Committee for Children: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 91-1188127)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021	$30.8M
FY2022	$34.8M
FY2023	$38.7M
FY2024	$37.4M
FY2025	$35.8M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021	$32.1M
FY2022	$38.4M
FY2023	$52.3M
FY2024	$45.2M
FY2025	$37.3M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021	$17.3M
FY2022	$12.9M
FY2023	−$1.4M
FY2024	−$8.0M
FY2025	−$9.3M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1975.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

73%

27%

Program services 73% · $27.3M Management & general 27% · $9.9M Fundraising 0% · $17K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $2.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Andrea Lovanhill

Chief Executive Officer

$428,789Pt VII · Sec A

John Lee Wilson

Chief Operating Officer

$350,492Pt VII · Sec A

Polly Stansell

VP Product

$280,795Pt VII · Sec A

Kelsie Longbrake

VP Finance & Operations

$268,638Pt VII · Sec A

Emily Holthaus

Chief People and Culture Officer

$247,709Pt VII · Sec A

Matthew Carroll

Director Software Engineering

$239,358Pt VII · Sec A

Jessica Russom

Director Education Partnerships

$235,675Pt VII · Sec A

Lashuna McBride

Chief of Staff

$229,662Pt VII · Sec A

Andrea Lovanhill’s $429K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 247 $10–100M crime & legal 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Andrea Lovanhill	$428,789	$401,600	—	—	$243,700
Andrea Lee Lovanhill	—	—	$360,896	$297,209	—
John Lee Wilson	$350,492	$305,715	—	—	—
Koua Franz	—	$324,892	$261,585	$194,662	$191,615
John Regi Dennis	—	$322,029	$256,492	—	—
Colleen Oliver	—	—	—	—	$310,067
Polly Stansell	$280,795	$264,140	$255,168	$230,027	$212,251
John Robert Hults	—	—	—	$269,662	—

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.

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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

Promotes children's social-emotional growth and well-being through education and advocacy.

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3 programs · $24.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Program Development

Designing and developing new programs, enhancing existing programs, and developing tools and resources to support implementation. Utilizing research, prototyping, field testing, advisory groups, and continuous feedback to ensure program engagement, relevance, and high implementation fidelity. (see schedule o for achievements)

$12.6Mprogram expense

02

Training and Implementation

Providing consultation, training, and implementation support to current and prospective clients focused on the successful reach and impact of CFC programs. (see schedule o for achievements.)

$7.1Mprogram expense

03

Community Education

Educating teachers, administrators, families, and the broader community about developing social-emotional skills, bullying prevention, and personal safety for children through conferences, presentations, speeches, community-awareness campaigns, legislative advocacy, media outreach, and printed and web-based materials.

$4.9Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

United Way of Massachusetts Bay INCFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

Grants paid · 1 grant · $150K · 2021–2021

Health Sciences High School and Middle CollegeCA · FY2021$150,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$35.8M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$35.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$474K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$143K

Money outPt IX

$37.3M

Ln 25

Programscol B$27.3M

Managementcol C$9.9M

Fundraisingcol D$17K

Owns and owesPt X

−$9.3M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.9M

Total assetsLn 16$23.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$32.8M

PeoplePt VI, VII

19

listed · VII A

PaidVII A10

Voting boardVI 1a9

IndependentVI 1b9

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$143K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$35.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$474K

Other incomeLn 4–11$8K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$32K

Total revenueLn 12$35.8M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$3.9M

SavingsLn 2$10K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.9M

Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$2K

Accounts receivableLn 4$965K

Inventories for sale or useLn 8$1.5M

Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$1.8M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.3M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.7M

Other assetsLn 15$2.4M

Total assetsLn 16$23.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$32.8M

Net assetsLn 32−$9.3M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5179

VolunteersI 69

Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3More from this return

Abroad and in kindSch F, M

Grants to other countriesSch F Pt II–III$33K

Investment feesPt IX, Sch D

Investment fees, as reportedPt IX 11f$29K

Share of the $17K endowmentSch D 1g164.4%

Typical, median of 2,202 orgs0.44%

EndowmentSch D · Pt V

Line	FY25	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21
End of yearLn 1g	$17K	$17K	$17K	$17K	$17K

4Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.2M	$3.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$12.4M	$8.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$5.8M	$4.3M
Total assetsLn 16	$26.2M	$23.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$34.2M	$32.8M
Net assetsLn 32	−$8.0M	−$9.3M

5Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$34K	$34K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.6M	$1.0M	$596K	$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$18.7M	$13.7M	$4.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$591K	$431K	$160K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$2.1M	$1.5M	$553K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$2.4M	$1.8M	$521K
Legal feesLn 11b	$117K	$100K	$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$112K		$112K
Lobbying feesLn 11d	$198K	$198K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$29K		$29K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$2.1M	$1.1M	$983K
Office expensesLn 13	$770K	$379K	$387K	$4K
OccupancyLn 16	$1.2M	$1.0M	$129K
TravelLn 17	$434K	$390K	$44K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$63K	$24K	$40K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$3.0M	$2.9M	$90K
InsuranceLn 23	$146K	$110K	$36K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$3.7M	$2.4M	$1.2M
All other expensesLn 24e	$134K	$89K	$45K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$37.3M	$27.3M	$9.9M	$17K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 22, 2025	$35.8M	$37.3M	−$1.5M	−$9.3M	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 9, 2024	$37.4M	$45.2M	−$7.8M	−$8.0M	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 2, 2023	$38.7M	$52.3M	−$13.6M	−$1.4M	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 1, 2022	$34.8M	$38.4M	−$3.6M	$12.9M	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021	$30.8M	$32.1M	−$1.3M	$17.3M	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations

See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)

Part I · Summary $35,762,111 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $445,477$143,052

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $36,848,592$35,137,009

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $88,276$473,667

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,352$8,383

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $37,383,697$35,762,111

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $34,580$34,113

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $30,045,771$25,325,209

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $15,113,319$11,898,158

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $45,193,670$37,257,480

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,809,973−$1,495,369

Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9

VI-1b Independent voting members9

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $35,762,111 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$143,052

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$143,052

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $35,137,009$35,137,009

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $505,960$505,960

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$32,293−$32,293

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $8,383$8,383

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $35,137,009 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $482,050$35,762,111

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $37,257,480 across 19 lines filed

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $34,113$34,113

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,005,089 · Management $596,196 · Fundraising $12,903$1,614,188

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,739,743 · Management $4,921,458$18,661,201

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $430,525 · Management $160,023$590,548

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,539,684 · Management $552,504$2,092,188

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,845,984 · Management $521,100$2,367,084

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $99,908 · Management $16,809$116,717

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $111,931$111,931

IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $197,906$197,906

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $28,579$28,579

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,089,020 · Management $982,805$2,071,825

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $378,985 · Management $386,980 · Fundraising $3,840$769,805

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,021,682 · Management $128,991$1,150,673

IX-17 TravelPrograms $389,950 · Management $43,684$433,634

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $23,500 · Management $39,675$63,175

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,931,277 · Management $90,153$3,021,430

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $110,106 · Management $36,250$146,356

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,412,246 · Management $1,239,918$3,652,164

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $89,442 · Management $44,521$133,963

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $27,339,160 · Management $9,901,577 · Fundraising $16,743$37,257,480

Part X · Balance sheet $23,514,613 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,144,164$3,861,436

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $10,428$10,441

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $38,269$1,584

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,200,129$964,533

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,695,455$1,540,264

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $988,480$1,766,107

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,802,907$4,263,619

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $12,383,718$8,696,475

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,947,676$2,410,154

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $26,211,226$23,514,613

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,608,235$2,397,595

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $29,197,015$27,868,668

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,362,571$2,546,062

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $34,167,821$32,812,325

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$7,973,977−$9,315,094

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $17,382$17,382

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$7,956,595−$9,297,712

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $26,211,226$23,514,613

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$9,297,712 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$35,762,111

XI-2 Total expenses$37,257,480

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,495,369

XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$7,956,595

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$154,252

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$9,297,712

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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