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US nonprofit · EIN 472004064 · New York, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 472004064)Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2014.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

A Better Childhood Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$8.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$2m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$7.8m
$111k liabilities
Net assets
$7.7m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
7.8y av
Staff
14
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Frederic Dorwart
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

A Better Childhood Inc's network

4 people1 organisationi4 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Frederic Dorwart ChairChair of the Board2018
8 yrs
Marcia Robinson LowryExecutive Director2020
6 yrs
Robert D LevyTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Steven DOWDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Dawn J PostAsst Executisince 2019
Julia TeborgAttorney2024
Marcia Robinson LowryExecutive Disince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Marcia Robinson LowryExecutive Director40$291k
Julia TeborgAttorney40$156k
Frederic DorwartChair of the Board1$0
Robert D LevyTreasurer1$0
Steven DowDirector1$0

About

Legal name
A Better Childhood Inc
EIN
472004064
Address
355 Lexington Ave FL 16, New York, NY, 10017-6609
State
New York
Mission
To advocate for children who have been harmed or neglected while in the custody of state operated welfare systems by utilizing the court systems and providing representation for these children. (as filed on the Form 990)
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2014
Principal officer
Marcia Robinson Lowry (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 March 2015
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsFrederic Dorwart
≥8years on the filingsRobert D Levy
≥8years on the filingsSteven DOW
≥6years on the filingsMarcia Robinson Lowry

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$7.8m
Total liabilities
$111k
Net assets or fund balances
$7.7m
Contributions and grants received
$1.2m
Program service revenue
$7.4m
Employees
14

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$8.6m$2m$6.5m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
A Better Childhood, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
17 September 2014
Registered agent
Not stated