Alliance for Children's Rights: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 95-4358213)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021	$8.3M
FY2022	$8.4M
FY2023	$10.7M
FY2024	$10.3M
FY2025	$14.4M
FY2026	$13.5M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021	$6.5M
FY2022	$7.2M
FY2023	$8.4M
FY2024	$9.0M
FY2025	$11.1M
FY2026	$12.7M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021	$17.1M
FY2022	$18.8M
FY2023	$20.3M
FY2024	$23.1M
FY2025	$26.8M
FY2026	$28.9M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026. IRS ruling in Mar 1992.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

76%

14%

Program services 76% · $9.7M Management & general 14% · $1.8M Fundraising 10% · $1.2M

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

47 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2025); the FY2026 filing did not itemize Part VII

Jennifer Braun

President & CEO

$281,750Pt VII · Sec A

Kerri Seibly

Chief Development Officer

$257,393Pt VII · Sec A

Danilo Garcia

Chief Financial Officer

$239,855Pt VII · Sec A

Kristin Power

VP, Policy & Advocacy

$187,743Pt VII · Sec A

Lara Holtzman

VP, Legal & Program Services

$185,931Pt VII · Sec A

Lauri Collier

Oyc Director

$180,333Pt VII · Sec A

Cynthia Billey

Adoption Director

$160,281Pt VII · Sec A

Jill Rowland

Education Director

$156,430Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2026	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Jennifer Braun	$281,750	$275,543	$269,358	$260,942	$219,503	$212,838
Kerri Seibly	$257,393	$244,008	$230,379	$213,867	$181,406	$174,172
Danilo Garcia	$239,855	$226,013	$210,881	$186,442	$156,769	$152,920
Kristin Power	$187,743	$175,404	$165,379	$152,332	$134,775	—
Lara Holtzman	$185,931	$174,244	$165,745	$157,692	$141,860	$142,529
Lauri Collier	$180,333	$166,451	$142,543	—	$132,648	$128,943
Cynthia Billey	$160,281	$144,596	$142,510	—	—	—
Jill Rowland	$156,430	$147,687	$142,420	$135,204	$124,231	$122,708

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 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides free legal help to children in poverty and foster care.

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3 programs · $5.6M · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

System-Wide Reform

The alliance works at the state and local levels to develop and implement policies and practices that improve the lives and well-being of children and young adults in our child welfare systems.

$2.3Mprogram expense

02

Social Services & Healthcare

A child's illness can be emotionally and financially devastating for any family and, for families already living in poverty, the challenges are even greater. The alliance helps children facing medi-cal eligibility problems, treatment denials and inadequate access to physicians, dentists, and mental health services.

$1.7Mprogram expense

03

Opportunity Youth Collaborative

The los angeles opportunity youth collaborative (la oyc), led by the alliance, is a collective effort to improve education and employment opportunities for transition age youth ages 14 through 24, who are disconnected from school and work or have been impacted by foster care, the juvenile justice system, or homelessness in los angeles.

$1.5Mprogram 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

National Center for Youth LawFY2025$8K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K

By the numbers

The FY2026 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$13.5M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$13.3M

Investment incomeLn 3$657K

Money outPt IX

$12.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$9.7M

Managementcol C$1.8M

Fundraisingcol D$1.2M

Owns and owesPt X

$28.9M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.9M

Total assetsLn 16$32.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$3.6M

PeoplePt VI, VII

47

listed · VII A

PaidVII A8

Voting boardVI 1a37

IndependentVI 1b37

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$13.3M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$252K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$3.3M

Investment incomeLn 3$657K

Gains on assetsLn 7$0

Total revenueLn 12$13.5M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

SavingsLn 2$4.9M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.9M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$19.9M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M

Other assetsLn 15$2.1M

Total assetsLn 16$32.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$3.6M

Net assetsLn 32$28.9M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 581

VolunteersI 6854

Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

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

Line	Start FY26	End FY26
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$4.7M	$4.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$18.9M	$19.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$1.6M	$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16	$32.1M	$32.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$5.2M	$3.6M
Net assetsLn 32	$26.8M	$28.9M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$868K	$310K	$260K	$297K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$6.6M	$5.5M	$740K	$377K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$204K	$158K	$27K	$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$759K	$588K	$102K	$69K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$530K	$411K	$71K	$48K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$29K		$29K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$74K		$74K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$634K	$415K	$79K	$140K
Office expensesLn 13	$264K	$138K	$87K	$39K
Information technologyLn 14	$332K	$208K	$54K	$70K
OccupancyLn 16	$524K	$391K	$78K	$55K
TravelLn 17	$161K	$101K	$40K	$21K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$2K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$264K	$218K	$27K	$19K
InsuranceLn 23	$80K	$61K	$12K	$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.3M	$1.2M	$114K	$46K
All other expensesLn 24e	$31K	$31K		$51
Total functional expensesLn 25	$12.7M	$9.7M	$1.8M	$1.2M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2026 Latest Viewing	$13.5M	$12.7M	$828K	$28.9M	990 PDF
FY2025	$14.4M	$11.1M	$3.2M	$26.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$10.3M	$9.0M	$1.3M	$23.1M	990 PDF
FY2023	$10.7M	$8.4M	$2.3M	$20.3M	990 PDF
FY2022	$8.4M	$7.2M	$1.2M	$18.8M	990 PDF
FY2021	$8.3M	$6.5M	$1.8M	$17.1M	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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $13,489,018 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $13,859,478$13,337,983

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $521,736$657,373

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$29,264−$506,338

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,351,950$13,489,018

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,843,164$8,944,600

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,303,564$3,716,645

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,146,728$12,661,245

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,205,222$827,773

Part VI · Governance 37 of 37 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body37

VI-1b Independent voting members37

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

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 $13,489,018 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$3,302,472

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$10,035,511

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$252,355

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$13,337,983

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $657,373$657,373

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$506,338−$506,338

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $151,035$13,489,018

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,661,245 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $310,317 · Management $260,181 · Fundraising $297,458$867,956

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,467,131 · Management $740,084 · Fundraising $376,806$6,584,021

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $158,154 · Management $27,382 · Fundraising $18,458$203,994

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $588,332 · Management $101,859 · Fundraising $68,662$758,853

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $410,730 · Management $71,111 · Fundraising $47,935$529,776

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $29,300$29,300

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $74,233$74,233

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $414,692 · Management $79,166 · Fundraising $139,751$633,609

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $137,914 · Management $87,069 · Fundraising $38,630$263,613

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $207,517 · Management $54,277 · Fundraising $69,933$331,727

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $391,037 · Management $77,566 · Fundraising $55,350$523,953

IX-17 TravelPrograms $100,841 · Management $39,602 · Fundraising $20,501$160,944

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,800$1,800

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $218,267 · Management $27,010 · Fundraising $19,079$264,356

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $60,861 · Management $11,551 · Fundraising $8,017$80,429

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,162,337 · Management $113,741 · Fundraising $45,628$1,321,706

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $30,924 · Fundraising $51$30,975

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,660,854 · Management $1,794,132 · Fundraising $1,206,259$12,661,245

Part X · Balance sheet $32,472,333 assets, 15 lines filed

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,691,992$4,908,564

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,994,902$3,882,201

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $350,849$263,298

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,589,591$1,447,823

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $18,904,332$19,878,579

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,549,750$2,091,868

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $32,081,416$32,472,333

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,092,449$1,135,750

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,324,471$25,000

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,826,453$2,430,434

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,243,373$3,591,184

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $18,947,951$21,003,075

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $7,890,092$7,878,074

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $26,838,043$28,881,149

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $32,081,416$32,472,333

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $28,881,149 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$13,489,018

XI-2 Total expenses$12,661,245

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$827,773

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$26,838,043

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,215,333

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$28,881,149

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2026 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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