Teamchild upholds the rights of youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 46 volunteers and 49 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $297K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$660K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.0M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$240K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.8M
-60% vs prior year
Spent
$4.4M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$3.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.8M
FY2025▼ -60%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$4.7M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$7.1M
FY2025$2.8M
Expenses
$4.4M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$3.0M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$4.4M
Net assets
$3.0M
FY2025▼ -34%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$3.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1998.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $3.4M Management & general 15% · $660K Fundraising 7% · $328K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $660K 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
Director
$130,101Pt VII · Sec A
$125,234Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$118,312Pt VII · Sec A
$113,358Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Attorney
$100,771Pt VII · Sec A
Former Exe Dir.
$72,225Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sara Zier’s $130K as Director is at the 36th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Marcos Martinez$72,225$138,289$143,500$140,000——
Sara Zier$130,101$110,359————
Shawna Sherman$125,234$106,021$87,125$85,000——
Karen Pillar$118,312—————
Reyna Rollolazo$113,358—————
Anne Lee———$63,000$105,000$105,000
Chris Elnicki$100,771—————
Anthony Peterson———$51,556$77,558$80,000

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

Advocates for the rights of youth in the juvenile justice system.

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3 programs · $3.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Legal Services

Teamchild's legal team serves low-income youth and young adults in 4 counties (king, pierce, spokane, and yakima) and youth statewide who are incarcerated in a washington state juvenile rehabilitation institution, or have recently reentered the community after a period of incarceration, and youth who have education legal issues.

$2.6Mprogram expense
02

Policy

Teamchild's policy team addresses systemic issues youth face across the state by increasing access to education, healthcare, and housing supports; expanding and investing in community-led and community-based alternatives to school expulsion, diversion from court and incarceration of youth; and building strong relationships with…

$315Kprogram expense
03

Community Engagement

Teamchild's community engagement work includes creating opportunities for youth to guide our policy and legal work. Our community outreach and training activities create or reinforce partnerships with youth, familiies, juvenile court professionals, attorneys, and community providers.

$278Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$183K
Investment incomeLn 3$82K
Money outPt IX
$4.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.4M
Managementcol C$660K
Fundraisingcol D$328K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$512K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$240K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$14K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$56K
Investment incomeLn 3$82K
Other incomeLn 4–11$183K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$512K
SavingsLn 2$529
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$512K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$666
Other assetsLn 15$55K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$240K
Net assetsLn 32$3.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 549
VolunteersI 646
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$594K$512K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$543K$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$666
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$287K$240K
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M$3.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$660K$511K$103K$46K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.0M$1.5M$310K$139K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$530K$431K$32K$67K
Payroll taxesLn 10$239K$191K$28K$19K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$77K$73K$3K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$304K$198K$99K$7K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$82K$54K$14K$14K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$278K$214K$48K$15K
TravelLn 17$157K$149K$7K$693
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$57K$24K$14K$19K
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$10K$515
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.4M$3.4M$660K$328K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.8M$4.4M−$1.6M$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.1M$4.3M$2.9M$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$4.1M−$1.8M$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.7M$3.3M$1.3M$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.7M$3.0M−$306K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.9M$2.7M$1.2M$2.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,830,841 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,135,288$2,565,566
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $18,320$82,307
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$15,248$182,968
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,138,360$2,830,841
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,242,073$3,424,836
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,014,405$966,221
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,256,478$4,391,057
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,881,882−$1,560,216
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $2,830,841 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $192,137 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$2,020
VIII-1c Fundraising events$55,520
VIII-1e Government grants$1,161,484
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,346,542
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$13,885
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,565,566
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $82,307$82,307
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$9,169−$9,169
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $265,275$2,830,841
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,391,057 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $511,355 · Management $102,617 · Fundraising $46,029$660,001
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,546,690 · Management $310,382 · Fundraising $139,225$1,996,297
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $431,210 · Management $31,977 · Fundraising $66,563$529,750
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $191,305 · Management $28,165 · Fundraising $19,318$238,788
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $72,582 · Management $3,405 · Fundraising $1,148$77,135
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $198,321 · Management $98,842 · Fundraising $7,179$304,342
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $54,173 · Management $13,600 · Fundraising $14,202$81,975
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $214,451 · Management $48,452 · Fundraising $15,093$277,996
IX-17 TravelPrograms $149,251 · Management $6,722 · Fundraising $693$156,666
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,229$1,229
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $23,667 · Management $14,314 · Fundraising $18,703$56,684
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,679 · Management $515$10,194
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,402,684 · Management $660,220 · Fundraising $328,153$4,391,057
Part X · Balance sheet $3,246,207 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $593,255$511,660
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $529$529
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,539,416$1,635,311
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $40,273$33,853
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,895$666
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $543,052$1,009,291
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $129,439$54,897
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,847,859$3,246,207
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $126,000$155,484
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $36,315$33,350
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $124,502$50,694
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $286,817$239,528
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,596,077$1,751,388
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,964,965$1,255,291
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,561,042$3,006,679
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,847,859$3,246,207
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,006,679 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,830,841
XI-2 Total expenses$4,391,057
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,560,216
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,561,042
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$19
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$5,834
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,006,679

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