Nonprofit · EIN 91-1188127
COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN
Tax-exempt · SEATTLE, WA 98121
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | 990 | $34,212,293 | $27,080,160 | $7,132,133 | $25,869,572 | $27,770,116 | -$1,900,544 |
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $35,762,111 | $37,257,480 | -$1,495,369 | $23,514,613 | $32,812,325 | -$9,297,712 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $37,383,697 | $45,193,670 | -$7,809,973 | $26,211,226 | $34,167,821 | -$7,956,595 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $92,344
- of which government grants
- $70,669
- Program service revenue
- $28,763,211
- Investment income
- $528,538
- Royalties
- $111,047
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $27,445
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $4,717,153
- Other revenue
- $4,828,200
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $1,592,170
- Other salaries and wages
- $13,225,874
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $18,638,346
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $46,550
- Accounting fees
- $89,371
- Occupancy
- $605,326
- Travel
- $295,888
- Depreciation
- $1,975,655
- Program services (functional)
- $19,821,695
- Management and general (functional)
- $7,258,465
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $23,514,613
- Total assets, end of year
- $25,869,572
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $27,770,116
- Net assets, end of year
- -$1,900,544
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,180,945
- Publicly traded securities
- $13,807,631
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$1,917,926
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $17,382
- Gross receipts
- $40,135,512
- Employees
- 174
- Volunteers
- 11
- Year formed
- 1979
- State of legal domicile
- WA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Lovanhill | Chief Executive Officer Officer | 40 | $421,650 | $14,306 |
| John Lee Wilson - Chief | Operating Officer (Until 1/2026) Officer | 40 | $286,108 | $35,767 |
| Polly Stansell | VP Product Key employee | 40 | $271,266 | $29,582 |
| Kelsie Longbrake | VP Finance & Operations Officer | 40 | $264,582 | $26,804 |
| Sheridan Doerr | VP Marketing & Client Relations Key employee | 40 | $273,080 | $8,198 |
| Matthew Carroll | Director Software Engineering Highest-paid employee | 40 | $224,909 | $36,049 |
| LaShuna McBride | Chief of Staff Highest-paid employee | 40 | $221,897 | $21,392 |
| Jessica Rossom | Director Education Partnerships Highest-paid employee | 40 | $208,129 | $31,583 |
| Loretta Corwin | Director Finance Highest-paid employee | 40 | $205,854 | $30,986 |
| Jordan Posamentier | VP Policy & Partnerships Highest-paid employee | 40 | $198,998 | $34,688 |
| Kumar Mehta PhD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Erin Maher PhD | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| David Parker | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Alonda Williams | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Ashok Shimoji-Krishnan MD | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakarra JJ Jones | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jenny Lee Vaydich PhD | Board Member (Until 5/2025) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Maria Langworthy | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Weeks PhD | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jose Salgado | Board Member (From 2/2026) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| John Andrews | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2025: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREA LOVANHILL | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Officer | 40 | $428,789 | $14,057 |
| JOHN LEE WILSON | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $350,492 | $31,692 |
| POLLY STANSELL | VP PRODUCT Key employee | 40 | $280,795 | $28,268 |
| KELSIE LONGBRAKE | VP FINANCE & OPERATIONS Key employee | 40 | $268,638 | $22,255 |
| EMILY HOLTHAUS | CHIEF PEOPLE AND CULTURE OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $247,709 | $33,912 |
| MATTHEW CARROLL | DIRECTOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $239,358 | $30,790 |
| JESSICA RUSSOM | DIRECTOR EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $235,675 | $22,840 |
| EUTHYMIA DOCES | VP INTERNATIONAL Highest-paid employee | 40 | $222,571 | $28,033 |
| LASHUNA MCBRIDE | CHIEF OF STAFF Highest-paid employee | 40 | $229,662 | $20,699 |
| SHERIDAN DOERR | VP MKTG. & CLT. RELAT. - FROM 05/24 Key employee | 40 | $158,843 | $5,718 |
| KUMAR MEHTA PHD | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIN MAHER PHD | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN ANDREWS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALONDA WILLIAMS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHOK SHIMOJI-KRISHNAN MD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAKARRA JJ JONES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNY LEE VAYDICH PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA LANGWORTHY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS TODD TOM WEEKS PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREA LOVANHILL | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Officer | 40 | $401,600 | $14,395 |
| KOUA FRANZ | CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $324,892 | $28,265 |
| JOHN REGI DENNIS | VP MKTG. & CLT. RELAT. (UNTIL 11/23) Key employee | 40 | $322,029 | $26,487 |
| JOHN LEE WILSON | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $305,715 | $20,346 |
| POLLY STANSELL | VP PRODUCT Key employee | 40 | $264,140 | $23,871 |
| KELSIE LONGBRAKE | VP FINANCE & OPERATIONS Key employee | 40 | $249,915 | $21,646 |
| MATTHEW CARROLL | DIRECTOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $226,454 | $28,607 |
| DANIEL ALBAUM | DIRECTOR MARKETING (UNTIL 11/23) Highest-paid employee | 40 | $234,119 | $17,524 |
| EMILY HOLTHAUS | CHIEF PEOPLE AND CULTURE OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $223,056 | $26,712 |
| MARY BRODD | VP GENERAL COUNSEL (UNTIL 11/23) Highest-paid employee | 40 | $243,277 | $6,257 |
| KUMAR MEHTA PHD | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHANNON ELIZABETH ORTON | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIN MAHER PHD | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALONDA WILLIAMS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN ANDREWS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAKARRA JJ JONES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| REED KOCH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA LANGWORTHY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHOK SHIMOJI-KRISHNAN MD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNY LEE VAYDICH PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS TODD TOM WEEKS PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2815 2ND AVE STE 210, SEATTLE, WA 98121-1261
- In care of
- % KELSIE LONGBRAKE
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Andrea Lovanhill, 2815 2nd Ave Suite 210, Seattle, WA 98121
- Signed the 990
- Kelsie Longbrake, VP of Finance & Operations
- Phone
- (206) 343-1223
- Website
- www.cfchildren.org
- Return prepared by
- Eide Bailly Advisory LLC
Mission
To foster the safety and well-being of children through social-emotional learning and development.
Program accomplishments
- Program Development: Designing and developing new programs, enhancing existing programs, and developing tools and resources to support implementation. We use research, prototyping, field testing, advisory groups, and continuous feedback to ensure program engagement, relevance, and high implementation fidelity. Program development, impact, and evaluation goal: Develop, continuously improve, and evaluate culturally responsive and affirming programs that extend social-emotional learning into multiple settings and increase program impact through research-informed strategies and ongoing assessment of effectiveness.(See Schedule O for more achievements.) - Redesigned the K8 training experience with role-specific content and educator and student stories. - Introduced new and revised K12 lessons reflecting a broader range of student experiences. - Used educator survey and platform data to improve training structure, navigation, completion tracking, and differentiated access. - Expanded middle school units, high school practice tools, and district-level dashboards. - Conducted four Second Step K8 studies, each with more than 4,000 students, showing statistically significant outcomes at elementary and middle school levels. - Earned evidence-based recognition for Second Step K8 based on rigorous evaluation studies conducted by WestEd.Expenses $8,473,689
- Implementation and Support: Providing consultation, training, and implementation support to current and prospective clients focused on the successful reach and impact of CFC programs. Implementation and support goal: Provide high-quality, efficient, and accessible implementation support to help ensure the successful reach and impact of our programs.Improved implementation supports by adding the following new strategies and tools: - Added implementation videos, webinars, messaging, check-in schedules, and resources.(See Schedule O for more achievements.) - Developed new training workshops to strengthen program implementation. - Created new goal setting tools. - Integrated implementation tools into programs to support social-emotional learning across classrooms, staff meetings, and schoolwide initiatives. - Launched a more intuitive implementation guide and improved access to key implementation resources. - Launched a high school program implementation and training plan.Expenses $6,141,653 · revenue $416,578
- Community Education: Educating teachers, administrators, families, and the broader community about social-emotional skill development, bullying prevention, and personal safety for children through conferences, presentations, speeches, community awareness campaigns, legislative advocacy, media outreach, and printed and web-based materials. Community education goal: Increase community awareness of human skills development, child sexual abuse prevention, and bullying prevention through social media, publications, presentations, policy advocacy, and other outreach.(See Schedule O for more achievements.) - Expanded social media channels to increase awareness of human skills development, child sexual abuse prevention, and bullying prevention. - Added blog content to SecondStep.org to expand access to social-emotional learning resources that help educators strengthen children's skills. - Attended and presented at national and regional conferences, including ISTE and ASCA, two national organizations that support K12 education and collectively serve more than 50,000 members. - Hosted a national webinar with more than 1,000 registrants on "Empowering Student Mental Wellness: The Science of Adolescent Emotional Development." - Advocated for funding and policies that support safety and well-being through human skills development and helped connect human skills to outcomes such as attendance and digital literacy.Expenses $4,316,401
- Production: Assembling and distributing educational programs and materials and maintaining and managing inventory.Expenses $693,823 · revenue $33,174,833
- Research and Evaluation: Researching areas related to CFC programs and recommending new program design. Conducting or partnering with outside entities to conduct evaluations on the effectiveness of existing CFC programs.Expenses $196,129
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 91-1188127
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1975
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I720)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $25,869,572
- Income (IRS master file)
- $40,135,512
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2026 | $34,212,293 | $27,080,160 | $25,869,572 | XML |
| 990 | March 2025 | $35,762,111 | $37,257,480 | $23,514,613 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2024 | $37,383,697 | $45,193,670 | $26,211,226 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $38,747,665 | $52,348,732 | $37,142,095 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 91-1188127).
Questions about COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN
- What is the EIN of COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN is 91-1188127.
- Is COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1975.
- Are donations to COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending March 31, 2027) is due August 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2026.
- Who is the principal officer of COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 names Andrea Lovanhill.
- Who are the officers and directors of COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 lists 21 people; 10 received compensation from the organization, the highest $421,650 (Andrea Lovanhill, Chief Executive Officer).
- How much revenue does COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $34,212,293, expenses of $27,080,160 and total assets of $25,869,572 at year end.
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