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CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND

EIN 52-0895622 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$23,995,349
Expenses 2024
$34,918,824

Program services were 73.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R200
Classification
1200
Street
777 6TH STREET NW 8TH

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).

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.

  • STARSKY WILSON

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $377,061
    From this org
    $366,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,350
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $366,711
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $377,061

  • SHERI BRADY

    VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGY & PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $207,192
    From this org
    $200,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,450
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,742
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $207,192

  • CHERYL COOK-POSLEY

    NATL DIR, MVMT BUILDING & PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $160,016
    From this org
    $160,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,016
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,016

  • OLETA FITZGERALD

    DIRECTOR OF SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $160,607
    From this org
    $155,443
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,164
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,443
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,164
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,607

  • KATHLEEN FLYNN

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,463
    From this org
    $143,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,585
    Hours/week
    35

  • KRISTAL CLEMONS

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR FREEDOM SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $142,312
    From this org
    $137,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,670
    Hours/week
    35

  • ALTA RIGGS

    CONTROLLER TO OCTOBER 2024

    Total calculated
    $141,445
    From this org
    $137,349
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,096
    Hours/week
    35

  • SHAQUITE PEGUES

    MANAGING DIRECTOR FREEDOM SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $139,939
    From this org
    $135,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,046
    Hours/week
    35

  • MARIAN EDELMAN

    PRESIDENT EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $115,150
    From this org
    $115,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24
    Hours/week
    35

  • DON DARIUS BUTLER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DEBORAH JEWELL-SHERMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTIN RODGERS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ZACHARY BOYERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM CLAY GRUBB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MALAAK COMPTON-ROCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $23,995,349
    Expenses
    $34,918,824
    Contributions
    $19,359,115
    Grants paid
    $7,061,812
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $20,163,089
    Expenses
    $33,491,875
    Contributions
    $15,017,044
    Grants paid
    $3,528,440
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,484,456
    Expenses
    $34,275,209
    Contributions
    $18,140,519
    Grants paid
    $3,643,234
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,509,448
    Expenses
    $28,336,010
    Contributions
    $18,579,535
    Grants paid
    $3,340,966
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $23,874,522
    Expenses
    $28,045,615
    Contributions
    $22,137,983
    Grants paid
    $3,239,412

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.