Message from the Board Chair

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The Children’s Defense Fund’s Leave No Child Behind® mission
is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair
Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful
passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and
communities.
CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of
America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves. We
pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority
children and those with disabilities. CDF encourages preventive
investment before children get sick or into trouble, drop out of
school or suffer family breakdown.
CDF began in 1973 and is a private, nonprofit organization
supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual
donations. We have never taken government funds.
Cover photo: One of the children who survived Hurricane Katrina now participates
in a CDF Freedom Schools® program in Mississippi.
© 2007 Children’s Defense Fund. All rights reserved.
Cover photos © Charles Smith and Photodisc
Inside photos © Michael Cunningham, Sharon Farmer, Cheryl Gerber, Alyssa Holt,
Steve Liss, David Rae Morris, T.C. Perkins, Jr., Alison Wright, Photodisc and iStockphoto
Annual
2006
Report
Contents
CDF Board of Directors
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Message from the President
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Each Day in America
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Key CDF Achievements
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• A Healthy Start
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• A Head Start
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• A Fair Start
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• A Safe Start
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• A Moral Start
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• Successful Passage to Adulthood
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• State and Regional Organizing and Advocacy
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• CDF-California
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• CDF-Louisiana
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• CDF-Minnesota
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• CDF-New York
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• CDF-Ohio
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• CDF-Southern Regional Office
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• CDF-Texas
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Financial Report
• Financial Overview
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• Consolidated Financial Statements
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• Accounting Policies
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• Donors
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• Seals of Approval
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2006 CDF Publications
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2006 CDF Board of Directors
Robert F. Vagt, Chair
President Emeritus
Davidson College
Davidson, NC
Carol Oughton Biondi
Child Advocate/Commissioner
Los Angeles County
Commission for Children
and Families
Los Angeles, CA
Angela Glover
Blackwell, Vice Chair
Geoffrey Canada,
Vice Chair
Leonard Coleman, Jr.
Cendant Corporation
New York, NY
Leslie Cornfeld, Esq.
Director, Mayor’s Task
Force on Child Welfare
and Safety
New York, NY
Marian Wright Edelman
Founder and President
Children’s Defense Fund
Washington, DC
James Forman, Jr.
Associate Professor
Georgetown Law School
Co-Founder, Maya Angelou
Charter School
Washington, DC
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Chair, Department of
African and African
American Studies
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Winifred Green
President, Southern
Coalition for
Educational Equity
New Orleans, LA
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Harlem Children’s Zone, Inc.
New York, NY
James Forbes, Jr.
Senior Minister Emeritus
The Riverside Church
New York, NY
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Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
PolicyLink
Oakland, CA
Reverend Kirbyjon
Caldwell
Senior Pastor
The Windsor Village–
St. John’s United Methodist
Churches
Houston, TX
Dr. Dorothy Height
Ruth-Ann Huvane
William Lynch, Jr.
President Emerita
Chair of Board
National Council of Negro
Women, Inc.
Washington, DC
Child Advocate
Los Angeles, CA
President
Bill Lynch Associates, LLC
New York, NY
Ivanna Omeechevarria
Child Advocate
Alexandria, VA
Wendy Puriefoy
President
Public Education Network
(PEN)
Washington, DC
J. Michael Solar, Esq.
Solar & Associates, LLP
Houston, TX
Laura Wasserman
Movie Music Supervisor
Los Angeles, CA
Reese Witherspoon
Actress
Los Angeles, CA
Deborah Wright, Esq.
Lisle Carter, Jr.
Chair 1973-1986
Howard H. Haworth
Charles E. Merrill, Jr.
Leonard Riggio
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chair 1986-1992
David Hornbeck
Chair 1994-2005
James Joseph
Chair 1993-1994
Donna E. Shalala
Chair 1992-1993
Maureen A. Cogan
Marylin Levitt
Susan P. Thomases
Laura Rockefeller Chasin
Katie McGrath
Child Advocate
Los Angeles, CA
Thomas A. Troyer, Esq.
Partner
Caplin & Drysdale
Washington, DC
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Carver Bancorp, Inc.
New York, NY
Board of
Directors
Emeritus
2006 Annual Report |
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2006
It is obvious from Marian’s fulsome
report this was another active year
for CDF, its staff and those volunteers who play such a vital role in
its work. As has been the case since
the founding of CDF, the continuing challenge is to bring into focus
for all of us in this country, citizen
and legislator alike, the plight of so
many of this country’s young—to
give name and face to poverty,
hunger, homelessness, illiteracy and
medical need.
Robert F. Vagt, CDF Board Chair
Concurrent with raising our consciousness of the
needs of our youth, we have worked with others at the
local and national levels to define what is essential to
accomplish on behalf of those too young to fend for
themselves. What we must do for our children has
never been a matter of choice—optional programs and
services if there happen to be unspent funds—but a
matter of what is absolutely necessary. We have a social
contract with our children and we must fulfill our
obligation.
This is an issue that transcends political affiliation,
for it is vital to all of us who value what this country
holds dear: its national treasure, its future... and that is
its children. CDF is not doing this alone; for, to be
successful demands the exercise of conscience, the
exercise of moral leadership, on the part of each and
all of us. We are very grateful for what so many do
with, and in direct support of, the Children’s Defense
Fund; and we encourage you to become even more
directly engaged in your communities.
I believe I speak on behalf of the entire Board
when I say that it has been both a challenge and a
privilege to serve this year as volunteers to CDF as it
seeks to shape a world that holds out its hands to support its children.
Robert F. Vagt
2006
Message from the President
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said
there are two kinds of leaders:
thermometer leaders and thermostat
leaders. The former stick their
fingers in the air to feel the political
temperature and adjust; the latter
seek to change the political climate
to promote justice for all. For 34
years CDF has sought to be a
thermostat leader and to follow
Mahatma Gandhi’s often repeated
statement as he sought to free
India from colonial rule without
despondency: “Full effort is full
victory.”
CDF has always tried to discern, after careful
research, analysis and field work, what children need.
Then through policymakers and public awareness,
engagement and multiple advocacy strategies at the
national, state and community levels, we try to create
the climate and promote the actions required to meet
those needs. Our calling is not to be political realists or
to fit children’s needs into the prevailing views of what
is possible. Our calling is to push the boundaries of
what is possible and to transform over time the misguided priorities of the richest nation on earth that
leave millions of children without health coverage and
in poverty, failing schools and violence-saturated communities.
Something is awry in a nation where the only universal
child and youth policy is a jail or detention cell after a
child gets into trouble. It is morally wrong and practically foolish that states spend nearly three times more
per prisoner than per public school pupil. It’s time for
a new and more just paradigm.
Marian Wright Edelman, CDF President
All Healthy Children Campaign –
CDF National Office
CDF’s 2006 and continuing 2007 top national
and state policy priority is ensuring health coverage for
all nine million uninsured children in America. We
believe that every child’s life is sacred and of equal
value. After many months of consultation with
numerous leaders and organizations, we developed the
All Healthy Children Act (S. 1564/H.R. 1688) to
ensure a level child health playing field as the State
Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) comes
up for renewal by September 30, 2007.* Its key principles are:
Coverage of all nine million uninsured children and
pregnant women;
A national eligibility standard for all children and
pregnant women at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level with a right of families above 300
percent to buy in;
* It has been introduced in the House and the Senate. Its 64 House sponsors constitute the largest of any pending child health coverage bill. CDF has a (C)(4) Action
Council that supports our annual legislative agenda for children. We do everything that the law permits to advocate for children and nothing that it prohibits.
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Comprehensive benefits (Medicaid’s Early and
Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment
[EPSDT] benefit package) for all uninsured and
SCHIP-eligible children;
A streamlined and blended child health program so
that the 5 to 6 million children currently eligible but
not enrolled in SCHIP or Medicaid do not continue
to fall through the cracks; and
Elimination of bureaucratic barriers to child enrollment and renewal through automatic enrollment at
birth and at other critical junctures in a child’s life
and for all children in means-tested programs.
Over 1,200 national and local faith, public official,
child advocacy, education and child and family service
provider organizations and leaders in all 50 states representing over 100 million citizens have endorsed
CDF’s All Healthy Children Campaign.
All Healthy Children Campaign –
CDF State Offices
While advocating for a national health safety net
for all uninsured children, CDF continues to work
simultaneously in states to expand and improve child
health coverage with significant success. Almost
800,000 children will gain health coverage through
our combined state advocacy efforts.
CDF-New York worked with Governor Eliot
Spitzer, who included in his budget a proposal to cover
all 385,000 uninsured children in New York State
and to lift New York’s child health eligibility level to
400 percent of poverty—the highest in the nation.
CDF-Texas , with the extraordinary help of the
CDF-Texas Advisory Board and a strong bipartisan
coalition, succeeded in restoring SCHIP benefits to
127,000 children with 12-months continuous eligibility. CDF-Texas’ report, In Harm’s Way: True Stories
of Uninsured Texas Children, researched and written
in 2006, played a major role in that state’s reforms.
CDF-California helped gain coverage for almost
100,000 new children working with partners Children
Now and California Partnership. Together we continue to work with state officials to cover all
Californians up to 300 percent of the federal poverty
level including children.
CDF-Minnesota continued to organize for coverage for all Minnesota children, succeeding in getting
more than 35,000 uninsured children covered in 2006.
CDF-Ohio supported its Governor’s efforts to raise
child eligibility to 300 percent of the federal poverty
level, up from 200 percent, which enables 32,000
children to gain coverage. They are also organizing
women leaders to provide a powerful Ohio advocacy
voice for powerless mothers and children beginning
with the issue of health care.
CDF-Southern Regional Office made more visi-
ble Mississippi’s shameful infant mortality rates and
fought enrollment barriers that have resulted in more
than 61,000 children losing health coverage.
CDF-Louisiana worked successfully to expand
child health investments for nearly 60,000 of that
beleaguered state’s children and provided direct health
and mental health services and art therapy to children
in the CDF Freedom Schools ® program through a
mobile medical van donated by UNICEF. Twenty-five
CDF Freedom Schools sites are operating in Louisiana—
10 in New Orleans—serving 1,600 children. CDF’s
report, Katrina’s Children: Still Waiting, was
researched and written during 2006 and released in
March 2007.
Developing a New Generation
of Servant-Leaders
The CDF Freedom Schools program continued to
grow in quality and quantity. Almost 1,200 college-age
teacher-mentors, Ella Baker Child Policy Institute
trainers and community sponsors spent a week in
training at CDF Haley Farm in preparing to operate
124 CDF Freedom Schools sites and provide a high quality
Integrated Reading Curriculum for more than 8,300
children in 25 states and 65 cities. Philliber Associates’
first and second year evaluations of Kansas City CDF
Freedom Schools sites showed significant reading gains
among the poorest middle school children in 2005 and
2006. The CDF Freedom Schools programs and Beat the
Odds® celebrations of high school students overcoming tremendous obstacles in their lives highlight the
strengths of young people and give them hope—which
is the best protective buffer for children at greatest risk
of being sucked into the “Cradle to Prison Pipeline.”
Two hundred CDF Freedom Schools participants, Beat the
Odds scholarship recipients, Katrina youths and young
people from other CDF youth leadership development
networks gathered in July 2006 and 2007 for five days at
CDF Haley Farm with faith leaders to foster intergenerational communication and action and hope.
America’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Crisis
A Black boy born in 2001 has a 1 in 3 chance of
going to prison in his lifetime; a Latino boy has a 1 in
6 chance. A CDF Summit about this profound and
invisible American child tragedy will take place at
Howard University on September 25–26, 2007, and
culminate in a Congressional Black Caucus Town Hall
meeting on the morning of September 27, 2007.
Solutions and best practices developed during 2006
will be highlighted as we try to inform and mobilize
key leaders across every sector to name, understand
and address a growing catastrophe that will turn back
the clock of racial and social progress.
Over the next five years, CDF will seek to partner
with and connect others working on pieces of the
Pipeline into a more united whole. Our goals are to
reweave the torn fabric of family and community,
rekindle the strong Black tradition of self help, reinstill an ethic of personal responsibility and achievement in all our children, provide children with positive mentors and alternatives to the streets, disseminate
and assist in scaling up best practices and build a
strong and effective intergenerational voice for policies
that ensure all children a healthy, fair, safe and moral
start in life and successful transition to adulthood. A
CDF report about the Cradle to Prison Pipeline crisis
will be published in September 2007, including case
studies in Ohio and Mississippi written by Pulitzer
Prize-winning reporter Julia Cass.
Continuing to Build a Movement to Truly
Leave No Child Behind
For 34 years, grounded in and guided by the Civil
Rights Movement, CDF has been planting and
nurturing seeds for the next urgently needed transforming movement to build a nation and world safe
and fit for every child. If the child is safe, everyone is
safe. Empowering women and young people is essential
to achieving justice for poor women and children at
home and globally. Eleanor Roosevelt believed that
only powerful women would protect powerless women
and that a woman’s will is the strongest thing in the
world. The inextricably linked fate of women and children has led us to take steps to forge a new, unified,
independent and nimble global and national women’s
voice for powerless women and children across race,
income, faith and age. The Southern Rural Black
Women’s Initiative, led by CDF Southern Regional
Office Director Oleta Fitzgerald and other women veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, seeks to empower
women to assert their human rights in 77 rural Delta
counties in the South. The Global Women’s Action
Network for Children (GWANC), which CDF coordinates, seeks to make far more visible the morally
obscene and human scandal of 14.4 million maternal,
infant and young child deaths each year in our world,
most of which are preventable. If we can move our
own powerful nation to protect its powerless children
and mothers, it will give impetus to greater U.S. moral
and social leadership for all the world’s children—who
also are our children.
All of us at CDF thank all of you whose support
enables us to provide a strong, independent, proactive
and persistent advocacy voice for voiceless children.
Alleviating Child and Family Poverty
Poverty and race are the two primary driving
forces behind the Pipeline. CDF seeks to end child
poverty in the richest nation on earth by 2015. One
piece of the strategy we have implemented for the last
few years towards this goal is comprehensive tax and
benefits outreach. In 2006, we helped poor working
families recoup almost $170 million in refunds through
our direct Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites and
by collaborating with and training others.
In faith and hope,
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2006
Each Day in America...
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Children or teens commit suicide.
Mother dies in childbirth.
2
Children under age 5 die
in homicides.
Moments in the Lives of Children in America
Every second
11 seconds
15 seconds
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36 seconds
47 seconds
minute
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3 hours
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18 hours
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public school student is suspended.
high school student drops out.
public school student is corporally punished.
child is arrested.
baby is born into poverty.
baby is born with no health insurance.
baby is born to a teen mother.
baby is born at low birthweight.
child is arrested for drug abuse.
child is arrested for a violent crime.
baby dies before its first birthday.
child or teen is killed by a firearm.
child or teen commits suicide.
child is killed by abuse or neglect.
mother dies in childbirth.
2,411
Babies are born into
poverty.
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Children or teens are
killed by firearms.
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1,879
1,153
Children are born with
no health insurance.
Babies are born to
teen mothers.
Babies die before their
first birthday.
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2,261
Children are killed by
abuse or neglect.
4,302
Children are arrested.
High school students drop out.
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2006
Key CDF Achievements
CDF’s mission identifies five major program
objectives that, when met, ensure all children a level
playing field. CDF’s Leave No Child Behind® mission
is to ensure every child a Healthy Start , a Head
Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in
life and successful passage to adulthood with the help
of caring families and communities. CDF achieves
these objectives by building a national conscience and
movement for children, using and sharing a range of
advocacy tools, including public awareness and education, leadership and community development, and
research and policy analysis. The authenticity and
effectiveness of CDF’s efforts rest on the persistent,
strategic integration of information and action at the
local, state and federal levels on behalf of children.
While these objectives and advocacy tools remain
constant over the years, CDF shifts its focus as new
challenges or opportunities arise.
ship and raise awareness about the problem, with the
goal of spurring state and national policymakers to
take action to improve child health coverage generally,
and specifically in the context of the 2007 State
Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization.
Major CDF Child Health Initiatives
All Healthy Children Campaign
To prepare for the All Healthy Children Campaign,
staff analyzed data, evaluated research, contracted with
external experts and used this information to develop
child health principles, messages and policies that will
continue to be useful in 2007 and beyond. CDF staff:
recent U.S. Census Current Population Survey data
to describe who the uninsured children are by race,
ethnicity, family income, age, family structure,
parental work and citizenship, and developed estimates of uninsured children in each state using three
years of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population
Survey.
A Healthy Start
The Problem
There are nearly nine million uninsured
children in America.
Every 47 seconds, another baby is born
uninsured in America.
Almost 90 percent of uninsured children live in
a working household.
Uninsured children are at risk of living sicker and
dying sooner than their insured counterparts. Not
only is this situation unnecessary and cruel to children
and their families, but it is a penny-wise and poundfoolish policy for our nation not to provide comprehensive health services to children.
In 2006, CDF made an organization-wide commitment to build a national campaign in support of
comprehensive health and mental health coverage for
all children in America. With the generous support of
the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Atlantic
Philanthropies, among others, CDF was able to
research and develop a logical, achievable child-appropriate policy solution to the plight of uninsured and
underinsured children. CDF also began building a
strong policy and grassroots network to provide leader-
Created accurate portraits of need using national
statistics. CDF’s research team analyzed the most
Compiled detailed information about current
child enrollment and eligibility under Medicaid
and SCHIP, including implications of the data for
the child health coverage debate. These included,
but were not limited to, current enrollment figures,
spending per child, spending on children compared
to adults in Medicaid and other cost-related analyses.
Researched and published two reports ,
both
relevant to understanding the current state of child
health coverage and where specifically improvements
are necessary and possible:
• Outreach Strategies for Medicaid and SCHIP:
An Overview of Effective Strategies and Activities
was written at the request of the Kaiser Family
Foundation for the national “Cover the Uninsured Week.” This report was disseminated via
the Kaiser Family Foundation’s website at
www.kff.org.
• Improving Children’s Health: Understanding Children’s
Health Disparities and Promising Approaches to
Address Them was supported by the Aetna
Foundation. Copies were printed for use at a
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conference convened by CDF in Washington,
D.C., where leaders in the field discussed health
disparities and next steps. The report remains
available online at www.childrensdefense.org
under Latest Reports.
CDF-Hart Associates polls and surveys found:
• 78% of those polled think it is “very or extremely
important” for government to focus on ensuring
insurance coverage for children’s health needs.
• 75% said that, compared to other problems the
country faces, lack of health coverage for all children
was “a very serious problem” or a “crisis.”
Generated focus groups and polling to understand Americans’ attitudes toward child health
coverage. Working closely with Peter D. Hart
• 88% said all children in public health programs
should have access to the same health services,
no matter where they live.
Research Associates, one of the leading survey
research firms in the United States, CDF convened
focus groups across the United States to get the public’s reaction to the issue of uninsured children.
Supplementing these focus groups, Hart Research
surveyed 1,014 registered voters to find out more
about Americans’ attitudes about children’s health
care and lack of coverage. The data collected helped
CDF craft a child health coverage proposal and
campaign.
• 73% believe uninsured children should have comprehensive benefits, including preventive visits,
immunizations, emergency care, mental, dental
and vision coverage and care for disabilities.
• 70% think the federal government is doing too little to help children who have no health insurance.
• 83% said that providing health care to all children
was “The right thing to do,” “The smart thing to
do” and “The fair thing to do.” They added that
the most important reason for doing this was
because “Children cannot take care of themselves,
and it is especially important they get regular
medical care to grow up healthy.”
Defined critical principles for child health coverage based on the CDF mission, research findings
and focus group/polling data.
Created cost, benefits and coverage estimates.
Using the most recent data available, CDF worked
with the Lewin Group to build and adjust various
models of health coverage for children. This process
helped our All Healthy Children campaign to design
a rational policy solution that could have an immediate effect on reducing the number of uninsured
and underinsured children.
Developed a legislative proposal—the All Healthy
Children Act—to provide comprehensive, costeffective health coverage for more than nine million uninsured children, pregnant women and
former foster youth for introduction in the U.S.
Senate and House of Representatives.
Strengthened CDF alliances, inside and outside the
Beltway, in the consultation process to develop the
All Healthy Children Act proposal and the resulting
child health coverage campaign.
Established new and strengthened existing relationships with elected officials and their staff to
Compiled research documenting the effectiveness of health coverage for pregnant women
and children in the womb, during childhood and
throughout life for use in the All Healthy Children
Campaign.
closely with the Fallon Worldwide advertising agency
(with whom we have collaborated successfully for
over 20 years on such campaigns as teen pregnancy,
gun violence, and federal budget cuts that hurt children) to develop the concepts, images and messages
to be used in a multimedia child health campaign.
The result was the “Elect Susie” campaign, giving a
child “candidate” the chance to deliver a clear and
nonpartisan message to advocate for improvements
to children’s health care, which the majority of
Americans want elected officials to enact.
Developed a national public education/advertising campaign on child health. Using the results of
CDF’s national research and the qualitative evidence
gathered through our state offices, CDF worked
educate them about the importance of child health
coverage, CDF’s child health coverage principles and
the All Healthy Children Act.
national solution to these problems and against
additional program attacks, particularly in the context
of the upcoming SCHIP reauthorization debate.
This work is an integral part of defining the real
need for comprehensive federal child health legislation that will eliminate the lottery of geography that
currently characterizes the child health coverage
“safety net” in the United States.
Took action to strengthen, improve, and expand
the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
(SCHIP), which is up for reauthorization in 2007.
CDF worked hard for SCHIP’s original enactment
in 1997 to expand eligibility for health care services
for children in low- and moderate-income families.
Between SCHIP and children’s Medicaid, more than
30 million children now have health coverage. Yet
nationwide, almost nine million children remain
uninsured—approximately six million of whom are
already eligible for coverage under Medicaid or
SCHIP. CDF staff, national and state, worked
steadily throughout 2006 to increase the number of
eligible children enrolled in Medicaid and SCHIP
with a number of different strategies, including
defining problems in program structure and implementation, identifying best practices to be replicated
in other areas of the country, and advocating for a
Continued ongoing CDF efforts to preserve and
protect existing health coverage for children.
Over the past few years, both Medicaid and SCHIP
have come under attack at various times at both the
state and federal levels. CDF state and national staff
have been vigilant in raising the alarm and in fighting
back against proposed cuts and policy changes that
make it more difficult for uninsured children to get
coverage and for insured children to access services.
It’s harder to
accept the fact
that 1 child in 9
is uninsured
if you have to pick
which child it is.
“9 million uninsured children
need a solution now.”
electsusie.com
PAID FOR BY FRIENDS OF SUSIE FLYNN AND CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND.
CDF’s 10-year-old Presidential candidate Susie Flynn is carrying the banner for
all nine million uninsured children.
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Renaissance Village trailer park, 10 miles outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is where 1,670 people displaced by
Hurricane Katrina live; more than 700 of them are children. The trailer park has no playground,
library or after-school programs.
Special Help for Katrina’s Children
Throughout 2006 CDF continued to pay particular attention to the health needs of especially vulnerable
groups of children, including those surviving disasters
such as Hurricane Katrina. After the winds of
Hurricane Katrina ceased and the extent of human
devastation became apparent, CDF asked: Given the
tragedies experienced by Gulf Coast families, were
there special impacts on the children who survived?
What are the policy implications for the future? In early
2006, CDF published Katrina’s Children: A Call to
Conscience and Action, which laid out in graphic terms
the extent of the problems facing children immediately
after the storm.
CDF revisited these questions and communities later
in 2006. New evidence uncovered in CDF interviews
with teachers, health and social service professionals,
pastors and parents found that the slow recovery in
Katrina-devastated areas’ basic infrastructure—education, housing, transportation and health systems—was
continuing to have a profound negative impact on
children’s physical health, mental health, ability to
develop social relationships, and access to the very
health care needed to help them.
CDF’s follow-up report, Katrina’s Children: Still
Waiting (compiled and written in 2006 for publication
in early 2007), lays out the specific impacts on
children suffering trauma from disasters like Katrina and
children whose school life has been interrupted or
compromised by crises of poverty, disaster and low
self-esteem;
urges our country not to ignore how fragile their psyches
and bodies are when dealing with these disasters.
A Head Start
Beginning each program day with a self- and community-affirming celebration;
Feeding children on a healthy and consistent basis;
Providing children with the consistency of a predictable daily schedule;
Surrounding children with a well-staffed and caring
group of young adults focused on meeting the needs
of the children;
Training young adults to be lifelong servant-leaders
in their communities; and
Investing parents in the CDF Freedom Schools program
to enrich their children’s lives.
The Problem
For the past six decades, researchers have documented how crucial the earliest years of life are to children’s future success. The nation’s Head Start program
was launched in 1965 based on this bedrock of
research. It provides early childhood education for
poor children, integrating nutrition, health care, physical coordination and activities, emotional and social
development, and the involvement of parents to learn
how to help their children develop readiness to succeed
in school. It also encourages volunteers and parents to
work in the program, motivating them to get further
education themselves and to see helping children as a
worthy professional career. This was CDF’s national
model of how a publicly supported program, with
community leaders, faith organizations, parents and
professionals working together, can offset the risks and
fortify the fragile realities poor children face.
CDF also fully understands the need for consistent, quality education throughout a child’s life,
including the need for a child to grow and learn during
the summer months and after the traditional school
day ends. CDF continues its work today to support
programs and policies that will ensure every child a
Head Start in life.
Major CDF Early Childhood Initiatives
CDF Freedom Schools® Program
Created in 1995, the CDF Freedom Schools model
incorporates the totality of CDF’s Leave No Child
Behind ® mission by fostering summer and afterschool environments that support children and young
adults and encourage them to excel and believe in
their ability to make a difference in themselves and in
their homes, schools, communities, nation and world.
In 2006 the CDF Freedom Schools program continued
to work with 68 sponsor partners to meet the needs of
children and families by:
Maintaining an academically and culturally enriching experience for young people, and especially for
Growth of CDF Freedom Schools Sites
Year
# of Sites
# of Children
2005
76
2006
102
Increase
34%
5,684
7,696
35%
# of Interns
648
829
28%
# of Cities
42
49
17%
# of States (and D.C.)
22
24
9%
# of Sponsor Org.
49
68
39%
# of New Sponsors
16
36
125%
The CDF Freedom Schools national office conducted
an evaluation of the Louisiana Emergency CDF
Freedom Schools sites during the summer of 2006.
Operating 15 emergency programs in the wake of the
devastation left by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita intensified
the challenges faced by staff and sponsor partners to
ensure high quality programming. Our evaluations
indicated that even when implemented in a traumastricken community, participation in the CDF
Freedom Schools program transforms everyone involved
and produces positive changes. The research suggests
that a majority of children regarded as “unreachable”
or “unteachable,” with difficult attitudes and low selfesteem, made great improvements after participation
in CDF Freedom Schools programs. Over 80 percent of
the children reported having a “good time” and three2006 Annual Report |
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quarters felt “like something good is going to happen,”
despite great loss and trauma. Seventy percent of the
children reported they were “just as good as other children,” an increase of 13 percent.
Philliber Research Associates of New York released
its second-year results of a three-year comprehensive
evaluation of the CDF Freedom Schools program operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City,
Kansas. One of the most exciting findings in the
2006 Philliber evaluation is the positive gain that children make in reading, resulting directly from participation in the CDF Freedom Schools program. This is
the second year that such gains have been demonstrated by children enrolled in CDF Freedom Schools programs. Reading gains among children were greatest
among some of the hardest-to-serve groups. Middle
school students gained more than younger students,
and scholars from low-income families gained more
than those who were more affluent.
Many organizations and individuals across the
country generously supported the growth of CDF
Freedom Schools sites in 2006, in particular, the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation for programs in
Missouri and Kansas, and the Rockefeller and Ford
Foundations for the new work conducted in Louisiana
and Mississippi.
CDF’s Supporting Partnerships to Assure
Ready Kids (SPARK®)
This key CDF program, supported by the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation, brings together parents, schools,
child care and early education providers, local child
advocacy groups, Head Start providers, state and local
government agencies and private businesses to ensure
school readiness and academic success. Last year, 2006,
marked the fourth year of this program’s impact on
800 children in five school districts in Mississippi,
coordinated by CDF’s Southern Regional Office.
CDF Freedom Schools® students learn how to access a world of information through the use of computers at a
CDF Freedom Schools site in Mississippi, opened after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
The CDF SPARK program organized “parent
resource fairs” emphasizing the importance of reading to
children early and often, and alerting parents to the
academic and developmental skills this promotes in
children. Fairs also focused on transitioning to Head
Start from day care and to elementary school from
Head Start; how to register children in available programs; and the importance of and where to get immunizations—all done in a one-stop-shop for parents.
CDF SPARK also held a “Day at the Capitol” to
train parents about the legislative process and how to
contact and work with state legislators to increase state
funding for more high quality early childhood education. The CDF SPARK model itself has become a
“best practice,” which CDF staff presented during
2006 at various conferences and to Mississippi’s education committee.
The CDF Emerging Leaders® Project
Since 1999 this CDF program has brought
together each year child care and early education professionals and advocates to provide training, resources,
networking and technical assistance to increase their
leadership capacities and their effectiveness to advocate
for improved child care and early childhood education.
In 2006, with significant support from the Annie
E. Casey Foundation, CDF held the Eighth Annual
CDF Emerging Leaders Fall Institute at CDF Haley
Farm with 39 new fellows, selected from 21 states
through a highly competitive application process. This
year’s Institute featured a dynamic session entitled,
“Leaders as Change Agents: Supporting and Developing
Effective Leaders,” to help these trusted professionals
take on expanded leadership roles in their communities.
An interactive email listserv created in 2006 now provides ongoing communication about new research and
information, legislative updates and alerts, best practices and idea exchanges to keep the 258 CDF Emerging
Leaders alumni closely knit.
Promote increased availability of high quality
early childhood education programs
Led by CDF-Texas and its Texas Early Childhood
Education Coalition (TECEC), a study was released in
2006 done jointly with the Bush School of Government
at Texas A & M University, showing detailed findings
of the short- and long-term benefits of early childhood
CDF Freedom Schools student gets help from a college
student Servant-Leader Intern.
education. CDF-Texas with TECEC generated widespread participation in a 2006 national satellite broadcast
called Pre-K Now, hosted by ABC News and featuring
governors from states across the U.S. Efforts were so
effective that participation by CDF-Texas’ 37 communities accounted for over 30 percent of the broadcast
participation nationwide.
A Fair Start
The Problem
Poverty has an enormous impact on every aspect
of a child’s survival, health, safety, and capacity to
learn and to grow. Yet in the United States in 2006:
One child was born into poverty every
35 seconds.
In total, almost 13 million children were
living in poverty.
Over 70 percent of poor children lived in families
with at least one working parent.
Low wages, high costs of housing, insurance and
transportation, illness, accidents and other factors
contributed to parents’ continuing struggle to
provide basic necessities for their children.
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The federal government recognized that just as
important as incentives for parents to work, many
working families needed additional income to supplement their wages to take care of their children adequately. Since 1975, the IRS has used the Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC) for this purpose. The program has received wide bipartisan support and lifts
four million people—roughly half of them children—
out of poverty each year. Despite these benefits, many
eligible families are not taking full advantage of the
EITC program, in large part due to poor outreach
efforts. If all qualifying families with children in our
nation got the cash benefits and food assistance for
which they are eligible, child poverty would be
reduced by 20 percent and the number of families living
in extreme poverty would be reduced by 70 percent.
Major CDF Initiatives to Lift Children
Out of Poverty
CDF’s Tax and Benefits Outreach Initiative
This national effort, now in its third year, has
helped increase the number of eligible families requesting the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Child
Tax Credit and related benefits to ensure children and
working families receive the tax, income, health insurance and other benefits for which they are eligible.
CDF’s program works with and through a range of
existing federal, state and local offices, faith- and community-based organizations and local businesses whenever possible. Key components to increase families’
participation include:
CDF also provided financial literacy information
and advice to EITC families so they could use their
refunds wisely. A refund check is welcome, but it is
often not enough to help families understand how to
use their assets to climb out of poverty. CDF repeatedly
found that poor families do not have bank checking or
savings accounts, have poor or no credit, and often pay
high interest fees to get paychecks cashed or refunds
expedited. With information and assistance, they can
learn to better use their EITC refund and employ
simple financial budgeting and money management
techniques to leverage their earnings and refunds. With
support from the Freddie Mac Foundation, the
Prudential Foundation and JPMorgan Chase, CDF
developed materials and programs to deliver such
financial literacy skills. The results of our efforts—and
the excellent partnerships we forged and sustained—
paid off for working poor families.
CDF State and Partner VITA Sites
Results in 2006 for Tax Year 2005
#
VITA
Sites
#
Returns
Filed
Refunds
to
Families
California
134
22,515
$17,168,300
Minnesota
32
17,457
22,727,336
New York
37
57,152
97,043,725
Ohio
39
4,770
1,144,062
4
128
123,591
45
5,283
18,191,061
n/a
n/a
211,987
Texas
CDF Office
South Carolina
Educate the public about the benefits available to
them through a comprehensive media strategy,
direct notices, and work with many faith and community partners.
Southern Regional
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6,350
7,799,843
Washington, D.C.
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3,991
4,863,403
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Educate employers and help them assist their workers
to apply for these benefits.
Total
344
117,647
$169,274,308
I
Promote and multiply the number of free tax preparation sites across the country, including Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites.
I
Build the capacity of free tax preparation sites to
link families to other local, state and federal benefits
and programs for which children are eligible.
I
Tennessee
In addition to these achievements, through our
work with VITA sites, CDF helped families save
approximately $11.6 million in tax preparation fees
and an additional $4 million in fees associated with
Refund Anticipation Loans.
Toddler Marianne Esparza from Houston, Texas
A Safe Start
The Problem
Children are born totally vulnerable. Without
food, care, communication and loving support, they
die, fail to thrive or do not develop physically, mentally
or emotionally to their full potential. What then happens to a baby born to a poor mother? A teen mother?
A mother addicted to drugs or alcohol who gets no
help? Into a family where there is physical abuse? Or
into a family that is homeless? Into a family living in a
neighborhood where crime and violence, gunshots and
drug deals are commonplace? Or into a family that
struggles or falls apart because a parent dies, is in prison
or suffers from a serious illness?
In America in 2006, millions of children experienced one or many of these family risks:
28,105 babies died before their first birthday.
420,845 babies were born to teen mothers.
883,647 children were victims of abuse
or neglect.
At least 1.5 million children had a parent in
jail or prison.
Nearly 1 million children were in families who
were homeless.
2,920 children were victims of gunfire
homicides; 1,825 committed suicide.
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406,980 high school students dropped out.
More than 2 million children lived with
relatives with no parent present.
to children living in foster care with non-relatives,
children living with relatives experience greater stability and connection to siblings and cultural heritage
while in care. CDF policy experts worked to build:
CDF continued its efforts to promote safe and
permanent families and nurturing communities for
children by looking closely at the details of “best practices,” how programs are funded and administered at
the federal, state and local levels, publicizing findings
for the public, professionals and policymakers and
advocating needed improvements in how systems can
improve outcomes for children.
• The Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program
(KinGAP) to allow states to use federal funds to
subsidize relatives caring for children in foster
care who have or want legal guardianship of them
and who commit to caring for them permanently.
• A national network of Kinship Navigator
Programs to help grandparents and other relative
caregivers “navigate” the various local, state and
federal systems and services, linking them to support
groups, respite care programs and special services
for children whose parents are incarcerated.
Major CDF Child Welfare Initiatives
CDF held the second annual Cradle to Prison
Pipeline® Institute at CDF Haley Farm with 36 key
leaders from the fields of child health and mental
health. CDF provided data on the components and
risk factors leading children and youth into the
Pipeline, and led discussions of specific interventions, system changes, data, and best practices from
these fields to keep children from falling into the
Pipeline. Through the Cradle to Prison Pipeline initiative, CDF briefed specific organizations about the
disproportionate effects of Pipeline risk indicators
on their constituents. During 2006 at meetings held
at Haley Farm, CDF staff met with Black and
Latino community leaders to address the racial disparities of children caught in the Pipeline—and
remedies their organizations could help advocate.
These disparities are striking: a Black boy born in
2001 has a 1 in 3 chance of ending up in prison in
his lifetime. For a Latino boy, the chance is 1 in 6.
• Separate appropriate licensing standards for
relatives and non-relatives providing homes
for foster children.
Expanded permanency options for children being
raised by their relatives as guardians. Compared
Highlighted lessons learned and recommendations for strengthening federal policy to promote
permanent families for children included in a
CDF report produced with Casey Family Services
entitled, Making Permanence a Reality for Children
and Youth in Foster Care.
Highlighted facts about the status of children in
the child welfare system, including federal funding
levels for key programs, relevant pending federal legislation, and national and state initiatives designed
to promote improvements in child welfare. CDF’s
Child Welfare Fact Sheets, prepared jointly with the
Center for Law and Social Policy, are posted on
CDF’s website.
Worked to prevent families from losing their
children to the child welfare system by increasing
treatment resources for parents with substance
abuse problems. Up to 80 percent of the children
entering foster care are from families with substance
abuse problems. In 2006, CDF national policy staff
convened a group of organizations to promote
workable options for Congressional staff as they
considered funding prevention and treatment for
parental substance abuse through the Promoting
Safe and Stable Families Program.
• Notice to relatives when children enter foster
care so that relatives can intervene early to provide a
home or other important family support for the
child.
Convened with Children’s Rights a federal Child
Welfare Workforce Policy Group to develop
federal policy recommendations for improving
the child welfare workforce , which identified
essential components of a quality child welfare
workforce and federal policy options to promote
specific improvements for staff working with children.
Opposed efforts at the national level to make
structural changes or cut funding and supports for
vulnerable children, including those living with
grandparents, and opposed new tax breaks that
would erode federal revenues available for these vital
services.
Published CDF’s annual report on gun violence
and children. Protect Children, Not Guns analyzed
the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention on firearm deaths
and injuries of children and teens nationally and in
each state. The report also highlighted program
models and opportunities for families and local
communities across the country to help stop the
violence.
Exposed mistreatment of children in the juvenile
justice system. CDF-California worked closely with
national staff to organize a “CDF Child Watch” in
Eastland Juvenile Correction Center in Los Angeles
where reports of dire conditions for youth confined
there were brought to the media’s and policymakers’
attention.
Co-chaired the Juvenile Justice Coalition, which
worked to maintain and increase funding
for juvenile justice programs and support the
reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and
The Coalition held
briefings in both the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives to highlight the importance of funding for prevention and treatment of youth who are
at risk of entering or are already in the juvenile justice
system.
Delinquency Prevention Act.
A Moral Start
The Problem
We believe faith allies can help inspire millions of
children and youth to regain their innate hope and to
inspire their creativity, compassion and strength to
overcome life’s obstacles and experience the joy and
meaningfulness of service and sharing. Sacred texts,
teachings and traditions of every religion call for protecting and nurturing children. This same moral
imperative underlies CDF’s work. It informs CDF’s
strategies to work in partnership with the religious
community, forging alliances that embrace service to
and advocacy on behalf of children as a holy charge
and calling. CDF works with our faith allies to communicate to our leaders that the real strength of our
nation is the vitality, preparation, education and creativity of its children.
CDF Haley Farm is the Children’s Defense Fund’s home for spiritual renewal and leadership development.
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Major CDF Faith Community Initiatives
CDF Haley Farm: CDF’s Center for Spiritual
and Moral Renewal
In 1994, CDF purchased Haley Farm in Clinton,
Tennessee, from the estate of Pulitzer Prize-winning
author Alex Haley. It is CDF’s center for spiritual
renewal, character and leadership development, intergenerational mentoring, interracial and interfaith
dialog about children’s issues, interdisciplinary communication and a safe haven in which to brainstorm
and refine ideas to reach the goal of leaving no child
behind. Since 1994, thousands of leaders of all races
and ages have come to CDF Haley Farm for seminars
and retreats, study and training. CDF added the
Langston Hughes Library in 1999 and the Riggio-Lynch
Chapel in 2004, both designed by award-winning
architect Maya Lin.
National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths®
Celebrations
CDF’s Children’s Sabbaths celebrations are organized each year during the third weekend of October to
encourage prayer, education and service to help children.
An advisory board of Christian, Jewish, Muslim,
Buddhist, Bahá’í and other faith leaders guide the
events. In 2006:
Congregations across America held special worship
services, education programs and other activities to
help people of faith learn more about problems
facing children and poor families. Over 15,000 copies
of CDF’s National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths
Manual were used by faith communities to guide these
services.
Reflecting the priority work in child health, CDF’s
National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths Manual
included special fact sheets and multimedia
resources to help faith leaders educate their congregations and lead interfaith dialogues about the facts,
human effects and policy solutions to improve child
health care.
Advocacy Ministry at CDF Haley Farm. He was a
remarkable servant of God, whose credo for his work
with CDF was:
Those of us who have inherited benefits we did
not earn or deserve must help those who have
inherited deficits they did not earn or deserve to
help them learn and earn what we take for
granted.
In 2006, the 12th Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry entitled,
“Congregations Stand for Healthy Children: Bringing
Hope and Healing,” gathered over 375 participants for
four days of learning, preaching, praying, networking,
and sharing stories, best practices, skills, facts and keys
to ongoing local, state and federal advocacy efforts on
behalf of children. The seriousness of the topics and
wealth of information were leavened by the laughter of
children and youth enrolled at the CDF Freedom
Schools program held on site; the choir and hymns
punctuating the days; times dedicated to meditation
and reflection; and the perspectives of young leaders
present at the Institute.
Successful Passage to Adulthood
CDF is deeply committed to building capacity in
leaders at all levels to make courageous, difficult and
visionary decisions that invest in children and help
them in a successful passage to adulthood. For almost
35 years, CDF has worked to plant the seeds to create
a successor generation of servant-leaders to reweave the
fabric of community for children and youths. By leaders, we mean those inside and outside of government—
women, faith leaders, youth and minorities among so
many others. Good leaders can make a huge difference
in how laws and programs are implemented. They are also
the driving force behind community and national
transformation, inspiring and making systemic changes
for long-term improvements for all children.
For Youth Leaders and Leaders-in-Training
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child
Advocacy Ministry
CDF Freedom Schools® Training for
Servant-Leaders
The Reverend Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor was the
first pastor-in-residence at CDF’s Institute for Child
The CDF Freedom Schools model inspires college
students, parents and adult site coordinators to deliver
services to children and help them learn to love reading.
In the process, the importance of servant leadership is
emphasized, and college students take these skills back
to their communities. Students’ choices for higher
education and subsequent career and civic leadership
goals also are affected.
In 2006, CDF trained 829 Servant-Leader Interns
and served 7,696 children at 102 sites in 49 cities in
23 states and the District of Columbia during the
summer. Additionally in 2006, CDF:
Trained and employed in Mississippi 86 college-age
Servant-Leader Interns (and other adults to serve as
site coordinators) to provide 26 weeks of emergency
after-school enrichment to 600 children at program
sites in Jackson, Columbia, Metcalfe and Cleveland,
Mississippi.
Established 15 program sites in New Orleans and
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which served more than
1,000 child survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Trained and employed Servant-Leader Interns and a
site coordinator to operate summer and after-school
programming for 50 children at the CDF storefront
located in New Orleans.
CDF’s Beat the Odds® Scholarship Program
The CDF Beat the Odds program identifies, rewards,
and trains young people who have experienced great
adversity to become strong future adult leaders.
Started in 1990, it affirms the success of young people
who have overcome tremendous obstacles in their
lives, demonstrated academic excellence and given
back to their communities.
Renee Zellweger, George Stephanopoulos and Ali
Wentworth hosted the Washington, D.C., Beat the
Odds Awards Dinner where the 2006 winners each
received $10,000 in college scholarships, laptop
computers and $500 in gifts. The Freddie Mac
Foundation was the prime sponsor of this 2006 event.
Four CDF state offices (California, Minnesota, New
York and Texas) held their own Beat the Odds competitions, awards ceremonies and ongoing training
events. Support was also expanded for many of the
scholarship recipients by providing a mental health
counselor, a job coach and internship opportunities.
Many of the 600 Beat the Odds alumni participate in
ongoing child advocacy, community development
and related policy and research work. In 2006, more
CDF’s Washington, D.C., Beat the Odds® Awards Dinner, held in November 2006, was hosted by
Renee Zellweger, George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth.
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than 50 Beat the Odds scholarship winners participated with other youth leaders in various states in
CDF’s Young Adult Leadership Training program,
specifically focusing on effective advocacy, as well as
in national and community-based programs such as
the CDF Freedom Schools program and local poverty,
tax benefits, health care and other program initiatives.
CDF Young Adult Leadership Training (YALTSM)
YALT attracts 200 young adults to participate in a
week-long training to learn about critical issues for
children in their community, develop leadership skills
to organize and advocate for positive change, and to
network with other young leaders from across the
country. YALT participants then implement action
plans developed at the conference in their own local
communities. Started in 2005, YALT continues to be a
focal point in CDF’s effort to identify and train the
next generation of child advocates.
CDF Student Health Outreach (CDF SHOUT®)
Program
The CDF SHOUT program began in New York
City with graduate and undergraduate students from
Columbia University and now has colleges and universities in several states steering students to be trained to
deliver community service in areas such as the impact
of insurance and health care on children and families,
local and national statistics, health coverage programs
available for eligible families (especially SCHIP) and
skills in how to reach out to and help families complete
SCHIP applications.
CDF Student Poverty Reduction Outreach
(CDF SPROUT®]) Program
The CDF SPROUT program provides students
with training and specific projects to find, explain and
help all eligible families receive the public benefits that
can lift children out of poverty, including EITC,
SCHIP, Medicaid, Child Tax Credits and Food Stamps,
among others. The CDF SPROUT p]rogram is
implemented with National Student Partnerships, the
nation’s only student-driven volunteer service organization that links individuals in need with critical personal, social and business resources to help them obtain
and maintain regular employment.
CDF Scholastic Fellows Program
Last year the successful collaboration continued
between CDF and Scholastic, Inc., one of the nation’s
largest and most respected publishers of educational
materials for children and youth. Begun at CDF’s
impetus in 2002 to create more culturally relevant
materials for minority children, the program reaches
out to college students of diverse backgrounds to
develop their interest in publishing careers, hoping to
gain fresh perspectives from their insights. In 2006,
five fellows received rigorous training in business leadership skills and worked alongside Scholastic executives in multiple aspects of the publishing industry.
CDF Internship Program
The CDF Internship Program gives approximately 70
top college students each year the opportunity to work
in CDF’s national, state and regional offices. Interns
are placed throughout different departments under the
supervision of top policy, research and program specialists and participate in a range of experiences including
official briefings, guest speakers, specific skill or
knowledge training and networking with other national,
state and local organizations.
For Women Leaders
Global Women’s Action Network for Children
(GWANC)
CDF convened, under the patronage of Her
Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, the second international summit to launch the action agenda
for the Global Women’s Action Network for Children.
This is CDF’s first international initiative designed to
create a new generation of women leaders to catalyze
moral and political will and to draw international,
regional and national attention to the preventable
deaths of more than 14 million mothers, infants and
children each year and to some 55 million school-age
girls presently out of school globally. GWANC is committed to connecting existing organizations and other
networks to work together to improve maternal, infant
and child survival rates and overall health status and to
enhance educational opportunities for girls.
The 2006 Summit in Jordan was co-convened by
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman; former U.S.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former President
of Ireland and U.N. Human Rights Commissioner
Mary Robinson; Mahnaz Afkhami, President of the
Women’s Learning Partnership; and Melanne Verveer,
Chair of Vital Voices, and carried out under the patronage
of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan.
The Conference brought together more than 200
women leaders from 38 countries spanning diverse
faiths, generations and disciplines including two
Nobel Laureates, a former President, six First Ladies,
numerous Ministers and senior government officials,
corporate leaders, and heads of international and
national agencies and civil society organizations.
As agreed by the Conference participants, the first
steps of a GWANC action plan commenced in 2006.
These steps include:
Launch of a GWANC website to serve as a knowledge sharing tool for the network supporters
(www.childrensdefense.org/gwanc).
Design and implementation of a global advocacy
campaign to raise public awareness of maternal,
infant and child mortality rates and increase
demand for and supply of resources at the local,
national and international levels needed to accelerate reductions in these rates. Led by GWANC
and with technical assistance from Advocacy
International in the United Kingdom, work progressed during 2006 to design the strategy of the
campaign and its branding materials.
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan at the
second international summit of the Global Women’s
Action Network for Children.
Create the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Scholarship
Program, in honor of Liberia’s President, to train
50 promising young women at U.S. colleges who
will return qualified to assume a leading role in
the reconstruction and economic and social
development of Liberia. GWANC designed a
Mary Grant, Samuel Rubin, National Network of
Sector Partners, The Sister Fund and MS Foundation.
Its programs target low-income women in 77 counties
comprising the Black Belt of Alabama, southwest
Georgia and the Mississippi Delta, training them in
human rights, culture and policy initiatives. Major initiatives included the following:
Scholarship Concept Note and started negotiations
with the Government of Liberia to train young
Liberian women in the subject areas that are of particular importance to the public sector of this country.
Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for
Economic and Social Justice (SRBWI)
SRBWI, having completed its third year, began with
a planning grant from the Ford Foundation, under
CDF’s direction, and has been sustained by grants
from Ford, Kellogg, Marguerite Casey, Charles and
SRBWI held trainings during 2006 at Tuskegee
University in Alabama for 200 women, bringing
the total trained to more than 1,000 women.
SRBWI now tracks these women’s leadership roles in
their own communities, with many demonstrating
their capacity to create and pursue solutions to
poverty and injustice, increasingly exert control over
their lives and participate in economic development
and child advocacy activities.
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In July 2006, SRBWI held the second Unita Blackwell Young Women’s Leadership Institute, a lead-
ership training program specifically aimed at the
region’s young women to build awareness of the significant social and human rights movement that took
place in the South and what is needed to be done to
achieve economic justice for women today. Eightyfive young women participated in the program.
Since 1973, local and state organizing and advocacy
have played a crucial role in CDF’s strategies and results.
CDF’s initial Jackson, Mississippi, office influenced the
priorities and remedies sought by CDF Washington,
D.C., staff and piloted or evaluated the impact of
nationally inspired programs or legislation and reported
results that were heard nationwide. The Mississippi
office grew to cover Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia
and Louisiana, becoming CDF’s Southern Regional
Office (SRO).
CDF continually expanded its state and regional
organizing efforts for children: Ohio in 1982; Minnesota
and Texas in 1984; New York in 1992; California in
1998; and due to the special efforts needed after
Hurricane Katrina, SRO’s Louisiana office was strengthened in 2005.
State and Regional Organizing
and Advocacy
Major CDF State and Regional
Achievements
CDF-California
Objective 1: Increase the number of children
with health coverage so they get the care they
need to grow healthy and strong.
Partnering with the 100% Campaign, CDFCalifornia continued to steadily reduce the number of
uninsured children in California by improving MediCal and the Healthy Families programs through
Senate Bill 437 and the 2006–2007 Budget Act,
resulting in an estimated 97,000 more children who
will receive comprehensive health, mental health, dental and vision coverage.
Objective 2: Increase the number of eligible poor
working families receiving tax credits and related
benefits.
Congresswoman Diane Watson formally recognized CDF-California for its tax and benefits work,
which included county-shared analysis of 1,000 surveys
from families using Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
(VITA) sites to pinpoint needed improvements. The
IRS reported that the work of CDF-California and our
fellow members of the Greater Los Angeles EITC
Campaign Partnership resulted in an increase of
227,178 (26.4 percent) EITC claimants in 2006, receiving refunds totaling $1.6 billion. CDF-Californiacreated policy was also reflected in Speaker Fabian
Nunez’s state legislation requiring paid tax preparers to
alert taxpayers in writing of fees and loans with high
interest rates.
Objective 3: Expand youth leadership development and mobilization.
CDF-California doubled the number of its CDF
SHOUT volunteers, with 65 pre-med college students
enrolling children in low or no-cost health insurance
and providing information on other public benefits
at free tax sites, shelters, and CDF SHOUT health fairs
with support from Union Bank, the Endeavor
Foundation, the California Endowment and the Kayne
Foundation. CDF-California also initiated quarterly
Young Adult Leadership Trainings (YALTSM) for 100
youth advocates that included self-advocacy, life and
financial skills, and community organizing.
CDF-Louisiana
Objective 1: Respond to the many families and
children in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast
communities dealing with crises as a result of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
This included addressing needs of children whose
parents and/or siblings were scattered to other states or
localities during evacuation; the homeless who were
moved to transitional trailers; children needing to be
enrolled in new schools; electricity, health care, food,
and counseling and services for many post-traumatic
challenges. It was important to inspire hope that these
children’s lives could be healed, their families reunited,
their classes continued, their medicines provided, their
safety assured and their futures possible.
Objective 2: Be a trusted voice for children
throughout the post-Katrina period.
Objective 3: Work toward providing all children
with access to quality health and child care.
Among many other things, CDF-Louisiana organized and hosted ten Katrina Child WatchSM visits,
including the “Prominent Women” visit on May 8,
2006, with CDF Board Members Carol Biondi, RuthAnn Huvane, Katie McGrath and Reese Witherspoon,
as well as other prominent women, including Karen
Binswanger, Malak Compton-Rock, Jennifer Garner,
Felicia Henderson, Jane Kaczmarek, Charmaine
Neville, Deborah Newmyer, CCH Pounder, Cicely
Tyson and Ali Wentworth, to raise awareness of the
actual conditions and multiple challenges children
continue to experience post-Katrina. To reach the
American public with the plight of these children,
CDF-Louisiana hosted visits from representatives from
the FDIC, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities,
BET and CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
In 2006, approximately 68,000 of Minnesota’s
children did not have health coverage and, overall, had
some of the highest racial disparities of health coverage
in the country. Additionally, 10,000 fewer children
received child care assistance due to past cuts to the
programs. Continuing its efforts around health care
and child care policies, CDF-Minnesota supported the
Children’s Health Security Act, legislation that would
ensure all Minnesota children access to affordable,
comprehensive health care coverage. Through grass-
CDF-Minnesota
Objective 1: Reduce childhood poverty through outreach for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and
other benefits for eligible families.
In addition to helping families receive more than
$22.7 million in tax credits and refunds, CDFMinnesota trained 100 volunteers for the 2006 tax
season, and a total of 4,300 families and individuals
were screened through Minnesota’s tax and benefits
website to help them access public work support programs including health insurance, food supports, child
care assistance and energy assistance.
Objective 2: Inform the public about the state of
Minnesota’s children.
CDF-Minnesota educated the public through its
website, publication of its bi-monthly newsletter
(14,000 circulation), e-mail communications to 2,500
child advocates, and with regular media alerts, press
events, and editorials; by hosting statewide KIDS
COUNT coffees to review local data on trends in
child well-being; holding community forums throughout the state on child care funding and children’s
health coverage; and organizing media events to publicize research findings, which generated significant TV,
radio, and print coverage statewide.
Actress and CDF Board Member Reese Witherspoon
and actress Jennifer Garner were among several
prominent women who took part in a CDF-sponsored
Katrina Child WatchSM visit to New Orleans.
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As part of CDF-Minnesota’s health care coverage outreach, new families in the Minneapolis school district
are enrolled in health care programs like SCHIP and Medicaid.
roots organizing and direct advocacy, CDF-Minnesota’s
efforts significantly increased awareness among state
legislators about barriers to children’s health coverage,
resulting in 40 legislative co-authors for the Children’s
Health Security Act. CDF-Minnesota also advocated
with partners to re-establish funding levels to child
care, increasing child care funding by $52 million over
three years.
CDF-New York
Objective 1: Expand public health insurance
programs for children to provide every child in
New York accessible and affordable health
insurance coverage.
CDF-New York launched “Closing the Gap,” a
new campaign to reach the state’s 400,000 uninsured
children, a number made even more serious because it
represented a 17 percent increase over the number of
2005 uninsured children—the first increase in uninsured
children in New York in nearly a decade. CDF-New
York developed a comprehensive proposal to provide
health insurance coverage to every needy child in New
York State by (1) expanding eligibility levels to 400
percent of the federal poverty level and (2) streamlining enrollment practices to reach the 70 percent of
uninsured children who were currently eligible but not
enrolled. In 2007, newly elected Governor Eliot
Spitzer made good on his campaign pledge and made
health insurance coverage for all children in New York
a reality by adopting CDF’s legislative proposal in his
budget.
Objective 2: Promote access and enrollment in
public health programs.
CDF-New York continued to lead its successful
Child Health Now! Coalition, now in its seventh year,
with over 100 member organizations. This coalition
promotes access and enrollment into public health
insurance programs by sharing public policy updates
and coordinating advocacy activities. The Coalition
also includes the Facilitated Enrollment Lead Agency
Workgroup, which monitors public health insurance
enrollment, retention and program utilization, and
works with policymakers at the local and state level to
devise solutions to the issues identified.
Objective 3: Reduce child hunger.
CDF-New York’s Child Nutrition Initiative expanded
participation and improved implementation of the
School Breakfast and Summer Meals Programs and
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants and Children).
CDF-Ohio
Objective 1: Increase the number of children with
health coverage.
Completing the fourth year of an initiative funded
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called
“Covering Kids and Families,” CDF-Ohio held a
statewide conference with more than 120 child health
advocates and stakeholders to address next steps to
increase health coverage for children; distributed over
4,000 bilingual “Medical Health Cards” to Latino
immigrants and agencies to address the growing problem of language barriers between patients and medical
service providers; and released over 250 copies of
Promising Practices, a book of key activities and initiatives to enroll eligible children and families in Healthy
Start Healthy Families (Ohio’s SCHIP program), as
well as over 200 copies of the Employer Tool-Kit: Healthy
Start Healthy Families, a collection of best practices for
employers to use in educating and enrolling employees
in Ohio’s Medicaid and SCHIP programs.
Objective 2: Highlight the problems and the
leadership potential of Ohio’s youth.
CDF-Ohio developed a new “Youth in the
Movement” program in partnership with Baldwin
Wallace College in Cleveland to teach college students
how to become advocates for change in their respective
communities. Students received college credit for participating in the program. Additional Ohio universities
such as Myers, Cleveland State Community College and
Case Western Reserve University now use this curriculum to train a new generation of child advocates.
Objective 3: Reduce child poverty by informing
and assisting taxpayers in applying for credits and
other assistance for which they are eligible.
CDF-Ohio, with a new coalition of over 64 organizations, worked throughout the state raising awareness
of the EITC and Child Tax Credits, free tax preparation
and asset-building resources, which resulted in a total
of $7.8 million being returned to working families
either through tax refunds or savings from tax preparation and avoiding Refund Anticipation Loans.
CDF-Southern Regional Office (SRO) serving
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana and Mississippi
Objective 1: Reduce poverty in families with children.
In addition to the Southern Rural Black Women’s
Initiative discussed on page 25, CDF-SRO focused
intensive EITC publicity and outreach in the three
SRBWI states to increase the numbers of working poor
families who apply for and receive EITC and other
benefits for which they and their children are eligible.
CDF-SRO efforts assisted 50 free EITC volunteer centers
to help these families, resulting in nearly $9 million in
refunds and shared information on savings and checking accounts, as well as financial literacy training.
Objective 2: Improve early childhood and public
education opportunities.
Along with CDF’s Supporting Partnerships to
Assure Ready Kids (SPARK®) program, the Mississippi
Adequate Education Program (MAEP) was SRO’s
major 2006 policy initiative, advocating successfully
for Mississippi to adopt a formula to ensure every
school district has adequate resources to educate all
students—especially poor and at-risk students—from
kindergarten through 12th grade, regardless of the wealth
of their community. Working vigorously with partners
throughout the state, CDF-SRO was successful in get-
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ting the Mississippi legislature to approve full funding
for MAEP, which will begin in the 2007 school year.
Objective 3: Enroll more eligible children in SCHIP
and Medicaid.
Through CDF’s All Healthy Children Campaign,
which began in September 2006, CDF-SRO helped
re-enroll 3,000 children cut from Medicaid and
SCHIP because of a state policy change requiring faceto-face re-certification. CDF-SRO received hundreds
of calls from families, ran radio and newspaper ads to
help them find solutions and continued to work with
families dropped from Medicaid and SCHIP to get
them re-enrolled and call public attention to the need
for health coverage for all children without cumbersome restrictions.
CDF-Texas
Objective 1: Improve coverage, eligibility and
enrollment of children in Texas’ State Children’s
Health Insurance Program.
Because Texas has the highest rate of uninsured children
in the nation (20.2 percent—1.4 million children),
CDF-Texas’ priority in 2006 was to raise public
awareness about the needs of these children, get them
enrolled in Medicaid or SCHIP and pressure lawmakers
to enact laws to provide health coverage for these children.
CDF-Texas analyzed data and interviewed families and
providers across the state in preparation for its publication, In Harm’s Way: True Stories of Texas Uninsured
Children, published in early 2007; exposed the failings
of a massive SCHIP privatization initiative that lead to
hundreds of errors, resulting in wrongful termination
of eligible SCHIP children. The state ultimately
reduced the privatization contract and reinstated more
than 900 state employees to process eligible Texas children; and, with help from the RGK Foundation, the
Houston Endowment and the Simmons Foundation,
reached out to school districts and nursing staff to help
thousands of children get health coverage.
Objective 2: Reduce child poverty.
In the last five years, CDF-Texas’ office in the Rio
Grande Valley has become the premier child advocacy
organization, directly affecting the lives of more than
150,000 children, generating $1.5 million in federal
tax refunds, including EITC and other IRS refunds for
low-income working families (and securing $1.7 million
in grants from the RGK, Trull, Michael and Susan
Dell and Marguerite Casey Foundations for continuing
program implementation).
Objective 3: Aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
CDF-Texas, along with the Houston Food Bank,
New Home Ministries and Hope for Families CDC,
distributed over six tons of food to more than 21
apartment complexes housing Katrina/Rita evacuee
families; conducted financial literacy seminars in
English and Spanish to families affected by Katrina;
and assisted in planning and recruiting families to
participate in the Gulf Coast Discussion of the
Unified New Orleans Plan for Redevelopment in citywide conferences held in New Orleans, Baton Rouge,
Atlanta, Dallas and Houston.
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CDF-Texas got Clear Channel Outdoor to create two separate messages with photos, used on over
200 billboards (above), to educate the public about child health care coverage.
USC SHOUT organized a Los Angeles community health fair to assist in enrolling uninsured children in
low- or no-cost health insurance programs.
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CDF Financial Overview
CDF exists to provide a voice for all children in America who cannot speak, vote or lobby on behalf of
their needs. CDF, the nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization, uses public support for nonpartisan analyses of data,
policies and programs affecting children and disseminating results and recommendations to the public. The
CDF Action Council, a 501(c)4 organization, shares the same mission and was formed to conduct additional
lobbying activities and grassroots mobilizations advocating legislation to meet the needs of children. The
work of these two organizations is managed by a common staff. Funds for both are summarized together
below to show their allocations across program and administrative activities.
CDF has never sought or accepted government money. This policy ensures that CDF remains totally
independent and free to monitor, analyze and report on all aspects of laws, policy and program effects on
children.
The pie charts below illustrate CDF’s sources of revenue and its allocation of expenses. They are based
on financial information reported in greater detail on the following pages for the year ending December 31,
2006.
This financial overview is a summary only of the CDF and CDF Action Council consolidated financial
position as of December 31, 2006. The complete audited financial statements can be viewed on CDF’s
website.
Revenue
Expenses
CDF Haley Farm (5%)
Administrative (9%)
Endowment interest
and dividends (4%)
Gains on
investment
(18%)
Other (1%)
CDF Haley Farm fees (1%)
Fundraising (9%)
Foundations and
corporations
(50%)
CDF Freedom Schools (5%)
State & regional
organizing &
advocacy
(49%)
A Healthy Start (3%)
A Head Start (9%)
Special events (6%)
Sales of publications
and merchandise (1%)
Organizations and
groups (1%)
Individuals
(13%)
A Fair Start (1%)
A Safe Start (3%)
A Moral Start (2%)
Successful passage
to adulthood (10%)
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2006
CDF and CDF Action Council
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
December 31, 2006
(With Summarized Financial
Information as of
December 31, 2005)
2006
2005
Total
Total
Operating
Endowment
$ 665,685
86,153
9,260,645
13,606,189
994,629
31,801,725
399
$ 665,685
31,887,878
9,260,645
13,606,189
995,028
$ 1,104,242
30,109,508
12,120,695
14,040,617
823,114
$ 24,613,301
$ 31,802,124
$ 56,415,425
$ 58,198,176
$ 1,358,717
6,995,000
-
$ 1,358,717
6,995,000
$ 1,124,138
7,260,000
8,353,717
-
8,353,717
8,384,138
Unrestricted
Children’s Defense Fund Action Council
1,855,919
82,720
21,380,595
-
23,236,514
82,720
23,807,928
77,125
Total unrestricted
1,938,639
21,380,595
23,319,234
23,885,053
14,320,945
-
3,314,929
7,106,600
17,635,874
7,106,600
18,822,385
7,106,600
16,259,584
31,802,124
48,061,708
49,814,038
$ 24,613,301
$ 31,802,124
$ 56,415,425
$58,198,176
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Investments
Pledges receivable, net
Property and equipment, net
Other assets
Total assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Bonds payable
Total liabilities
Net assets
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
Financial Reports
Consolidated Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets
Year Ended December 31, 2006
(With Summarized Financial Information
for the Year Ended December 31, 2005)
Unrestricted
Temporarily Permanently
Restricted
Restricted
2006
Total
2005
Total
Revenue, gains and other support
Contributions and donations
Foundations and corporations
Individuals
Organizations and groups
$ 689,174
2,706,146
286,476
Other
Sales of publications and merchandise
Special events
Training fees
Haley Farm Fees
Miscellaneous
162,637
1,259,368
1,109,658
128,922
278,854
Investment income
Endowment
Interest and dividends
Realized and unrealized gains,
net of manager fees
Operating
515,729
$ 9,991,092
183,500
-
-
$ 10,680,266
2,889,646
286,476
$ 12,080,462
2,700,891
264,191
-
-
162,637
1,259,368
1,109,658
128,922
278,854
122,011
1,019,117
772,790
75,777
230,768
248,657
-
764,386
625,524
-
-
3,986,599
57,940
2,094,599
24,284
2,689,743 1,296,856
57,940
Net assets released from restrictions
12,906,613
(12,906,616)
-
-
-
Total revenue
22,791,263
(1,186,511)
-
21,604,752
20,010,414
Expenses
Program services
Leadership development and state and
community capacity building
Policy and program development and
implementation
Public education, media campaigns,
Internet outreach and publications
Black Community Crusade for Children
Total program services
Supporting services
General and administrative
Fundraising
Total supporting services
Total expenses
1,818,260
-
-
1,818,260
1,856,753
7,762,461
-
-
7,762,461
7,779,980
1,299,909
8,319,786
19,200,416
-
-
1,299,909
8,319,786
19,200,416
1,325,357
5,100,473
16,062,563
2,162,424
1,994,242
4,156,666
-
-
2,162,424
1,994,242
4,156,666
2,218,552
972,573
3,191,125
23,357,082
-
-
23,357,082
19,253,688
-
(1,752,330)
756,726
49,814,038
49,057,312
$17,635,874 $7,106,600 $48,061,708
$49,814,038
Change in net assets
(565,819)
(1,186,511)
Beginning net assets
23,885,053
18,822,385
Ending net assets
$23,319,234
7,106,600
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2006
Financial Report Summary of
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of the Children’s Defense Fund and the
Children’s Defense Fund Action Council (collectively
referred to as CDF). Because the organizations are under
common management, they have been consolidated as
required under accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America. All intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Basis of Accounting
The consolidated financial statements have been
prepared on the accrual basis of accounting, which is
in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
CDF considers demand deposits, money market
funds and commercial paper with original maturities
of three months or less as cash and cash equivalents.
Uninvested cash held in certain endowment investment
accounts are considered investments as such amounts
are not to be used for general operating purposes. CDF
maintains a legal right of offset with certain financial
institutions, allowing any potential overdrafts to be
offset with funds from other accounts held at the same
institution.
Investments
Investments are comprised of common and preferred stock, money market funds, fixed income funds,
real estate, and equity shares of limited partnerships.
Common and preferred stocks, money market funds,
real estate, and fixed income funds are carried at fair
value based on quoted market prices. Investments in
limited partnerships are carried at the value determined
by applying the value of a partnership unit to the number
of partnership units held. The value of a partnership
unit is determined by the general partner based upon
the fair market value of the partnership’s capital.
Investment earnings, including net gains or losses,
are accounted for in the applicable net assets classification based upon any donor-imposed restrictions.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, equipment and intangible assets are stated
at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as
follows:
Buildings
30 years
Building improvements
5 to 30 years
Furniture, equipment and software 2 to 10 years
Expenditures for major repairs and improvements
are capitalized. Upon the retirement or disposal of an
asset, the cost and accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the respective accounts and the resulting
gain or loss is included in revenue or expenses.
Intangible Assets
The Children’s Defense Fund capitalizes expenses
related to trademarks. These expenses are amortized
over a period of ten years. Intangible assets are included
with “Other Assets” on the Statement of Financial
Position.
Net Assets
Unrestricted net assets represent resources that are
not restricted, either temporarily or permanently, by
donor-imposed stipulations. They are available for
support of all organizational operations and services.
Temporarily restricted net assets represent gifts
and other assets whose use is limited by donor-imposed
stipulations. These restrictions are temporary in that
they either expire by the passage of time or by the fulfillment of certain actions of CDF pursuant to those
stipulations.
Permanently restricted net assets represent gifts of
cash and other assets that are received with donor stipulations requiring that the original gift amount be
held in perpetuity and only the earnings be used for
the purposes designated by the donor, if any.
Significant Accounting Policies
Endowment Fund
Program Services Definitions
CDF has established an endowment fund to
account for gifts that are required by donors to be held
in perpetuity and to account for internally designated
endowment funds. The gifts, grants, contributions and
investment income of the endowment fund are recorded
as either unrestricted, temporarily restricted or permanently restricted revenue and support, depending on
the restrictions imposed by the donors, if any. All internally designated endowment funds and related income
are classified as unrestricted. The endowment fund is managed according to the guidelines and policies established by CDF’s investment committee and approved
by the Board of Directors.
“Leadership Development and State and Community Capacity Building” expenses relate to child advocacy services to children and public education, technical
assistance and information on children’s needs, and
solutions to religious congregations, local leaders, service
providers, child advocates and others.
Revenue Recognition
Contributions, including unconditional promises
to give, are recognized when received. All contributions
are considered to be available for unrestricted use unless
specifically restricted by the donor. Contributions that
are restricted by the donor for a specific time or purpose
are reported as temporarily or permanently restricted
contributions based on the nature of the restriction.
When a donor restriction expires, that is, when a stipulated time restriction ends or purpose of the restriction
is accomplished, temporarily restricted net assets are
reclassified to unrestricted net assets and are reported in
the consolidated statement of activities as net assets
released from restrictions. Conditional promises to give
are not included as support until the conditions are
substantially met.
Allocation of Functional Expenses
The costs of providing the various programs and
other activities have been summarized in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Activities. Costs that
cannot be specifically identified with a particular function
and that benefit more than one functional category are
allocated based on either the portion of time expended
by the staff on the various functions, the square footage
of space assigned to each division or the average number
of people in the division.
“Policy and Program Development and Implementation” expenses represent costs associated with
the collection and analysis of data and analysis of
problems of children, private and governmental health,
family income, teen pregnancy prevention, child care,
child protection and violence prevention.
“Public Education, Media Campaigns, Internet
Outreach and Publications” expenses are related to
external communications and publications.
“Black Community Crusade for Children ®
(BCCC)” expenses represent those that seek to weave
and reweave the rich fabric of community that historically has been the cornerstone of the healthy development of Black children; tap into and strengthen the
strong Black community tradition of self-help; rebuild
the bridges between generations and between the
Black middle class and poor; assist and galvanize current
Black leadership around specific goals for ALL children;
and identify, train, nurture, link and empower a new
generation of effective Black servant-leaders younger
than 30.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial
statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results may differ from
those estimates.
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2006
Donors
Foundations
$1,000,000 and above
The Ford Foundation*
W.K. Kellogg Foundation*
$500,000–$999,999
Marguerite Casey Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation*
Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation*
$100,000–$499,999
Otto Bremer Foundation*
The California Endowment*
The Annie E. Casey
Foundation*
The Cleveland Foundation
The Faro Foundation
Freddie Mac Foundation*
The Houston Endowment, Inc.
The McKnight Foundation*
The Prudential Foundation
RGK Foundation*
The Rockefeller Foundation
United States Fund for
UNICEF
$50,000–$99,999
Altman Foundation
Booth Ferris Foundation
The Dr. Phil Foundation
Health Foundation of Greater
Cincinnati*
Ronald McDonald Charities
House
The Meadows Foundation
Milagro Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
MS Foundation for Women, Inc.
The New York Community
Trust*
Wasserman Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
Annenberg Foundation
Biel Fund of Goldman Sachs
Philanthropy Fund
The Brown Foundation*
Carnegie Corporation of
New York
Filomen M. D’Agostino
Foundation
Fannie Mae Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
Charles M. and Mary D. Grant
Foundation*
The Prudential Cares Disaster
Relief Fund
The Norman and Rosita
Winston Foundation, Inc.
$10,000–$24,999
Hugh J. Andersen Foundation
The Steven and Deborah Black
Foundation
Friedman Family Foundation, Inc.
Friedman Foundation
General Mills Foundation
Richard and Rhoda Goldman
Fund
Hess Foundation, Inc.
The Kevin Huvane Trust
Kansas Health Foundation
The Leibowitz and Greenway
Family Charitable
Foundation
Mardag Foundation
Mazon: A Jewish Response to
Hunger
Mechia Foundation
The Barry and Wendy Meyer
Charitable Foundation
The Powell Foundation*
The Grace Jones Richardson
Trust
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Charitable Foundation
The Else Sackler Foundation
Schott Foundation
The Sheltering Arms
Foundation*
The Sirus Fund
United Hospital Fund*
WCA Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
Amerigroup Charitable
Foundation
The Bench Trail Fund
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Catawamteak Fund of DC
Cincinnati Bar Foundation
Connemara Fund
The Danem Foundation
Edward & Verna Gerbic Family
Foundation
*includes payments on multi-year pledges
Robert and Shirley Harris
Family Foundation
The Hauptman Family
Philanthropies
Jack and Jill of America
Foundation, Inc.
Larson Charitable Foundation
The Mead Foundation
Metlife Foundation
The Shifting Foundation
Samuel and Helene Soref
Foundation
Union Bank of California
Foundation
$2,500–$4,999
Elmer L. & Eleanor J. Andersen
Foundation
The Susan A. and Donald P.
Babson Charitable
Foundation
The Charles E. and Edna T.
Brundage Foundation
Nancy M. Daly Foundation
Faith Partnerships, Inc. Disaster
Relief Fund
Samuel & Grace Gorlitz
Foundation
William Caspar Graustein
Memorial Fund
I Do Foundation
The Ted & Ruth Johnson
Family Foundation
The Lanier Operation
Foundation
The Riordan Foundation
Philip W. Riskin Charitable
Foundation
The Judy & Michael Steinhardt
Foundation
$1,000–$2,499
Adams Cowan Foundation
The Attias Family Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Minnesota
The Braeside Foundation
The Eli & Edythe L. Broad
Foundation
California Community
Foundation
Comer Family Foundation, Inc.
Horace Dawson Foundation
Directions for Rural Action Fund
Joe Elman Memorial Fund
David & Margaret Engel Family
Foundation
The Ford Foundation Matching
Gift Program
The David Geffen Foundation
The Gravestar Foundation
The Have Mercy Ministry Fund
John Hirschi Donor Advised
Fund/Wichita Falls Area
Community Foundation
Houston Jewish Community
Foundation
The Samuel and LaTanya R.
Jackson Foundation
The Joseph Charitable Trust
Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund
The Lautenberg Foundation
Andrea and Steven E. Levy
Foundation
The LJCPJE Foundation
The Milken Family Foundation
Monterey Fund, Inc.
Nour Foundation, Inc.
Pfizer Foundation Matching
Gifts Program
Piersol Foundation, Inc.
Sylvia Ritzenberg Charitable
Trust
Scurlock Foundation
Sky Trust
The Anning and Doris Smith
Family Foundation
The Bella Spewack Article
5th Trust
The Ruth and Oliver Stanton
Foundation
Cathrine S. Steck Foundation
The Leonard Street and Deinard
Foundation
Barbra Streisand Foundation, Inc.
Suchanyc Charitable
Foundation
Susman Family Foundation
The John and Marilyn Wells
Family Foundation
Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting
Foundation
Carol and Tom Wheeler
Foundation
Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson
Foundation
World Bank Community
Connections Fund
$500–$999
CDF Foundation, Golden
Valley, Minnesota
Jack and Pauline Freeman
Foundation
GE Foundation
Greater Houston Community
Foundation
A. and C. Horn Trust
The Jaffe Family Foundation
S. Kann Sons Company
Foundation
Joe Levit Family Foundation
Minikes Charitable Foundation
The Saint Paul Foundation
The Samuels Foundation
Edmund and Mary Shea Family
Foundation
The Sierra Fund
Stainman Family Foundation, Inc.
The Summer Fund
Thunen Family Foundation
Unity through Sharing Fund of
the Jewish Community
Foundation
Abe and Rae Weingarten Fund
Wertheimer Foundation
Corporations
$50,000–$99,999
Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine &
Regenstreif, LLP
Management 360
Nordstrom Southwest
Paramount Pictures
Thomson West
William Morris Agency
Wireless Generation, Inc.
Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca,
Fischer & Gilbert
$5,000–$9,999
A. Finkl & Sons Co.
Black Entertainment Television
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Conde Nast Publications
Fallon Worldwide
Home Box Office, Inc.
IBM Corporation
IBM Employee Giving Program
Marathon Oil Company
Maxxam, Inc.
NASCAR
Nordstrom
Oceaneering International, Inc.
Shell Oil Company
Tiffany & Co.
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Universal City Studios, Inc.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
The Whittier Trust Company
Time Warner, Inc.
$25,000–$49,999
Citigroup Business Services
Dell USA, LP
Discovery Communications*
Endeavor Agency, LLC
In Style Magazine
JPMorgan Chase*
Twentieth Century Fox
$10,000–$24,999
Advance Magazine Group
American Program Bureau,
Inc./University of Richmond
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Coca Cola Company, The
Creative Artists Agency
Delta Dental Plan of Minnesota
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.
Fifth Third Bank
GMMB, Inc.*
Hansen, Jacobson, Teller,
Hoberman, Newman,
Warren & Richman, LLP
$2,500–$4,999
Ayrshire Corporation
Beck, Redden and Secrest
Blue Cross of California
CenterPoint Energy
Charity Folks, Inc.
The CW, Washington TV
Every Picture Tells a Story, Inc.
Fiesta Mart
Flying Colors USA, LLC
Marcum Entertainment
Scholastic, Inc.
Triten Corporation
$1,000–$2,499
AT&T Workplace Campaign
CBIZ, Inc.
Center for Urban Ministry, Inc.
Convio, Inc.
Covington & Burling LLP
Covington Associates, LLC
Crown Iron Works Company
Doyle Printing & Offset
Company, Inc.
EMA Events by Maya & Allyson
Essence Communications, Inc.
Faegre & Benson LLP
Fairbank & Vincent
Peter Farrelly Management
Google Matching Gifts Program
IBC International Bank of
Commerce
Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell
& Flack LLP
Personal Resources Investment
& Strategic Management, Inc.
Pipeline Supply, Inc.
Prudential Financial AP
Regency Enterprises
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Swidler Berlin Shereff
Friedman, LLP
University Bank
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
$500–$999
Thomas and Claire Calloway
Associates
The Crisis Publishing
Company, Inc.
Dynamic Worldwide
Development
From You Flowers, LLC
Fun & Sports
Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander,
Barnes and Reubens
The Grapevine Agency, LLC
Kinder Transport Association, Inc.
Landry Restaurant
Los Angeles Dodgers
National Rice Company
Production Solutions, Inc.
Rocket Ball, Ltd.
Ventana Productions, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company
Wilson Financial Group, Inc.
Organizations
$100,000 and above
Pre-K Now, A Project of The
Institute for Educational
Leadership
$25,000–$49,999
Center for Public Policy
Priorities
Center for the Study of
Social Policy
Clothes Off Our Back
United Way of New York City
$10,000–$24,999
Health Partners/Regions
Hospital Central Minnesota
Group Health
Chums, Inc., National
Education Association
Second Baptist Church of
Los Angeles Centennial Fund
Solutions for Progress*
UCare Minnesota
United Federation of Teachers
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Windsor Village United
Methodist Church
$5,000–$9,999
Accountability Minnesota
American Federation of Teachers
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities*
Council for Professional
Recognition
Crispus Attucks Community
Center
Hunger Solutions Minnesota
Morino Institute
NAACP-Legislative Black
Caucus Katrina Relief Fund
National Network of Sector
Partners*
Women’s Division of the
United Methodist Church
$2,500–$4,999
1199 SEIU United Healthcare
Workers East
CD Tech Community
Development Technologies
Center
First Congregational Church
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance
MissionFish
National Urban League, Inc.
Rutgers Presbyterian Church
St. George’s University
Texas Children’s Health Plan
Working Assets Youth Focus
Fund
$1,000–$2,499
American Baptist Churches of
Metropolitan New York
Cathedral International
The Children’s Courtyard, Inc.
Church of Christ, Mount
Washington, Mass.
Diocese of Galveston-Houston
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Educational First Steps
Family Service Association of
San Antonio, Inc
Greater Houston Convention &
Visitors Bureau
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Hesed Social Action Club
Brooklyn Chapter, Jack and Jill
of America Charity
Jack and Jill of America, Inc.,
Southeastern Region
Jackson 2000
Martin Luther King
Observance Committee of
Morristown, N.J.
Minneapolis Department of
Health & Family Support
National Association of School
Nurses, Inc.
National Grand Chapter, O.E.S.
Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),
Louisville, Ky.
Public Allies, Inc.
Redemption Christian Center,
Hammond, Louisiana
Riverdale Country School, Inc.
The Riverside Church in the
City of New York
St. Michael Catholic Community
The Saint Paul Area Council of
Churches
Seed Public Charter School, The
Shiloh Baptist Church
Texas Elementary Principals and
Supervisors Association
Triangle Park Creative
United Way of Southeastern
Pennsylvania
$500–$999
Aberdeen Proving Ground
(APG) Gospel Congregation
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Matching Gift Program
American Association of Retired
Persons (AARP)
Angels Howl for Women’s
Rights and Creative Music
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual
Adoration, Clyde, Mo.
Bethesda United Methodist
Church, Bethesda, Md.
Canaan Baptist Church
County of Santa Clara
Combined Giving Campaign
The Episcopal Church of the
Holy Spirit
Epworth United Methodist
Church
Fifth Episcopal District’s
Women’s Missionary Society
First Congregational Church
Hampshire College
Heritage Universalist Unitarian
Church
Iowa Conference United
Methodist Women
New York City Transit
Authority
Norris Religious Fellowship
Northern California Nevada
Conference United Church
of Christ
Ohio School Boards Association
Our Lady of the Elms
Elementary School
Play for Your Cause
Point Dume Marine Science
School
Rio Grande Conference/The
United Methodist Church
Schreiber Memorial United
Methodist Church
SEIU
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Texas Children’s Hospital
United Methodist Church in
Wayne
United Way California Capital
Region
Individuals
$100,000 and above
Jeffrey Abrams and Kathleen
McGrath
Reese Witherspoon
$50,000–$99,999
Anonymous
Paul Tudor Jones
Deborah and Carlos Santana
$25,000–49,999
Lan Bentsen
Frank and Carol Biondi
Richard and Laura Chasin
Leslie Cornfeld, Esq.*
Richard and Brittany Lovett
Malcolm and Lou Street
Ali Wentworth and George
Stephanopoulos
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Anonymous
Ms. Yvette L. Bowser
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth I.
Chenault
Malaak Compton-Rock
Sondra Eddings
E. Marianne Gabel and Donald
Lateiner
William R. Guthy and Victoria
Jackson
Laurette Herman
Juanita Vanoy Jordan
Jane Kaczmarek and Bradley
Whitford
Peter and Judy Kovler
Rob and Beth Letterman
Tonya Lewis Lee
Alberta and Katharine Merck
Jonathan and Rica Orszag
Abe and Irene Pollin
Erica and Antonio Reid
Latanya Richardson Jackson
Holly Robinson-Peete
Regina Rogers
Deleon Sheffield
Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt J. Smith III
Carol Sutton Lewis
Robert F. and Ruth Ann Vagt
Denzel and Pauletta
Washington
Tanya Young Williams
$5,000–$9,999
Jules Bernstein and Linda
Lipsett
Reverend Kirbyjon and Suzette
H. Caldwell
Bill and Marjorie Coleman
Egil and Sidney Croff
Mr. James Dimon
Peter and Marian Wright
Edelman
Mathea Falco and Peter Tarnoff
Nancy Folger and Sidney
Werkman
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Forbes
David Fury and Elin Hampton
Erika J. Glazer
David and Becky Hornbeck
Ruth-Ann Huvane
Ann K. Johnson
Richard E. and Susan Jones
Christopher Keyser and Susan
Sprung
Mr. and Mrs. Michael King
Michael and Beth Klein
Andrew Kurth
Damon and Heidi Lindelof
Carla Lynton
David and Jean Maxwell
Philip D. and Tammy Murphy
Bobby and Deborah Newmyer
Thomas M. Racciatti
Kenneth Olin and Patricia Wettig
Haim and Cheryl Saban
Roger and Victoria Sant
Robert and Anne Simonds
J. Michael and Patricia Solar
Michael Stern and Lisa Kudrow
Constance Swain
Elizabeth Vargas
Alex L. Wallau
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilson
Drs. Myra and Burton Wise
Selim Zilkha and Mary Haley
$2,500–$4,999
Madeleine Albright
Anonymous
Anonymous
Richard H. Ault
Jon R. Baitz
James A. Bazelon
Caitlin Blue and Eric Waterman
David and Katherine Bradley
Judith M. Buechner
Will and Kristina Catto
Dr. Johnnetta Cole
Bert and Jo Ann Eder
Leslie and Jane Gelb
Kent George and Nina
Houghton
Winifred A. Green
Stephen Gunther
Ron S. Hartmann
Howard and Patricia Haworth
Phyllis C. Johnson
Ronya Kozmetsky
Blair Kutrow
Marta Jo Lawrence
Ruth Lord
Ronal Lubis
Dr. Cassandra McLaurin
Charles E. Merrill, Jr.
Ronald and Kelly Meyer
Martha P. Newell
Eileen Norton
Alberto and Ivanna
Omeechevarria
Roberto Orci and Melissa Blake
Lisa and John Pritzker
Frank and Wendy Raines
Robin Reed
Stewart and Lynda Resnick
Sharon and James D. Ruley
Gita and Ali Saberioon
Arnold and Louise Sagalyn
Stuart Sender and Julie
Berger-Sender
Marc and Jeri Shapiro
Mace Siegel
Dr. and Mrs. Jud A. Staller
Michael Stevens
Thomas and Sally Troyer
Bryan and Elyse Weadock
Douglas and Judith Weinstock
Deborah Wright
Jean Wyman
$1,000–$2,499
Dr. Henry J. and Ruth Aaron
Gerald and Carol Abrams
Ronald Abramson
Ware and Ellen Adams
Amy Adelson and Dean
Valentine
Meredith and Jesse Alexander
Roger C. Altman and Jurate
Kazickas
Dita Amory Nickson
Christopher Anderson
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Robin Antin and Megan Zaitz
Nancy Atherton
Karl and Marsha Austen
Clarence and Jacqueline Avant
Linda B. Avila
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Azoff
Lotte Bailyn
Spencer and Lara Baumgarten
Robert Berens
Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Leslie S. and Ashish Bhutani
Diana J. Bingham
Patricia Blessing and Jeffrey Bell
Beau Brammer
Douglas and Samara Braunstein
John P. and Jean Brennan
Ronald R. Browder
Gretchen Buchenholz
Reverend Carl F. Buechner
William Buffett
Dr. JoAnne Burger and
Professor Michael Caplan
Elizabeth S. Calfee
Christian Carino
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Carney II
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Chayet
Colburn T. and Dionette
Cherney
Mary G. Clark and Craig R.
Schaffer
Joseph and Mary Clifford
Dale M. Cochran
Maureen A. Cogan
John Cohn
John W. Cork
Drs. Edward and Maggie
Cornwell
Reverend Dr. Janet Corpus
Olive W. Covington
Michael and Patricia Curry
Michael and Kathleen Curtin
Bonnie and Houston Curtis
Carlton and Christiane Cuse
Carol L. Cushman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H.
Cuthbertson
Edwin and Jane Darling
Linda S. Dauphin
Katharine B. Davis
Mark B. Dayton
Denise M. DiPasquale
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Dorsay
Betsy Drake
Peggy Dulany
Lynne DuVivier
Patricia A. Eagan
Ezra Edelman
Cynthia Edwards
Thomas E. and Mary
Ehrlichmann
Nora Ephron and Nicholas
Pileggi
Quinn Ezralon
Dr. Heidi Feldman and James
L. McClelland
Philip Fier
Daniel and Tessa Fisher
David and Marianna Fisher
Dr. Franklin and Ellen Fisher
Tim Flaherty and Sarah Kleppe
Timothy and Mary Flaherty
Virginia D. Fleming
Charles and Lily C. Foster
John T. Frankenheimer
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frankfurt
Beatrice Friedman
Meyer and Florence Frucher
Margaret R. Fuller
Harvey and Alice Galper
Victor Garber
Geoffrey Garin
Marjorie Garrard
Elenore Garton
Marc P. and Tricia Geiger
Marian Gerecke
Audrey D. Gerson
Michael and Jamie Giacchino
David and Irma Goldknopf
Mark Gordon
Nancy Goroff-Whitney
Lynn Greenberg and Michael
Rothschild
Joseph and Marjorie Grinnell
Barbara Grodd
Elizabeth Rice Grossman
Dr. Edith Grotberg
Helen Grove
Linda Hagan-Brandts
Thomas Hall
Frederic and Robin Hassani
Roger Hatch and Joyce Baugh
Seymour and Elizabeth Hersh
Robert and Constance Hickey
Jutta Hicks
Elizabeth B. Hirsch
Rand and Judy Holston
Winifred M. Hoppert
Bradley Hoyt
Rae N. Hunter
Robert and Marjorie Imershein
Mary D. Janney
Anne Hale Johnson
William and Margaret Jones
Helen E. Jones-Kelley, Esq.
Vernon and Ann Jordan
Claudia Kahn
Evan Kanon
Charles and Angeliki Keil
Anne Keiser and Douglas Lapp
Laura Keller
Robert and Nan Keohane
Jimmy Kimmer
Ethan King and Celene
Guzman
Luce A. Klein
Deborah Klein and Marcus
Mort
Jo Anna Korngute Hall
Nathan and Mary Lynn Kotz
Tim Kreutzen
Ronald Krietemeyer and
Kathleen Ceronsky
Alex Kurtzman and Samantha
Counter
Helen Labdon
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Lannin
Maree Larson
Romi and Tom Lassally
Miriam W. and Robert Laughlin
Gerard and Lilo Leeds
Dr. LaSalle D. and Ruth Leffall
James C. and Kate Lehrer
Tom Lehrer
Carol Leifer
Peter Y. Levin and Gia Russo
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Levit
Michael and Ronnie Levine
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Liebman
Blaine and Crystal Lourd
Jeanne M. Luboja
Merle and Ben Lustig
Michael and Jamie Lynton
Jonathan and Nina Marks
Ori and Alyson Marmur
Margaret Martin
Jeffrey Mason
Karl and Betsy Mathiasen
Seth Matlins and Eva Karelsen
Roz Mazer and David
Holzworth
Reverend Patricia McClurg
Mary McCormick
Ayse McCracken
Kathleen K. McKay
Trina McNeely
Charles and Beth Miller
Reverend Robert and Barbara
Miller
Michael Mills
William and Mary Sue Morrill
Michael Morris and Mary
McCormack
Carolyn G. Mugar
Barbara Murphy
Katharine D. Myers
Reg and Becky Myers
Stephen and Louisa Mygatt
Lew and Amanda Nash
Dr. and Mrs. George W.
Naumburg
Daniel and Brooke Neidich
Benjamin and Meta Neilson
William and Louisa Newlin
James M. and Virginia W.
Newmyer
Thomas Nides and Virginia
Moseley
Seth Novatt and Priscilla
Natkins
Peter O’Malley
Laura Owens and Jack Bender
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Mary Parent and Javier Chapa
Benjamin F. Payton
Beverly Peters
Richard M. Peters, Jr., M.D.
Kenneth and Simona Peterson
Dr. Deirdre Phillips
Michael and Heather Pineault
Robert W. Pittman and
Veronique Choa Pittman
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Platt
Andrew and Leslie Price
Wendy D. Puriefoy
Michael and Joyce Rappeport
Amelie Ratliff
Mary Ratcliff
Lillian Redlich
Kevin and Cristan C. Reilly
Tracy Reilly
Josh and Pamela Reims
Robert Reiner and Michele
Singer Reiner
Burton and Judy Resnick
Caroline Rhea
Lois D. Rice
Ron and Iva Rifkin
Barbara C. and Brian Robinson
Senator and Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller
Johnathan A. and Royal
Kennedy Rodgers
Martin Rodgers
Richard and Ann Romer
Tracy and Jono Rosen
Lynn A. Rosenberg
Michael and Shannon
Rotenberg
Dr. Linda Rothschild and Dr.
Salah Baouendi
Mark Rosenthal and Lisa
Roumell
Barbara N. Rubin
Miles and Nancy Rubin
Thomas and Mary Rutledge
Elizabeth Schaaf
William Scheide
Stanley and Kay Schlozman
Daniel and Lee Schorr
John and Toni M. Schulman
Roger L. Selfe
Pankaj Shah
Dr. Donna E. Shalala
Matthew F. Shannon and
Lorelia Smith
Stephen Shapiro
Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum
Sid and Lorraine Sheinberg
Andrew and Dana Shore
Barry Silverman
Daniel and Maxine Singer
Gabriella and Douglas Smith
Dr. Marilyn M. Smith
Saira Soto
James M. and Joyce Spain
David and Aruna Spencer
Donna J. Spindel
Traci St. Geme
Lois F. Stark
Joseph and Martha Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Steier
Jean Stein
Marc and Eva Stern
Donald and Isabel Stewart
Gary Stewart
Daniel and Lucy Stroock
William and Villabeth Taylor
Peter and Laura Terpenning
Oliver Thomas
Bonnie E. Thomson and
Eugene Tillman
Jeno Topping and Chris Moore
Zachary F. Treadwell and
Langka Domberger
Dr. Richard and Gail Ullman
Russell Vandenbroucke and
Mary Dilg
Dr. Vasundara V. Varadan
Judith and Milton Viorst
Daniel and Patricia Voydanoff
Jessica and Matt Wagner
Sheila Walker
David and Mary Ann Barrows
Wark
Janet and Ricardo Weinstein
Janice R. Welsch
Alan Wertheimer and Sharon
Bernhardt-Wertheimer
Brad Weston
Elizabeth Wexler
Stephen H. and Elizabeth
Whisnant
Mr. and Mrs. James F.
Whitaker
J. McDonald and Ellen
Williams
Rhea Williams-Bishop
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wilson
Dorothy B. Windhorst, M.D.
Laura Witherspoon
Stephen and Beth James Wolf
Pandit Wright
Reverends Philip and Betty Jean
Young
Gaden Yves
Brian E. Zable and Mary
Olsovsky
$500–$999
Dr. Rosalind and Robert
Abernathy
John and Kathryn Adamiak
Alfred and Dorothee Aeppli
Joseph Albright and Marcia
Kunstel
Stanford and Joan Alexander
John D. Allen
Lydia E. Andersen
Rosalyn Anderson
Joseph Angier
Mary B. Arnstein
Miriam Arond
Ann M. Ashton
Robert and Wanda Auerbach
Anna R. Austin
Helen H. Bacon
Herbert Bain
Mima and Warren Baird
Paul and LaVonne Batalden
Chapin Bates
Weda W. Baughns
Martha E. Becker
Dr. Rebecka and Arie
Belldegrun
Jim and Jenny Belushi
Abigail Benkeser
Joan G. Berkley
Mary Berwick
John and Marilyn Best
Terry R. Black
Dr. Jeffrey and Julie K. Blake
Kathi Blatt Thonet
Gloria Bleil
Karen Blumenthal
Abib Bocresion and Phillipa
Rubins
Jay and Ann Boekhoff
George and Eleanor Bollag
Avis Boutell
William and Dixie Bradley
Grace Brinker
Joseph B. Brinkmann
Drs. Donald and Judith Broder
Kevin and Catherine Broderick
John S. Brown, Jr.
Michael Brown
Andrew and Barbara Buckley
B. Bernei and Amelie
Burgunder
Bryan Burk
Joseph E. and Felicia Bute
Brenda S. Butzel
Jeremiah Cameron
Colleen C. Camp
Sarah Caplan
Trisha Cardoso
Elizabeth Case
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Chadwick
Stockard Channing
Samuel and Beth Chapin
Craig Clark
Robert L. Clark
Sarah Clark
Robert and Marilyn Clements
Mary Clifford
Nancy J. Cline
Edmund and Violet Coffin
Armand Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. David Cohen
Karen D. Cohen
Shelley Cohen
Edwin J. Cohn
Henry Alfred Coleman, Ph.D.
Denise Connolly
Stephanie A. Connor
Warren and Clara Copeland
Nina Corbett-Fields and Adam
Fields
William Corbin
Rufus Cormier, Jr., and Yvonne
Cormier
David Cramer and Susan
Stodolsky
Stacy Cramer
Ann Crittenden and
John B. Henry
Areta and Clarence Crowell
Barbara Cuneo
Kelly Currie
Linda Curtiss
Yvonne C. Cyphers
Arlene Daniels
Manohla Dargis
Arliss Davis
Joseph F. and Paula Dempsey
Tom and Gun Denhart
Jonathan and Marie Dixon
Nathaniel R. Dixon
Annick M. Doeff
Lynn B. Donaldson
Catherine J. Douglass
Daniel and Toby Edelman
Kerry Edwards
John Eisberg and Susan Kline
Jeanne Eisenstadt
Carole S. Eisner
Mark Eisner, Jr.
Debra and Robert Ekman
Scott D. Eller
Hamilton and Lillian Emmons
Bonnie S. Englebardt
Marc and Gayle Ezralow
Bonita Farrall
Carol Faulb
Natalie and John Fenn
Michael J. Fijolek
Jeri and Joel Finard
Florence Fiscella
Michael Fishman
Clarence Fogelstrom
Barbara K. Foltin and
Todd A. Stiers
Patsy and Greg Fourticq
Barbara C. Freeman
Mary and James Frey
Tendaji W. Ganges
Jennifer Garner
Todd and Shana Garner
Vilma H. Garrett
Susan L. Gates and Donald
L. Kahl
Carol Gaumond
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Gavlin
Joseph and Diane Genova
Priscilla A. Gilman
Judy Glickman
Dr. Marvin C. and Muriel
Goldman
Eugene G. and Jolinda Grace, III
Judith Green
Suzanne Greenberg
Dr. Elaine F. Greene
Dr. Michael and Mary Gross
Alice Hall
Samuel and Marlene Halperin
Judith Ham
Sarah F. Hammet
Naomi C. Hample
Lawrie and Chris Harbert
Drs. Alden H. and. Laurel S.
Harken
Skila Harris and Fred Graham
Elizabeth Harris
Jeanne Heberle
Anne and Thomas Heck
Roger F. Heegaard
Sarah P. Hendley
James Henle
Barbara Herjanic
Martha Hertzberg
Dr. Howard and Doris Hiatt
Robert W. Hickmott and Diane
Dewhirst
Dr. David and Marja Hilfiker
Deon Hilger
Elizabeth W. Hill
Sara Hinckley
Kathryn S. Hirsch
Carol and Max Hittle
Mr. and Mrs. David Hoberman
Joseph Hoffheimer
Lucienne Hoffman
Nancy Hoffman
Richard Hogen
Eric and Sharon Holder
Julie Holland and Gordon
Gluckman
Bradley Honoroff
Susan Davis Hopkins
Craig and Andrea Horowitz
Dr. Elizabeth A. Hostetler
Janet L. Hubbard
Phyllis Huettner
Wallace Irwin
Jill Iscol
Jay Ittleson
Peter H. and Karen Jakes
Marina and David James
Dorothy Jenney
Reverend and Mrs. Robert W.
Jewett
Atlas J. Jones
Dr. Nancy and James Joye
Judy Judd
David Kaden
Albert J. Kallis
Catherine Kaplan
Jo Kaplan
Tina Kashef Haghighi
K. Brian and Despina Keegan
Brian C. Kelly
Nancy Kennaway
Stuart Kieffer
Francine Kim
Helen Kinnear
Sheila Kinsey
Donald and Marie Klawiter
Adina S. Kleiman
Jeffrey and Jody Kleinman
Miriam S. Klempner
Phyllis R. Kline
Paul and Anne Koeppe
Stephen and Stephanie Koff
Lynn and Jay Kogen
Edward G. Kohan
Robert Konigsberg
Florence Koplow
Arthur D. and Betty Kowaloff
Brian and Janet Kramer
Irwin S. and Dona Kruger
Charles Kubal
Victor S. La Cagnina
Todd and Dara La Porte
Peter Laarman
Christine Lahti and Thomas
Schlamme
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce P. Lanphear
Adele G. Lebowitz
Brian Lee
Serena Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Leos
Dr. Norma B. Lerner
Judith Lesch
Adrienne Levin
Carolyn S. Levin
Jennifer S. Levin
Ed and Evelyn Lieberman
Jeffrey Lieberman
Maryam Lieberman
Walter and Mary Ligon
Walter and Conny Lindley
Peter Lindsay and Mary Kate
Murphy
Priscilla R. Linn
Mr. and Mrs. David Lonner
Peter M. and Catherine
Bach Lopez
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lord
Barbara T. Lyford
Hugh Lynch
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Lyons
Peter and Carol Mack
Linda and Harry Macklowe
Amy Madigan
Dr. John and Billie Maguire
Louise and Michael Malakoff
Nancy and Burton Malkiel
Gerald and Madeline Malovany
Virginia Mancini
Jay P. Mandelbaum
Paul and Laurice Mangelsdorf
Robert and Theresa Manning
Martha Martin
John and Connie Marty
Mr. and Mrs. William
Masterton
Jeanne Matlock
Stuart F. McCalley, M.D.
Bernice McCarthy
Lisa and Brian McCarthy
Palmer S. and Elizabeth McGee
Margaret McLellan
Abbie Melnick and Joel Lipsitch
Dr. Regalena Melrose
Joseph S. Merola
Caroline Ramsey Merriam
Gertrude G. Michelson
Dr. Jeanne Middleton-Hairston
Elizabeth H. Miller
Sondra R. Miller-Shegog
Christopher J. and Hilary
Misiano
Gwen and Donald Moffat
Charles and Victoria Mogilevsky
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Monforth
Marianne Morris
Kenneth and Katherine
Mountcastle
John and Lucia Mudd
Richard J. and Mary Murnane
Randall K. Murphy
Dr. Martin Nachbar
Elizabeth Naumburg and
Carl Hoffman
Marian O. Naumburg
Sara Ohly
Michael J. Olinger
Mary S. Olmsted
Jean R. Olsen
Kristina Omari
Gilbert Omenn and Martha
Darling
Joseph and Margot Onek
Allen S. Orton
Dr. Betty Ann Ottinger
Carmel Owen
Nicole and Bruce Paisner
Lawrence Pakula
Sanford and Kristen Panitch
Imogen S. Papadopoulos
Reverend Edgar C. Peara
James Penn
Robert and Victoria Pennoyer
Samuel R. Peterson
Barbara Y. Phillips
Constance A. Pike
Jeff and Maya Pinkner
Julie Pitt
Susan Plotkin
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Deborah T. Pollack and
Barry Pelzner
Katharine L. Poor
Douglas P. and Mary Powell
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Priesman
Philip and Dixie Prince
Eric and Karen Pulaski
Christina Quinn
Doreen Quinn
Dr. Beryl A. Radin
Tony and Judy Raphael
Larry and Kendra Rasche
William and Sondra Raspberry
Ed Redlich and Sarah
Timberman
Robert Reisch
Diane Renfroe and Michael
Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Reynolds
Michelle Richman
Toni A. Ritzenberg
Carrie Roach
Dr. Linda Rock
Lynn Roddy
Arlene Rodenbeck and Rick
Morgan
Yale and Anita Roe
Edward and Bettie Rogers
Laura E. Roper
Ruth and David Rosen
Dr. Lucille Rosenberg
Carla Zingarelli Rosenlicht
Daniel M. Rosenthal
Ann Rosewater
Alexander and Mary Ross
William and Joan Roth
Patricia T. Rouse
Jennifer J. Roy and Marc
Thompson
Keri Russell
Nancy T. Russell
Peggy Lee C. Russell
Carol and Gene Saffold
Laura Salladin and Mark D.
Baganz
William L. Saltonstall
Shirley Samis
Zoe L. Sanders
Aubrey Sarvis
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Schaaf
Imogen S. Schaetzel
Peter Schildkraut
Erica Schoenberg
Meryl L. Schreibstein
Joseph Schulman
Robert J. Schulman
Robert Schumann
W. F. and Susan Schumann
Contee and Margaret Seely
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Segal
Eleanor Sellstrom
Priscilla Selsam
Margaret E. Senturia
Alexander and Patricia Shakow
Esther Shay
Barbaranne B. Shepard
Stacey Sher and Kerry Brown
Page Shields
David and Marybeth Shinn
Bernard and Edith Shoor
Susanna Shopsin
Robert P. Sigfried
John Silva
Rose Sime
Sandra Simon
Daniel and Margo Sinclair
Ellen Singer
Janet Singer
Matthew Slater and Faith
Roessel
Harriet Slivka
Barbara J. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Brewster Smith
Margaret Smith
Richard Solomon and
Franca Virgili
Joseph and Carol Sonderleiter
Nancy Spears
William and Jean Staples
William D. Stempel and
Dorothea Lindbeck
Richard and Margot Stephenson
Barbara Stimmel
Kellie Stoddart
John and Janice Stratton
Nicholas and Kelly Styne
Dr. Kathy Sweetman
Evelyn Swenson
Dr. Zia Taheri
Charles Talcott
John and Marji Tate
Sara Taylor and Steven S. Kydd
Patricia A. Thomas
Barrie Thorne
Richard and Beth Tompkins
Albertha Toppins
Marcia Townley
Lawrence and Jennifer Trilling
Dr. Reed V. Tuckson
Ruth Usem
Elsie P. Van Buren
E. E. Van Loon
Valerie Vanaman
Steven Vandora
Polly N. Victor
Bruce A. Vinokour
Robert J. Waldinger and
Jennifer Stone
Casey and Laura Wasserman
Rosemary J. Weich
Catherine W. Weiss
Thomas H. Wheadon
Alonzo W. and Roselyn White
Zoe Whitehead
Donna Whitt
Laura Wilkening
Aimee Wilkin
Judith Williams
Margie A. Williams and Mark
E. Anderson
Robert and Diane Willis
Saundra Willis
Garen Wintemute
Diane Wohl
Sandra Wolens
Ellen Wormser
Miriam Wosk
Charles and Loren Wright
Josh Wright and Eliza Leighton
Edmond D. Wulfe
Patsy Yike
Ruth H. Young
Virginia Young
Rosalyn S. Zakheim and Gayle
Dukelow
Diane and Larry Zent
Planned Gifts and
Bequests
Jane Buel Bradley Estate
Thelma Browne Trust
Dorothy Epstein Memorial Trust
Jackson and Irene Golden 1989
Charitable Trust
Estate of Tillie R. Hamelstein
Michael Z. Irvin Trust
Estate of Carol R. Lubin
Estate of Elizabeth W. McNeill
Eric and Joan Norgaard
Charitable Trust
Goldie Otter’s Trust
Mary Joan Palvesky Living Trust
Estate of Winston H. Taylor
Estate of Juanita Van Dorn
Elizabeth F. Wallace 1996 Trust
Estate of Mildred Willenbrock
Tribute Gifts
In Honor of Dick Allington
(by International Reading
Association)
In Honor of Maya Angelou
(by Conde Nast Publications)
In Honor of Maureen Cogan
(by The Ruth and Oliver
Stanton Foundation)
In Honor of Kirk Franklin
(by Grand Rapids-Kent
County)
In Honor of the Graff and
Brysk Family; Julie, Ryan &
Taylor Wells; The GalantyGallagher Family; Craig
Wells & Sandy Keith; and
The Dials
(by Harvey Graff)
In Honor of Daniel Limone’s
Bar Mitzvah
(by Daniel Limone)
In Honor of Aaron Maccabee
(by Alan Shavit-Lonstein,
Vivien Bacaner, Randi Roth,
Robert Rothstein, Katherine
Conner, D. & G. EngelenEigles, Harlan Stern, Stuart
Morgan, Shimon Harosh,
Joshua Kohnstamm)
In Honor of Barry and Rosalyn
Margolis (by Eric Pulaski)
In Honor of John Nelson
(by Buck’s Furniture, Inc.)
In Honor of Regina Rogers
(by Joe Levit Family
Foundation)
In Honor of Lee Stolzman
(by Harriet Gordon, Karen
MacVeigh, Michelina Fazzino)
In Honor of Susan P. Thomases
(by Catherine Douglass,
Susan Patricof)
In Honor of Nichole R. Torian
(by The Vanguard Group)
In Honor of Melissa Omafray
Townley (by Marcia Townley)
In Honor of Alex Wallau, Kim
Rozenfeld, Nick Pepper,
Mark Pedowitz, Julia Franz,
Mike Benson, Janice
McGoff, Kevin Brockman,
Steve McPherson, Ann
Sweeney, Howard Devine,
Josh Barry, Barry Jossen,
Morgan Villegas, Ayo Davis,
Keli Lee, Evelyn Geraci, Bill
Sarine, Bruce Gersh, Amy
Astley, Jeff Fordis, Charissa
Gilmore, Erin Felentzer,
Brenda Kyle, Jim Gaston,
Melissa Harling, Francie
Calfo, Suzanne PatmoreGibbs, Jocelyn Diaz, Nicole
Norwood, Roger Shook,
Ettore Zuccarelli, Nne Bong
(by Jeffrey Abrams)
Memorials
In Memory of Margot Clarke
(by Stanley Elson; Mark
Burstein; Teri Stayner;
Victoria Ridge; Ninth Church
of Christ, Scientist)
In Memory of Dorothy Epstein
(by Dorothy Epstein Memorial
Trust)
In Memory of Betty Friedan
(by Thomas Banks, The
Martin Sarkees Corporation)
In Memory of Ellen Greene
(by Richard Miller, Ernst
Maas, Milton Shore, Philip
Mast, Michele Wilkins,
Downtown Baltimore
Child Care, Inc.)
In Memory of Minnie Foster
Harris (by Wayne Chester,
Natalie Deadwyler, Thelma
Duncan, D. Paul Karnes)
In Memory of Kathleen Keefe
(by Eleanor Frenier, Susan
Teece, Clara Fennessey)
In Memory of David Lacy and
Jack Bellwood Walker (by
Robert Mathes, Jack Walker)
In Memory of Billie Jo
Morhauser (by Susan and
Antonio DeFrancesco)
In Memory of Pauline C.
Protogeropoulos (by Dorothy
Morris, Bernice Gleaton,
Robert Kaloosdian, Laurie
LeBlanc, Carolyn Mugar,
Carolyn DeMassi, Sylvia
Weiser, Janet Corpus, George
Kaiser, Hutchings Barsamian
Cross Mendelcom &
Zeytoonian, LLP, The
Gravestar Foundation, Samet
and Company PC)
In Memory of Abraham
Rudnick (by Michael Brugg,
Elizabeth Germaine)
In Memory of Irving Sigel (by
Lois Dowey, Susan Wilson,
Dylan Wiliam, Walter
Emmerich, Esther Dresner,
Fred Greenstein, Bryan Singer,
Judith Bronston, Marilyn
Hoskin, Joseph Masling, James
Randall, Edward Chittenden)
In Memory of Margaret Weber
(by Jerod Peterson, Hugh
Fitzpatrick, Earlene Smith,
Philipp Muessig, Gary
Cunningham, Lois Quam,
C. Overfield, Julia Robinson,
Curtis Ettesvold, Harlan
Weers, Alrene Jens, Donald
Wojciechowski, Betsy Husting,
Ronald Tschetter, Gordon
Kalland, Jere Ettesvold, James
Koppel, Jane Weiss, Stacy
Machula, Kathryn Lowery,
Linda Elston, Deborah
Clemmensen, Nancy Biele,
Catherine Langer, Todd
Ramsey,Timothy and Jane
Kretzmann, Cathleen Crafton,
Connie Sagstetter, Darrel
Weers, Karen Siven, Barbara
Nordley, Barbara
Frederickson, Robert Farnham,
Muriel Vomhof, Susanna
Kloven, Janet Howad, Mary
Theisen-Mitchell, Kim Wolf,
Rosemary Howley, John
Corlett,Carol Mollner, David
Hoyt, Corinne Shindelar,
Mark Bowen, Susan
Knollenberg, Terrance
Crowley, Michael Herman,
Marjorie Goldsmith, Audrey
Naylor, Zoe Nicholle, Emily
Anderson, Stefani and
Nicholas Weber, Cindy and
Sam Orbovich, David West,
Charles Slocum, John Farrell,
Brandon Hopkins)
In Memory of Irma Weisskopf
(by Barbara Cullman, A.
Gilmore, Ruth Nagler,
Fagan Financial Planners)
Honoraria
American Program Bureau, Inc./
University of Richmond
Asheville School
Brown University
The Cambridge School, Inc.
The University of Chicago
Dell USA, LP
Emory University
Fairfield County Community
Foundation, Inc.
Jack and Jill of America
Foundation, Inc.
John Carroll University
Mechia Foundation
The New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church
University of North Carolina
at Asheville
Saint Alban’s Parish
Washington University in
St. Louis
Wofford College
The 2006 Children’s Defense Fund donors listing reflects cash gifts and pledge payments made during fiscal year 2006
(January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2006). Every effort has been made to accurately report the names of donors but, if an
error has occurred, please contact the Development Office at (202) 662-3526.
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2006
CDF National Publications
A Prayer for Children
This moving poem by Ina Hughes is
read by CDF President Marian
Wright Edelman with footage of
children. DVD. 3 min. $6.00
CDF Action Council®
Nonpartisan Congressional
Scorecard
This objective compilation of
public voting records documents
Congressional delegations’ votes on
key decisions affecting children in
2006. 40 pgs. Free.
CDF Freedom Schools®
Curriculum Guide
Updated and expanded, this
educational, activity-based curriculum serves children ages 5-16.
232 pgs. Available only to CDF
Freedom Schools sites. Free.
Improving Children’s
Health
Data on health disparities by
racial/ethnic/poverty categories, and
their impact on minorities and the
poor. Prepared for the Aetna
Foundation. 93 pgs. Free.
Katrina’s Children:
A Call to Conscience
and Action
Interviews with families of young
victims of Hurricane Katrina, how
our nation’s government failed them
and what needs to be done so these
children and families can put their
lives back together. 31 pgs. Free.
Making Permanence a
Reality for Children and
Youth in Foster Care
Recommendations for federal policy
improvements to promote
permanence for children in
foster care. Prepared with Casey
Family Services. 23 pgs. Free.
National Observance of
Children’s Sabbaths® Manual
This year’s multi-faith toolkit for
conducting local Children’s Sabbath
celebrations includes special materials
to motivate and educate communities
about child health: Congregations
Stand for Healthy Children: Bringing
Hope and Healing. 235 pgs. $10.00
Outreach Strategies for
Medicaid and CHIP
Prepared for the Kaiser Family
Foundation, this report explores
strategies and best practices to reach
and enroll children and families in
health care programs. 33 pgs. Free.
Protect Children Not Guns
This annual CDF analysis documents
how many children and teens are lost
to gun violence in towns, cities, and
rural areas all across America.
Contains latest data from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention,
statistical profiles of these young
victims and what can be done to
stop the violence. 4 pgs. Free.
CDF State Publications
CDF–Minnesota
Child Defender Newsletters
Six issues filled with useful information: analysis of the latest legislative
session, updates on new reports,
data on the status of Minnesota
children, CDF state activities to
advocate on their behalf and how
readers can too! Free.
The Wonder Years: Early Childhood in
Minnesota: 2006 KIDS COUNT data book
Examines the health, safety,
economic security and education
of Minnesota’s young children;
more than 15 national and state
data sources; county-by-county
data on the status of Minnesota’s
children. 56 pgs. Free.
CDF–New York
Family Support Snap Shot #1:
School Breakfasts and
Lunches
Latest data on free and reduced-cost
school meal programs in Minnesota
and the need to expand this vital
support for eligible families and
children. 4 pgs. Free.
Family Support Snap Shot #2:
Energy Assistance Program
Reveals how children in families that
receive help paying energy bills were
less likely to be undernourished and
underweight, and hospitalized less
frequently than young children in
families without energy assistance.
4 pgs. Free.
Health Care Report –
The Road Not Traveled
Examines how Minnesota children
are increasingly falling through the
cracks in the health care system,
allowing tens of thousands of
children to go without health care
coverage. 22 pgs. Free.
Missed Opportunities Still
Produce Costly Outcomes
Updated child care report on
Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance
Program providing low-income
working families with financial assistance for early care and education.
Most recent data and outcomes
from the 2006 legislative session.
11 pgs. Free.
Coordinating New York’s
Medicaid and Food Stamp
Programs
How best to coordinate New York’s
Medicaid and Food Stamp programs
so families can access these critical
public benefits. 28 pgs. Free.
Getting Your Taxes Done for
Free in Your Neighborhood
It’s your money. You earned it. Now
claim it! A directory listing free tax
preparation sites throughout New York
City. 6 pgs. Free.
A Guide to Federal Food
Programs
Provides information on government
food programs for community groups
and social service agencies serving
low-income children and families in
New York City. 10 pgs. Free.
Hunger in the Midst of Plenty
Analysis of participation in federal
food programs in New York City
and federal dollars lost from underutilization. 6 pgs. Free.
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Keeping What They’ve
Earned: Working New
Yorkers and Tax Credits
This report educates families
about available tax credits and how
to avoid expensive commercial tax
preparation and Refund
Anticipation Loans [RALs] when
filing for the Earned Income Tax
Credit. 24 pgs. Free.
Losing Ground: The
Unanticipated Increase
in Uninsured Children
in New York State
This white paper outlines the
policy changes that contributed to
the increase in the number of
uninsured children in New York
state. 7 pgs. Free.
CDF–Ohio
Employer Toolkit: Healthy
Start, Healthy Families
This collection of pull-out inserts
helps employers share information
about Ohio’s Healthy Start Healthy
Families Medicaid/SCHIP program
with their employees. 10 pgs. Free.
Promising Practices: Ohio
Covering Kids and Families
Best practices used by agencies
throughout Ohio that have improved
children’s access to health care,
focusing on outreach, simplification
and coordination. 32 pgs. Free.
Status of Ohio’s Children:
Juvenile Justice for Ohio’s
Children?
Comprehensive data reports the status
of juvenile justice throughout the state
of Ohio; specifics on each of Ohio’s
88 counties. 104 pgs. Free.
CDF–Texas
Children’s Sabbath Toolkit
for Texas Faith Communities
Enroll, Renew, Advocate for Children’s
Health Coverage has sample bulletins
and pulpit announcements on child
health so congregations can advocate for
and help enroll every eligible Texas child
in health care coverage. 16 pgs. Free.
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of
Universally Accessible
Pre-Kindergarten
Education in Texas
A CDF-led Texas Early Childhood
Education Coalition (TECEC) commissioned this report from the Bush
School of Government and Public
Service at Texas A & M University.
Important objective projections on
investments in early childhood education for Texas children and outcomes
on the state’s future workforce and
economy. 134 pgs. Free.
Keeping What They’ve Earned
“The working poor
lose millions of
dollars every year
using commercial
tax preparers
and high interest
refund loans. We
can stop this.”
Best practices accessing EITC and related benefits;
warns about “Refund Anticipation Loans” marketed
to low-income working families. National version
plus separate reports for California, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas and Washington, D.C. 4 pgs. each. Free.
CDF National Office
Senior Management Team
25 E Street, NW
Washington DC 20001
Tel: (202) 628-8787
www.childrensdefense.org
Marjorie Newman-Williams
Susan L. Gates
Karen Lashman
G. Neel Lattimore
Kristin May
Jeanne Middleton-Hairston
Carmel Owen
President
Chief Operating Officer
General Counsel
Vice President of Policy
Special Advisor to the President
for Strategic Communications
Chief Financial Officer
CDF Freedom Schools® Director
Vice President of Development
CDF-California
Kim Brettschneider
Interim Director
CDF-New York
Emma Jordan-Simpson
Director
CDF Haley Farm
Wokie Massaquoi-Wicks
Director of Operations
3655 South Grand Avenue
Suite 270
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Tel: (213) 749-8787
Fax: (213) 749-4119
www.cdfca.org
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 655
New York, NY 10170
Tel: (212) 697-2323
Fax: (212) 697-0566
www.cdfny.org
1000 Alex Haley Lane
Clinton, TN 37716
Tel: (865) 457-6466
Fax: (865) 457-6464
www.haleyfarm.org
California (Oakland)
CDF-Ohio
Ron Browder, Director
2201 Broadway
Suite 705
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 663-3224
Fax: (510) 663-1783
www.cdfca.org
CDF-Louisiana
Mary Joseph, Director
1452 North Broad Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
Tel: (504) 309-2376
Fax: (504) 309-2379
CDF-Minnesota
James Koppel, Director
555 Park Street
Suite 410
St. Paul, MN 55103
Tel: (651) 227-6121
Fax: (651) 227-2553
www.cdf-mn.org
395 East Broad Street
Suite 330
Columbus, OH 43215-3844
Tel: (614) 221-2244
Fax: (614) 221-2247
www.cdfohio.org
CDF-Texas
Barbara Best, Director
4500 Bissonnet
Suite 260
Bellaire, TX 77401
Tel: (713) 664-4080
Fax: (713) 664-1975
www.cdftexas.org
Texas (Austin)
Southern Regional Office
Oleta Fitzgerald, Director
2659 Livingston Road, Suite 200
Jackson, MS 39213
Tel: (601) 321-1966
Fax: (601) 321-8736
www.cdf-sro.org
316 West 12th Street
Suite 105
Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 480-0990
Fax: (512) 480-0995
www.cdftexas.org
Texas (Rio Grande Valley)
CDF-South Carolina
Robin Sally, Director of
CDF-Marlboro County
117 Cheraw Street
Bennettsville, SC 29512
Tel: (843) 479-5310
Fax: (843) 479-0605
944 A West Nolana Loop
Pharr, TX 78577
Tel: (956) 782-4000
Fax: (956) 283-7975
www.cdftexas.org

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