CHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization
CHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE (EIN 26-0388604)
Tax period
2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed
2022-11-15
IRS object ID
202203199349322705
Schema version
2021v4.2
Source
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DescLitigation ProgramIn order to hold those responsible accountable, Childrens Health Defense files civil and criminal legal actions in federal and state court to force transparency, scientific integrity, and policy change within industry and government regulatory agencies.Desc

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$100CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$145CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$15,876CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$74,377CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$68,140CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$158,638TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$100CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$145CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$15,876CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$74,377CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$68,140CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$158,638TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$10,212CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$11,475CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$21,687TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,126CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,888CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,425CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$204,993CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$213,432TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$736,655CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,082,293CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,288,157CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,279,680CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$16,025,716CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$23,412,501TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.65120PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.64560PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.01000InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.01000InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$9,157,795FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$9,157,795FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$607,890FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$151,973FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus2$243,024CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$387,976CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$607,890CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,238,890TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,858,335LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus2$55,543CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$16,031CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total$71,574TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus2$60,756CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$96,994CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$151,973CurrentYearAmt
Total$309,723TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$464,585GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus2$55,543CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$16,031CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total$71,574TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescCryptocurrenciesDesc
Book Value$78,634BookValueAmt
Method ValuationFMethodValuationCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities$78,634TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$16,025,716TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue$35,584OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$35,584RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$15,990,132RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$15,990,132TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$9,157,795TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$35,584OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$35,584ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$9,122,211ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$9,122,211TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Other revenues not included on Form 990 (Part XI, line 2d)Retail Value of Fundraising Event Donations as per Sch G Cost of Merchandise
Other expenses not included on Form 990 (Part XII, line 2d)Retail Value of Fundraising Event Donations as per Sch G Cost of Merchandise

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtCash GrantCashGrantAmtManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Europe including Iceland and GreenlandPromotional Expenses$160,974Wire
Sub-Saharan AfricaSet Up Expenses$13,300Wire
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Health FreedEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$45,750GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$45,750GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$26,786OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$45,750GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$45,750GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$26,786OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$26,786DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$18,964NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Robert F Kennedy Jr
Chairman Chief Legal Counsel$395,497$101,516$4,503$501,516
Mary S Holland
President Director$180,000$180,000
Lyndelle Redwood
President Director$100,091$3,909$104,000
Laura Bono
Executive Director$150,417$150,417

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11COMPLETE COPY OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING BOARD REVIEWS AND DISCUSSES AT IN PERSON BOARD MEETING, BY TELEPHONE OR VIA EMAIL IF NECESSARY. IT IS EACH BOARD MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITY TO REVIEW THE FORM 990 IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL SO AS TO BRING ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO THE TABLE BEFORE ACCEPTANCE.
Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12cCHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE HAS BOARD MEETINGS TWICE ANNUALLY AND ADDITIONALLY AS REQUIRED. AT EACH BOARD MEETING WHERE THE BOARD DISCUSSES ISSUES OR OTHER CORPORATE ACTIONS WHICH MAY INVOLVE CONFLICTS, EACH BOARD MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. THESE DISCLOSURES ARE THEN REVIEWED FOR ITEMS OF CONFLICT. ITEMS NOTED AS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT, IF ANY, ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL. APPROPRIATE ACTION IS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE DISCLOSURES AND TO ENSURE THAT DIRECTORS DO NOT VOTE ON ANY MATTER IN WHICH THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15aEACH YEAR, CERTAIN INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS SURVEY THE MARKETPLACE AND GATHER MARKET DATA ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE ACTING DIRECTOR (THE CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) AND OTHER TOP MANAGEMENT POSITIONS. THE ACTING DIRECTOR POSITION AND OTHER TOP MANAGEMENT POSITIONS ARE MATCHED WITH OTHER SIMILAR POSITIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR REVENUES, STRUCTURES, AND SCOPE. FOR THE ACTING DIRECTOR POSITIONS AND OTHER TOP MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, BOTH BASE PAY AND TOTAL COMPENSATION PAY ARE COMPARED. TOTAL COMPENSATION INCLUDES BASE PAY AND BONUS PAY. EVERY YEAR, CERTAIN INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS ALSO CONDUCT A FORMAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ON THE ACTING DIRECTOR AND OTHER TOP MANAGEMENT POSITIONS.
Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15bFOR OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES, CERTAIN INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS MATCH THESE POSITIONS WITH OTHER SIMILAR POSITIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR REVENUES, STRUCTURES, AND SCOPE. THE MARKET RANGES FOR BASE PAY ARE PROVIDED TO THOSE INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS. THOSE INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW THIS DATA AND APPROVE THE RANGES TO BE USED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR IN DETERMINING THEIR BASE PAY. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION REGARDING ITS DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING EACH MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19GOVERING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST, ANNUAL TAX RETURNS ARE AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR.ORG AND UPON REQUEST
List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11gEducational Activities Contractors - $1,077,285

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