Public Charity

CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE

CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ. Its most recent IRS filing (2024) reports revenue of $15.2M, expenses of $15.9M, total assets of $16.7M. Imperigo tracks 118 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $15.3M.

EIN: 260388604 FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ Pollution Abatement & Control NTEE: C20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$15.2M
Total Expenses$15.9M
Total Assets$16.7M
Grant Records118
Funding Total$15.3M
Filing Years2019–2024

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.

Where $100 goes at Children's Health Defense

How Children's Health Defense divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$81 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $81 for programs

$40
Through an online newsletter, daily video streaming and social media, chd reaches millions of followers every month about toxic exposures causing the epidemic of childhood chronic disease
49% of program spending
$31
Chd's litigation team is involved in over 30 ongoing lawsuits, challenging medical mandates, government and corporate censorship, agency capture, and the denial of well-founded medical and religious exemptions…
38% of program spending
$5
Through online information, social media and video streaming, reform pharma highlighted medical corruption, captured medical regulators, the risks of psychoactive drugs and the need for thorough-going reform of…
7% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER/DIRECTOR Brian Hooker
DIRECTOR David Silver
SECRETARY (THRU 8/16/24) Dawn Mayes
DIRECTOR Deirdre Imus
CFO, TREASURER Doug Kissell
CAO Giorgio Zeolla

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$9,725,410 73 grants
Animal Welfare
$3,081,471 10 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,462,373 14 grants
Research & Policy
$147,400 1 grant
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$110,751 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $15.2M $15.9M $16.7M
2023 $16.1M $19.2M $17.6M
2022 $23.5M $14.5M $20.2M
2020 $6.8M $4.7M $4.0M
2019 $2.9M $1.9M $1.6M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.9M to $15.2M (+418%), with total assets most recently reported at $16.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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