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Filing year 2024

CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey·EIN 26-0388604·NTEE C20 · Environment·3
Total revenue
$15.2M
Total assets
$16.7M
Total expenses
$15.9M
Reported officers
25
Mission

ENDING CHILDHOOD HEALTH EPIDEMICS BY ELIMINATING TOXIC EXPOSURE. THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF THIS CORPORATION ARE TO RESTORE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN BY ELIMINATING EXPOSURES TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS, HOLDING RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ACCOUNTABLE, AND ESTABLISHING SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT FUTURE HARM TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 15 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base
$239k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$139
Executive VP (thru 8/5/24)
executive vice president
$226k
$245k
Base
$142k
Bonus
Other
$85k
Benefits
$87
General Counsel
key employee
$226k
$244k
Base
$224k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Cao
officer (unspecified)
$221k
$239k
Base
$208k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$5k
$207k
$223k
Base
$198k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$139
Sr Director, IT & Comm(thru 7/19/24)
chief information officer
$173k
$187k
Base
$95k
Bonus
Other
$76k
Benefits
$2k
Chief Science Officer/director
officer (unspecified)
$159k
$172k
Base
$159k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$139
Senior Attorney (thru 11/1/24)
highest compensated employee
$157k
$169k
Base
$106k
Bonus
Other
$44k
Benefits
$7k
Editor-in Chief-defender
highest compensated employee
$148k
$160k
Ed, Education and Programs
highest compensated employee
$147k
$159k
Director, Fellowships and Emr
highest compensated employee
$138k
$149k
Controller
highest compensated employee
$134k
$145k
Secretary (thru 8/16/24)
secretary (operational)
$89k
$96k
Secretary
secretary (operational)
$73k
$79k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 10 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Fell 54%
over 2 years

From $514k in 2022 to $239k in 2024.

$514k
2022
$326k
2023
$239k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 57% in real terms$599k to $258k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 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

CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$23.5M
$14.5M
2022
$16.1M
$19.2M
2023
$15.2M
$15.9M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Environment executives earn

Comparable environment organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,731.

25th percentile
$37k
Median
$76,731
75th percentile
$130k
90th percentile
$208k

These are environment sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,137 organizations across 1,137 filings (2021 – 2023).

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