Children's Rights
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Children's Rights meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
Through strategic advocacy and legal action, Childrens Rights holds governments accountable for keeping kids safe and healthy in child welfare, juvenile justice, education, and healthcare systems.
Year, State Incorporated:
1994, NY
Childrens Rights uses a uniquely effective blend of advocacy and litigation, supported by deep networks of child and family advocates, to achieve systemic change in child-serving systems of care. We use the full force of law to protect children by overhauling failing state-run systems, and when laws themselves are unjust, we work to advance child-centered policy solutions. Individuals with lived experience in these systems are engaged in our advocacy, ensuring close proximity to the systemic injustices we confront.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, Children's Rights's program expenses were:
| Program services | $6,016,408 |
| Total Program Expenses | $6,016,408 |
Chief Executive
Sandy Santana, Executive Director
Chair of the Board
Lewis Tepper
Board Size
18
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Children's Rights's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Source of Funds
| Contributions | $2,275,214 |
| Attorneys' fees income | $1,486,091 |
| Special event income, net | $1,143,537 |
| Net investment return | $845,804 |
| In-kind donations | $72,841 |
| Other income | $6,934 |
| Total Income | $5,830,421 |
Programs: 76% Fundraising: 13% Administrative: 11%
| Total Income | $5,830,421 |
| Total expenses: | $7,917,039 |
| Program expenses | $6,016,408 |
| Fundraising expenses | $1,005,029 |
| Administrative expenses | $895,602 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $-2,086,618 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $13,054,431 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $10,967,813 |
| Total Liabilities | $4,258,589 |
| Total Assets | $15,226,402 |
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Report completed by:
BBB Foundation of Metropolitan New York