EIN 13-5562191

Children's Aid

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
2,210
Year formed
1855
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
Children’s Aid helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive. They do this by providing comprehensive supports to children and their families in targeted high-needs New York City neighborhoods.
Also known as...
The Children's Aid Society
Total revenues
$167,116,580
2022
Total expenses
$148,618,580
2022
Total assets
$513,010,000
2022
Num. employees
2,210
2022

Program areas at Children's Aid

The child welfare and family services ("cwfs") division promotes child and family stability through a range of programs. We find high-quality, loving homes for children placed in foster care and support parents seeking to reunify with their children. Home-based services are provided for children at risk of foster care placement. Our family wellness program offers comprehensive services to families impacted by domestic violence. (continued on schedule o)child welfare and family services (continued)cwfs is The home for our preventive programs, foster care services, and homemaker services, in addition to our domestic violence prevention programs, services for disconnected youth, and our office of client advocacy. The office of client advocacy helps stabilize low-income families through legal advocacy and emergency material assistance. The next generation center supports teens and young adults, particularly those aging out of foster care, in their transition to adulthood. Examples of our success include that 98% of families who received one of our family crisis interventions avoided foster care placements in fiscal year 2022. Further, 203 children were permanently reunified with their birth parents or moved into permanent foster, kinship foster, and adoptive homes.
The health and wellness division provides high-quality services that reduce health disparities among children and families living in poverty, including comprehensive medical, mental health, and dental services delivered by pediatricians, nurse practitioners, social workers, psychiatrists, dentists, health educators, medical assistants, and other support staff. Specialized programs also provide care coordination and educate children and families about The benefits of healthy living through diet, nutrition, and exercise. (continued on schedule o)health and wellness (continued)when medical care is convenient and accessible, more children live healthier lives. Children's Aid provides medical, reproductive, mental health, dental, and health education services in six school-based and two community-based health centers. Health services are tailored to meet The special needs of children and adolescents, and The division specializes in providing health care to children in foster care.an example of The division's specific impact is that 93% of children ages 3-7 receiving medical care in our community health centers had a well-child visit. Overall 50,000 medical, dental, sexual, and mental health appointments were provided to children and youth. Our health and wellness division provided 30,382 nutritional food boxes to children and their families as part of or our go-healthy kids and go chefs program last year.
The youth division focuses on ages 5 to adolescence/young adult and promotes physical, social, and emotional well-being as key factors for high school graduation and college success. Youth programs operate in Children's Aid locations and in full-service community school partnerships, and engage children, families, schools and communities through an integrated focus on academics, services, supports, and opportunities. (continued on schedule o) youth (continued)core services include out-of-school time programs in Children's Aid community centers and schools, summer camps, athletic programming, and through The national center for community schools, which provides technical assistance to develop The community school model nationally and internationally. Our older youth services include The carrera-adolescent pregnancy prevention program, which meets The top-tier evidence of effectiveness standards by The coalition for evidence-based policy. Services also include The excel college support program providing assistance to help young people enter and complete college, The hope leadership academy, which provides wrap-around supports and develops leadership through a peer education model, and teen employment services, such as summer youth employment program and corporate internships. We provide our scholars with college prep and post-secondary support. Parents and caregivers are engaged every step of The way because we know they are key to a student's success. 97% of youth in our targeted programs who applied to college were accepted to at least one school.we support youth through programs at eighteen community schools, five community centers, our wagon road respite camp in chappaqua, new york and a range of college and career services for youth aged 18 to 22. The youth division also provides management and technical support to The Children's Aid college prep charter school, a k-8 charter school with approximately 600 enrolled scholars.
Early childhoodthe early childhood division prepares young children (ages 0 to 5) for school success by working with families to advance Children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development and to instill in them a lifelong love of learning. Some of The programming includes head-start programs, pre-k and 3-k offerings. Core services include home-based and center-based programs that feature research-based curricula, low child-to-teacher ratios, and strong parent engagement. Our early childhood division has ten early childhood sites serving nearly 900 children. An example of our impact is that 91% of children in our early childhood program met or exceeded The cognition school readiness goal by The end of The school year.
Collective impact & The national center for community schoolsthe national center for community schools offers technical assistance in all aspects of designing, implementing, and sustaining community schools to meet The unique needs and strengths of individual communities. Services are targeted to individual schools, school board and district administrators, funders, education reform leaders, community organizations, and others through facilitated planning, consultation, workshops and ongoing support.since 1994, The national center has provided technical assistance to nearly all major national and international community school initiatives. Via customized training, consultation, facilitation, publications, and advocacy, we help build The capacity of schools, districts, community partners, and government agencies to organize their human and financial resources around student success.

Grants made by Children's Aid

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
CHILDREN'S Aid College Prep Charter SchoolGeneral Support$500,000
Kips Bay Boys and Girls ClubGeneral Support$41,800
The Boys and Girls Club of Mosholu Montefiore Community CenterGeneral Support$38,000
...and 10 more grants made

Who funds Children's Aid

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Robin Hood Foundation / Tudor Charitable TRPoverty Relief$2,200,000
Chase and Stephanie Coleman FoundationHumanitarian$1,350,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$1,317,805
...and 57 more grants received totalling $8,645,288
Federal funding details
Federal agencyProgram nameAmount
Department of Health and Human ServicesFEDERAL EARLY HEAD START$2,906,216
Department of Health and Human ServicesFEDERAL HEAD START$1,412,062
Department of Health and Human ServicesFEDERAL HEAD START$1,069,566
...and 70 more federal grants / contracts

Personnel at Children's Aid

NameTitleCompensation
Drema BrownVice President of Education and Head of School$188,301
Phoebe BoyerPresident and Chief Executive Officer$495,077
Daniel ShacknaiChief Operating Officer$277,035
Michael GreenbergChief Financial Officer$269,396
Alethea PrattChief Information Officer$215,444
...and 22 more key personnel

Financials for Children's Aid

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$24,309,144
Program services$111,671,000
Investment income and dividends$2,453,500
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$2,702,000
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$23,792,000
Net income from fundraising events$-387,564
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$2,576,500
Total revenues$167,116,580

Form 990s for Children's Aid

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-03-08990View PDF
2021-062022-04-29990View PDF
2020-062021-05-20990View PDF
2019-062020-09-10990View PDF
2018-062019-11-04990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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SCO Family of ServicesGarden City, NY$261,510,097
Children's InstituteLos Angeles, CA$91,993,949
Youth GuidanceChicago, IL$58,990,353
Start EarlyChicago, IL$70,463,769
Youth Advocate ProgramsHarrisburg, PA$83,502,845
Sheltering Arms Children and Family ServicesNew York, NY$88,686,017
Astor Services for Children & FamiliesRhinebeck, NY$57,639,307
SBCS Corporation (SBCS)Chula Vista, CA$87,559,700
Eckerd ConnectsClearwater, FL$312,276,414
Harlem Children's ZoneNew York, NY$171,399,865
Data update history
June 17, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 15, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
June 14, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 12, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 11, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Human service organizationsYouth service charitiesCharitiesCommunity Action ProgramsHead Start programs
Issues
Human servicesChildren
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsOperates internationallyNational levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportProvides scholarshipsGala fundraisersFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
117 W 124th St
New York, NY 10027
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
childrensaidnyc.org/ 
Phone
(212) 949-4800
Facebook page
ChildrensAidNYC 
Twitter profile
@childrensaidnyc 
IRS details
EIN
13-5562191
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1855
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
P30: Childrens and Youth Services
NAICS code, primary
624110: Child and Youth Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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