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CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC

EIN 04-3584367 NEWTON, MA

Revenue 2023
$42,468,359
Expenses 2023
$43,459,896

Program services were 88.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P29
Classification
1000
Street
281 NEWTONVILLE AVE

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 · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LYNN MARGHERIO

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $308,729
    From this org
    $300,515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,214
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,690
    Bonus
    $48,825
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,214
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $308,729

  • DEAN ATHANASIA

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY BHATT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DARREN BURTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD COOK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE DAUM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GERARD DU TOIT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE EWALD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF ALPAUGH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIFFANY GUEYE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PEGGY KOENIG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY CARPENTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUNE YANG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN GRANT

    VP OF GIVING FACTORY DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $239,221
    From this org
    $211,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,170
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,626
    Bonus
    $19,425
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,319
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,851
    Filer's total
    $239,221

  • KAREN GALLAHUE

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $255,982
    From this org
    $226,304
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,678
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,907
    Bonus
    $28,397
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,777
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,901
    Filer's total
    $255,982

  • DAWN MELCHIORRE

    ED OF CHICAGO

    Total calculated
    $203,985
    From this org
    $185,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,068
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,798
    Bonus
    $9,119
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,693
    Filer's total
    $203,985

  • YVETTE MARCIA MCCLYMONT

    VP OF NAT'L PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $193,657
    From this org
    $174,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,130
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,308
    Bonus
    $4,219
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,285
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,845
    Filer's total
    $193,657

  • AUBREY HENDERSON

    ED OF BOSTON

    Total calculated
    $224,814
    From this org
    $202,963
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,851
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,044
    Bonus
    $7,919
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,851
    Filer's total
    $224,814

  • MICHAL SMITH

    ED OF PHILADELPHIA

    Total calculated
    $196,310
    From this org
    $182,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,827
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,054
    Bonus
    $9,429
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,259
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,568
    Filer's total
    $196,310

  • ARNAB CHAUDHURI

    DIGITAL PRODUCT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,762
    From this org
    $154,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,463
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,840
    Bonus
    $7,459
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,612
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,851
    Filer's total
    $180,762

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $42,468,359
    Expenses
    $43,459,896
    Contributions
    $41,670,428
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $40,059,134
    Expenses
    $38,652,085
    Contributions
    $37,229,905
    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.

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 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.