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| Name | Title | Compensation | |
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| 1 | Starsky Wilson | President / CEO | $342,901 |
| 2 | Sheri Brady | Vice President, Strategy & Program | $208,807 |
| 3 | Audrey Johnson | Vice President of Institutional Advancement | $196,210 |
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1 Name: Starsky Wilson Title: President / CEO Compensation: $342,901 |
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2 Name: Sheri Brady Title: Vice President, Strategy & Program Compensation: $208,807 |
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3 Name: Audrey Johnson Title: Vice President of Institutional Advancement Compensation: $196,210 |
CharityWatch is unable to provide a rating for Children's Defense Fund at this time due to its change of fiscal year. The charity's most current consolidated audited financial statements were published in July 2024 and represent the fifteen-month fiscal period October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. The consolidated audit contains the financial activities of multiple, related organizations, including: The Children's Defense Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity The Children's Defense Fund Action Council, a 501(c)(4) social welfare nonprofit The Washington Research Project, a 501(c)(7) nonprofit The Children's Defense Fund has published an IRS Form 990 for the three-month fiscal period October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, and a separate IRS Form 990 for the fiscal period January 1 2022 to December 31, 2022. However, there are no audited financial statements available breaking out the financial activities of The Children's Defense Fund for the latter, twelve-month fiscal period. Due to the change in fiscal year and the multiple legal entities included in The Children's Defense Fund's consolidated audit, it is not possible for CharityWatch to compute a rating for the charity based on its fiscal 2022 reporting year. This does not imply a positive or negative rating. CharityWatch will update our rating of the Children's Defense Fund once complete information becomes available for the January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 financial period. |
According to the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) consolidated audit of December 31, 2022 (Note 15, Related Parties): "The CDF Marlboro County Office in South Carolina leases office space in a home that is owned by CDF's founder, who is a former board member. CDF also rents office space from the sibling of a member of management. The total rent expense related to this office space was $36,750 for the 15-month period from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. There are no future minimum lease payments under this lease as of December 31, 2022..." |
According to the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) tax filing for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, CDF reports re: Compensation, Supplemental Information (IRS Form 990, Schedule J, Part III): Regarding non-fixed payments to officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest compensated employees (Schedule J, Part I, Line 7): "The organization provided bonus compensation to the President / CEO per the terms of the employment agreement in 2021." [Starsky Wilson, President & CEO, received $186,000 of "bonus and incentive compensation" during 2021, with a total reported compensation of $566,422 (IRS Form 990 for the fiscal period October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, Schedule J, Part II).] |