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Filing year 2023

CHILDRENS LEGAL SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO

San Diego, California·EIN 81-3389364·NTEE T50 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$5M
Total assets
$4M
Total expenses
$4.8M
Reported officers
18
Mission

The purpose of providing legal representation and advocacy to foster children and youth in the San Diego County courts.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$166k
$184k
Base
$156k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$5k
Managing Attny
unclassified
$155k
$172k
Base
$143k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$150k
$166k
Base
$144k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$1k
Managing Attny
unclassified
$148k
$165k
Dir of Legal Svcs
unclassified
$144k
$160k
Attorney II
unclassified
$139k
$154k
Managing Attny
unclassified
$138k
$153k
Dir of Ops
officer (unspecified)
$116k
$128k
Coo/cfo
unclassified
$95k
$106k
Base
$88k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$5k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Down 3%
from 2022

From $171k in 2022 to $166k in 2023.

$171k
2022
$166k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 8% in real terms$199k to $184k

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 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

CHILDRENS LEGAL SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5M
$4.8M
2022
$5M
$4.8M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in California

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $59,560.

25th percentile
$21k
Median
$59,560
75th percentile
$123k
90th percentile
$241k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 365 organizations across 365 filings (2021 – 2023).

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