Organizations Filed Purposes:
Our mission is to end the epidemic of childrens chronic health conditions by working aggressively to eliminate harmful exposures, hold those responsible accountable, and establish safeguards so this never happens again
Litigation ProgramIn order to hold those responsible accountable, Childrens Health Defense files civil and criminal legal actions in federal and state court to force transparency, scientific integrity, and policy change within industry and government regulatory agencies.
Education and Outreach ProgramWhen a harmful exposure is identified,we follow the precautionary principle and immediately eeducate the public regarding strategies to avoid these exposures through publication of informative and well referenced articles. These are distributed through social media, electronic newsletters (Kennedy News & Views), and on our website.Once these exposures are identified we utilize health informatics data tofurther assess exposures to these chemicals and adverse health outcomes. If our finding support a causal relationship between the exposure and adverse health outcomes we identify potential sources of these exposures, those responsible for the exposures and work with them to reduce and eliminate.
ResearchChildrens Health Defense has thousands of members throughoutthe US who share with us personal stories about the decline in their childrens health and what they think might have been the responsible. We then engage our team of scientists, researchers, and advocates to dig deeper by combing through full-text archives of biomedical and life sciences research at the US National Institutes of Healths National Library of Medicine to determine if the parents concerns are supported by research.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Robert F Kennedy Jr | Chairman Chief Legal Counsel | 40 | $255,000 |
| Rolf Hazlehurst | Attorney | 40 | $150,000 |
| Michael Graven | Chief Information Officer | 40 | $125,000 |
| Lyndelle Redwood | President | 40 | $104,000 |
| Rita Shreffler | Secretary | 40 | $61,500 |
| Mary S Holland | Vice Chairman Director | 40 | $52,500 |
| Heidi Kidd | Treasurer | 15 | $17,891 |
| Brian Hooker | Director | 5 | $1,700 |
| Alix Mayer | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Michael Baum | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Terena Eisner | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Kristina Kristin | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Joseph Mcgee | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Katie Wright | Director | 5 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202023159349305072_public.xml