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Filing year 2024

AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC

Columbia, Maryland·EIN 33-0627955·NTEE B01 · Education·4
Total revenue
$11.8M
Total assets
$6.3M
Total expenses
$10.8M
Reported officers
17
Mission

TO EMPOWER FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES, WITH THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THE BEST K-12 EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Chief Executive Officer
$428k
$457k
Base
$383k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$37k
VP Government Affairs
vice president
$368k
$394k
Base
$236k
Bonus
$80k
Other
Benefits
$35k
Chief Operating Officer
$368k
$393k
Base
$301k
Bonus
$50k
Other
Benefits
$3k
Special Advisor
highest compensated employee
$336k
$359k
Base
$278k
Bonus
$5k
Other
Benefits
$38k
$315k
$336k
Base
$248k
Bonus
$15k
Other
Benefits
$38k
General Counsel
highest compensated employee
$293k
$313k
Base
$239k
Bonus
$20k
Other
Benefits
$21k
VP Communications & Development
vice president
$287k
$306k
Base
$246k
Bonus
$20k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Director of Political Strategy
highest compensated employee
$265k
$283k
Base
$182k
Bonus
$50k
Other
Benefits
$22k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 2%
from 2023

From $436k in 2023 to $428k in 2024.

$436k
2023
$428k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 5% in real terms$480k to $457k

Estimated with Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$11.1M
$11M
2023
$11.8M
$10.8M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Maryland

Comparable education organizations in Maryland pay their highest-earning executive a median of $105,478.

25th percentile
$38k
Median
$105,478
75th percentile
$223k
90th percentile
$512k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 212 organizations across 212 filings (2021 – 2023).

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