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A BETTER CHILDHOOD INC

EIN 47-2004064 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$8,576,027
Expenses 2024
$2,049,160

Program services were 88.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
355 LEXINGTON AVE FL 16

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED OR NEGLECTED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF STATE OPERATED WELFARE SYSTEMS BY UTILIZING THE COURT SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING REPRESENTATION FOR THESE CHILDREN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED OR NEGLECTED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF STATE OPERATED WELFARE SYSTEMS BY UTILITIZING THE COURT SYSTEM AND PROVIDING REPRESENTATION FOR THESE CHILDREN.

  • TO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED OR NEGLECTED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF STATE OPERATED WELFARE SYSTEMS BY UTILIZING THE COURT SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING REPRESENTATION FOR THESE CHILDREN.

    Expenses $1,810,106 · Revenue $7,393,771

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Marcia Robinson Lowry

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $290,835
    From this org
    $290,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,835
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $290,835

  • Frederic Dorwart

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert D Levy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Dow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Teborg

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $156,330
    From this org
    $156,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,330
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $156,330

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
    $8,576,027
    Expenses
    $2,049,160
    Contributions
    $1,177,818
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $964,812
    Expenses
    $1,373,764
    Contributions
    $717,993
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,131,719
    Expenses
    $1,286,933
    Contributions
    $973,366
    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
    $1,933,623
    Expenses
    $1,250,380
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,761,153

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,922,767
    Expenses
    $1,274,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,218,239

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,291,762
    Expenses
    $1,239,985
    Assets (EOY)
    $431,939

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $779,842
    Expenses
    $751,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $385,237

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $572,361
    Expenses
    $507,301
    Assets (EOY)
    $354,298

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $643,870
    Expenses
    $567,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $283,207

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $462,264
    Expenses
    $307,614
    Assets (EOY)
    $221,005

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014
Principal officer
Marcia Robinson Lowry
Mailing address
1095 Hardscrabble RoadChappaqua NY 10514
Website
www.abetterchildhood.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.