Maryland · Nonprofit
CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC
CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,173 to it, the largest being THE TOY FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Child Life Council Inc does
Mission
Child life council, inc. D/b/a association of child life professionals (aclp) mission is to foster excellence in child life professionals through engagement in education, scientific inquiry, and innovation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conference:association of child life professionals (aclp) hosts an annualconference on professional issues which is the premier educational experience for child life professionals. Each year, approximately 500-800 child life specialists from around the world gather for high-quality, timely and relevant educational sessions. The conference also features an exhibit hall offering products and services that are of interest to the child life community. Other professional development opportunities provided by aclp include our webinar series and the program review & development service.
$974,083 spent$444,257 earned by the program47% of program spendingMember services: the association of child life professionals (aclp) is the only international professional association devoted to child life (cl) specialists. Members are child life professionals, students, educators, and associates from related fields. Membership offers connection to the cl community, an online networking tool which includes key benefits such as networking opportunities, file libraries and the member directory. Other major services provided to members include child life education and training through publications such as the bulletin newsletter, the journal of child life, and cl news, a monthly e-newsletter. Members also receive discounted rates on professional development, publications, and certification fees.
$338,815 spentof which $40,000 as grants$542,826 earned by the program16% of program spendingPublications and merchandise
$389,479 spent$49,089 earned by the program19% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$368,186 spent$305,128 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,070,563.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.9M to $2.3M (−21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Alison Heron
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $9k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $546 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Child Life Certification Commission · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC?
- CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,173 to it, the largest being THE TOY FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $32,173 in grants to CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC?
- THE TOY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILD LIFE COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing