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

Children's Defense Fund

Fiscal year ending 2021. Filed on November 16, 2023.

840 First Street NE 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 2021 IRS Form 990 filing, Children's Defense Fund, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 11 out of 242 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $179,486. The highest compensated employee at Children's Defense Fund is Starsky Wilson with fiscal year 2021 compensation of $566,422.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$12,572,840

Expenses

$5,094,751

Employee compensation

$2,922,243
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Starsky Wilson
President and Chief Executive Officer
$566,422
$556,332 No related comp$10,090
Oleta Fitzgerald
Director of Southern Regional OFC
$173,724
$159,341 No related comp$14,383
Gijsbrecht Deleede
Chief Financial Officer
$148,085
$142,773 No related comp$5,312
Mark Publow
Chief Development Officer
$147,155
$137,866 No related comp$9,289
Marian Edelman
President Emeritus
$144,217
$125,700 No related comp$18,517
Nakeba Croom
Strategic Partnerships Director
$142,579
$124,400 No related comp$18,179
Kristal Clemons
National Director, CDF Freedom Schools
$139,395
$136,406 No related comp$2,989
Patrick Bresette
Director of CDF Texas
$137,920
$125,674 No related comp$12,246
Sarah Forman
Chief of Staff
$134,994
$125,247 No related comp$9,747
Kathleen King
Policy Director
$130,917
$123,226 No related comp$7,691
Sheri Brady
Vice President Strategy and Program
$108,939
$105,489 No related comp$3,450

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Angela Glover Blackwell
Chair
Carmen Rojas
Board Member
Carol Biondi
Board Member
Dd Eisenberg
Board Member
Deborah Cogut
Board Member
Deborah Jewell-Sherman
Board Member
Don Darius Butler
Board Member
George Gresham
Board Member
Ivanna Omeechevarria
Secretary
Lan Bentsen
Board Member
Laphonza Butler
Board Member
Malaak Compton-Rock
Board Member

Contractors

Blackbaud Inc.
Digital Webservices
$160,684
Lisa Sock and Associates
Fundraising Communications and Project
$159,540
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Rent
$124,870
LA Piana Associates Inc.
Professional
$108,038

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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