Child Support Directors Association
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What it says it does
TO ADVOCATE, EDUCATE, AND COLLABORATE ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES TO ADVANCE THE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM AS A SAFETY NET SERVICE LEADING TO FAMILY FINANCIAL STABILITY.
- Income
- $1.4 million
- Spending
- $1.4 million
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 200
- Highest pay
- $124,817, executive director (until 7/2024)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- CSDA STRIVES TO MAINTAIN CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AMONG ITS MEMBERS AND RELATED PUBLIC PARTIES WORKING IN CALIFORNIA'S CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM. EFFORTS TO EDUCATE DO NOT MERELY PROVIDE TRAINING BUT SUPPORTS A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND RESULTS IN BENEFITS TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN WHO RELY ON REGULAR CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS. IN 2024-2025, CSDA PROVIDED EDUCATION TO INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM AT AN EDUCATION AND TRAINING CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY 747 INDIVIDUALS AND A LEGAL COLLEGE ATTENDED BY 151 INDIVIDUALS.
- IN 2024-2025, CSDA DISTRIBUTED OVER 490 COPIES OF THE CHILD SUPPORT ATTORNEY SOURCEBOOK TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN ORDER TO AID IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROCESS AND ITS LEGAL STRUCTURE. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO DISTRIBUTED OTHER PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING DIRECTORIES OF LOCAL AND STATEWIDE CHILD SUPPORT STAFF, WHITE PAPERS ON TOPICS OF CONCERN, AND FACT SHEETS OF THE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM AND MAINTAINED A WEBSITE AND SEVERAL ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS TO AID IN THE SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF CALIFORNIA'S CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM.
- CSDA PROVIDED RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TO MEMBERS AND INTERESTED PARTIES ON LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ISSUES. THE ASSOCIATION WORKS TO ENSURE THE EFFICACY OF PROPOSED POLICY AND SUPPORTS CHANGES THAT LESSEN THE BURDENS OF THE PARENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM WHILE REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACTS OF LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES. CSDA CAN ONLY ACHIEVE ITS MISSION THROUGH CAREFUL PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND STRONG COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2002.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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