Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

CHILDREN AND SCREENS-INSTITUTE OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND CHILD DEVELOPMEN

EIN 46-3527551 WAXHAW, NC

Revenue 2024
$1,306,218
Expenses 2024
$2,555,764

Program services were 76.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O12
Classification
1000
Street
1312 WYNHURST DR

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

CHILDREN AND SCREENS: INSTITUTE OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT IS DEDICATED TO UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING COMPELLING QUESTIONS REGARDING MEDIA'S IMPACT ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE, PUBLIC INFORMATION, AND RIGOROUS, OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BRIDGING THE MEDICAL, NEUROSCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES. OUR ORGANIZATION ADVANCES INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, SUPPORTS HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE FIELD, INFORMS AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC; AND ADVOCATES FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FOR CHILD HEALTH AND WELLNESS. TOGETHER WITH OUR SUPPORTERS, WE ARE HELPING CHILDREN LEAD HEALTHY LIVES IN A DIGITAL WORLD.

  • CHILDREN AND SCREENS WORKS TOWARDS DEVELOPING HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE FIELD THROUGH ENCOURAGING NEW AND MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INSTITUTE'S MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND EVENTS; PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FELLOWS; AND, THROUGH ADMINISTERING A ROBUST INTERNSHIP/APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. THE INSTITUTE'S CONVENINGS FOSTER COLLABORATION OF NEW PROFESSIONALS WITH MORE WELL-ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS AND AS WELL AS DEVELOP A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE COGNITIVE, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND TODDLERS, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS. THE INSTITUTE'S INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUDDING STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THIS FIELD OF RESEARCH, MEDIA OR EDUCATION, PROVIDE JOB EXPERIENCE AND MENTORSHIP, AND TO HELP BUILD FUTURE RESEARCHERS. THE INSTITUTE ALSO ENGAGES STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS IN ITS RETREAT PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE "DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN" NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH RETREAT. ANOTHER PROJECT WHICH INVOLVES SEVERAL YOUNG INVESTIGATORS, THE MEDIA IMPACT SCREENING TOOLKIT, WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF INSTRUMENTS TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS HEALTH AND WELLNESS CONCERNS RELATED TO DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION.CHILDREN AND SCREENS' COMMUNICATION, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED, ACTIONABLE INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN'S USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT TO PARENTS, EDUCATORS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, ANDOTHER PROFESSIONALS AND STAKEHOLDERS. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO PROVIDE GUIDANCE REGARDING PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS' USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILD HEALTH. THE INSTITUTE ACCOMPLISHES THIS FACET OF ITS MISSION THROUGH EXTENSIVE INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE, WORKSHOPS,SOCIAL MEDIA, PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, MEDIA INTERVIEWS, PRESS RELEASES, BLOGS AND PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES. CHILDREN AND SCREENS HAS A MISSION TO ADVANCE AND SUPPORT OBJECTIVE, RIGOROUS AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO THE IMPACTS OF DIGITAL MEDIA ON CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH GRANT FUNDING, INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVENINGS AND CURATION AND PUBLICATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH. CHILDREN AND SCREENS ALSO WORKS ACTIVELY TO INCORPORATE QUESTIONS INTO EXISTING NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDIES AND ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW QUESTIONS. THE INSTITUTE HOSTED "DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN," A RESEARCH RETREAT CONVENING WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS ON THE COGNITIVE IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL MEDIA USE THROUGHOUT DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION, THE INSTITUTE FUNDED THE PUBLICATION OF A SCOPING REVIEW, A SYNTHESIS AND SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLISHED SCREENING TOOLS USED TO ASSESS PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MEDIA IMPACT SCREENING TOOLKIT FOR CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS.

    Expenses $1,962,266 · Grants $373,349 · Revenue $65,000

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.

  • PAMELA HURST-DELLA PIETRA

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • APRIL GLAD

    SECREARY & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY GOROFF

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRIS PERRY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $300,000
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $300,000

  • ROBERT CHARLES

    PT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE/CFO

    Total calculated
    $66,950
    From this org
    $66,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • JILL BRAUSTEIN

    DIR OF COMM & STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $132,162
    From this org
    $132,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KATE BLOCKER

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $131,238
    From this org
    $131,238
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $1,306,218
    Expenses
    $2,555,764
    Contributions
    $1,051,875
    Grants paid
    $373,349
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $818,296
    Expenses
    $2,335,771
    Contributions
    $732,973
    Grants paid
    $15,178
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,156,097
    Expenses
    $1,005,900
    Contributions
    $4,102,182
    Grants paid
    $36,166

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
    $2,120,604
    Expenses
    $719,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,602,497

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $796,957
    Expenses
    $749,839
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,186,206

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,392,001
    Expenses
    $496,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,142,669

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $899,832
    Expenses
    $680,917
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,310,074

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $758,140
    Expenses
    $660,773
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,036,429

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $505,657
    Expenses
    $295,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $948,086

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $835,085
    Expenses
    $233,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $723,289

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $146,651
    Expenses
    $135,333
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,430

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.