Children Now

Fiscal year ending 2018. Filed on November 14, 2019.

1404 Franklin St Suite 700
Oakland, California 94612

Children Now (EIN: 94-3059243) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2018 IRS Form 990 filing, Children Now, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 9 out of 58 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $263,558. The highest compensated employee at Children Now is Edward Lempert with fiscal year 2018 compensation of $515,581.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$8,289,769

Expenses

$8,065,098

Employee compensation

$6,326,046

Reported Compensated Employees

Edward Lempert

President

$515,581

$410,058 from orgNo related comp$105,523 other

Kristen Schutjer-Mance

Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel

$308,975

$236,845 from orgNo related comp$72,130 other

Adrienne Bell

Vice President, Development and Communications

$243,492

$199,848 from orgNo related comp$43,644 other

Samantha Tran

Senior Managing Director, Education

$235,109

$182,995 from orgNo related comp$52,114 other

Brad Strong

Senior Director, Education

$220,512

$188,557 from orgNo related comp$31,955 other

Vincent Stewart

Executive Director, STEM Network

$219,802

$182,340 from orgNo related comp$37,462 other

Susanna Kniffen

Senior Director,Child Welfare

$212,167

$162,026 from orgNo related comp$50,141 other

Eileen Espejo

Sr.Mng.Dir. Media and Health Policy

$210,258

$161,079 from orgNo related comp$49,179 other

Kelly Hardy

Sr.Mng.Dir. Health Policy and Research

$206,125

$160,539 from orgNo related comp$45,586 other

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

David G Johnson

Finance Committee Member

Denise McCain-Tharnstrom

Audit Committee Member

Donna Friedman Meir

Nominating Committee Member

Gay Krause

Finance Committee Member

Grace K Won

Nominating Committee Member

Jane Gardner

Chair Emeritus/Audit Chair

Jason Salzetti

Audit Committee Member

John Garcia

Vice President/Nominating Cmte Chair

Lenny Mendonca

Board Chair

Mark T Johnsen

Treasurer/Finance Cmte Chair

Nancy Murray

Secretary/Development Cmte Chair

Natasha Hoehn

Nominating Committee Member

Contractors

Lucas Public Affairs

Education Reform Communications Campaign

Mission Statement

Children Now is a nonpartisan whole-child research, policy development, communications, and advocacy organization working on all key kids issues, and is dedicated to promoting childrens health, education, and overall well-being in California. Children Now also leads The Childrens Movement of California the member-based Pro-Kid constituency, that represents a diverse network of more than 5,500 business, youth, parent, civil rights, and faith- and community-based organizations, and others, as well as thousands of individuals throughout the state, that seek to learn more about how children are faring in California. Members receive information and research about childrens policy issues so that they can better support kids well-being.