Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1999.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
9 people listed on the 990; $233K paid to officers and key staff.
Jonah Edelman’s $196K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 85th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M youth development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonah Edelman | $195,820 | $202,789 | $191,034 | $226,343 | $168,027 | $171,866 |
| Charissa Changadveja | — | — | — | — | — | $164,811 |
| Jacqueline Morgan | — | $111,417 | — | — | — | — |
| Shannon Campion | — | — | $41,485 | $45,324 | $48,905 | — |
| Pamela Welch | — | — | $11,718 | $14,935 | $15,741 | $19,474 |
| Nicole Sayres | $17,603 | $12,574 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Stand for Children INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Advocates for equitable public education funding, teacher quality, and early literacy to ensure all students graduate high school prepared for and with access to college.
Questions for Stand for Children INC
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Stand for children engaged in a multifaceted campaign to support passage of the build back better act, a federal legislative plan for american jobs and families. The goal of this campaign was to raise awareness, and approval, among moderate and independent voters with household income under $400k about key provisions in the build back…
In arizona, stand for children was a key partner and sponsor of proposition 208, the invest in education initiative. Proposition 208 passed in november of 2020 and was expected to raise $940m per year to help address the state's teacher shortage crisis, hire additional counselors, nurses, social workers, and aides and double the state's…
In illinois, stand for children in partnership with other organizations, successfully pushed for the state legislature to increase education funding for the evidence-based formula by $350 million.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.8M | $3.5M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.7M | $1.4M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $5.6M | $5.0M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $234K | $431K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $5.4M | $4.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $6.1M | $6.1M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $242K | $42K | $199K | $796 |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.2M | $987K | $242K | $8K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $42K | $33K | $9K | $432 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $86K | $66K | $19K | $927 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $118K | $89K | $28K | $1K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $39K | $33K | $6K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $20K | $20K | ||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $390K | $390K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $1K | $1K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $648K | $648K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $21.1M | $21.1M | $175 | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $12K | $7K | $4K | $231 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $118K | $118K | $438 | |
| TravelLn 17 | $8K | $8K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $17K | $17K | $251 | |
| InterestLn 20 | $125 | $125 | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $8K | $8K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $155K | $60K | $95K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $17K | $7K | $7K | $3K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $30.3M | $29.7M | $639K | $14K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 18, 2026 | $7.8M | $4.1M | $3.6M | $17.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jan 15, 2025 | $7.9M | $5.2M | $2.8M | $14.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jan 16, 2024 | $7.1M | $4.4M | $2.7M | $11.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 17, 2023 | $30.2M | $26.1M | $4.1M | $8.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jan 14, 2022 | $29.6M | $30.3M | −$781K | $4.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jan 13, 2021 | $7.7M | $9.1M | −$1.4M | $5.4M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $29,553,759 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $29,553,759 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $30,334,755 across 20 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $5,023,121 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,591,643 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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