Hours/week
    35
  • Barry Kassel

    SUPERVISING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $130,738
    From this org
    $110,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,247
    Hours/week
    35
  • Kimberly Trottie

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE

    Total calculated
    $122,861
    From this org
    $113,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,901
    Hours/week
    35
  • Alisa Huth Gifford

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leah Katz

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Lenahan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark A Gittelman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gregory Capps

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Olakunle Ekundare

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shannon Farmer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meredith Galto

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Handler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brad Kushner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dennis Lynch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William McNichol

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rosa Parks Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lawrence Pockers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kasandra Rogiers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • H Lee Schwartzberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Benjamin Stango

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Trudgeon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allison Beatty

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andy Cohen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,401,922
    Expenses
    $5,422,436
    Contributions
    $3,566,035
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,130,835
    Expenses
    $5,218,499
    Contributions
    $3,360,578
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,801,573
    Expenses
    $5,380,615
    Contributions
    $6,601,296
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,799,723
    Expenses
    $4,814,603
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,143,412
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,646,956
    Expenses
    $4,414,811
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,361,714
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,815,371
    Expenses
    $4,233,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,809,757

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.