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Organizations Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy Children's Defense Fund

Children's Defense Fund

Fiscal year ending 2020. Filed on August 13, 2021.

840 First Street NE 300
Suite 300
Washington, District of Columbia 20002

Children's Defense Fund (EIN: 52-0895622) has filed an IRS Form 990 between fiscal years 2016 and 2024. In its fiscal year 2020 IRS Form 990 filing, Children's Defense Fund, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 8 out of 224 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $166,550. The highest compensated employee at Children's Defense Fund is Mark Publow with fiscal year 2020 compensation of $196,976.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$20,431,589

Expenses

$19,978,433

Employee compensation

$12,059,999
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Mark Publow
Chief Development Officer
$196,976
$186,598 No related comp$10,378
Max Lesko
National Executive Director
$195,949
$185,106 No related comp$10,843
Naomi Street
Executive Director
$195,576
$185,532 No related comp$10,044
Kimberley Chin
Deputy Director
$166,856
$158,653 No related comp$8,203
Oleta Fitzgerald
Southern Region Director
$166,341
$154,799 No related comp$11,542
Gijsbrecht Deleede
Chief Financial Officer
$152,773
$145,317 No related comp$7,456
Patrick Bresette
Executive Director
$133,962
$126,747 No related comp$7,215
Marian Wright Edelman
President Emerita and BOD Member
$123,969
$114,565 No related comp$9,404

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Angela Glover Blackwell
Chair
Bryan Stevenson, Esq
Board Member
Carol Oughton Biondi
Board Member
Dd Eisenberg
Board Member
Deborah Jewell-Sherman
Board Member
George Gresham
Board Member
Ivanna Omeechevarria
Secretary
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Board Member
Lan Bentsen
Board Member
Laphonza Butler
Board Member
Malaak Compton-Rock
Board Member
Martin Rodgers
Treasurer

Contractors

Blackbaud
Digital Webservices
$147,351
Russell Reynolds Associates
Executive Search
$131,835
Lisa Sock & Associates
Consulting
$121,243
Aronson LLC
Accounting
$117,916

Mission Statement

CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ENVISIONS A NATION WHERE MARGINALIZED CHILDREN FLOURISH, LEADERS PRIORITIZE THEIR WELL-BEING, AND COMMUNITIES WIELD THE POWER TO ENSURE THEY THRIVE.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 11, 2025:
2024 Children's Defense Fund 990 filed
October 18, 2025:
Amended (originally filed November 15, 2024)2023 Children's Defense Fund 990 filed
October 18, 2025:
Amended (originally filed April 26, 2024)2022 Children's Defense Fund 990 filed

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