Children's Rights

Name

Children's Rights

Legal name

Children's Rights, Inc.

Website

https://childrensrights.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare Advocacy and Civil Rights Litigation

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH), Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE), Juvenile Justice System (Courts & Detention) (BPAIAFAF)

Keywords

• Child welfare advocacy
• Civil rights impact litigation
• Immigrant children's rights
• Foster care reform
• Nonprofit legal advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Primary revenue source from individual donors supporting advocacy work. The organization accepts donations through its website, mail, and various giving mechanisms including donor-advised funds (DAFs).

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Children's Rights is a national nonprofit advocacy organization that uses civil rights impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education to hold government agencies accountable for protecting children in foster care, juvenile justice, immigration custody, and other government systems. The organization pursues court-ordered systemic reforms, monitors compliance with settlement agreements, and publishes research reports on issues such as child mental health, immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ youth protections, and racial justice in child welfare.

Product overview

Children's Rights is a national nonprofit advocacy organization that does not offer commercial products or services. The organization conducts strategic advocacy, legal action, and policy work to protect children's rights across various focus areas including child health, government accountability, immigration rights, institutionalization, LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice, and youth justice. The organization's activities include impact litigation, publishing research reports and fact sheets, and providing resources for advocacy engagement. Children's Rights generates publications such as the annual Impact Report, fact sheets on child mental health, immigrant children, and Medicaid/CHIP, as well as specialized reports like 'Are You Listening?' on congregate placements and 'Safe Havens' on transgender youth protections. The organization also facilitates engagement through action alerts, donate pages, and volunteer/advocacy opportunities rather than offering a technology product or software service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Impact Litigation Program
• Policy Advocacy Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.5 million children positively impacted through legal action
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and supporting.

• Children's Rights CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Coalition partner in TRACE coalition filing request with South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission for investigation into sexual abuse and forced overseas adoptions at St. Vincent's Home in Incheon
• KAMRA KoreacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition partner in TRACE coalition investigating human rights violations in overseas adoptions
• National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlores counsel co-representative; joint litigation on CBP custody conditions and extension of 2022 settlement agreement; joint motion to enforce Flores Settlement regarding Open Air Detention Sites
• Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CHRCL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlores counsel co-representative; joint filings on CBP custody conditions and Open Air Detention Sites; joint efforts to extend 2022 settlement enforcement
• Lambda LegalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored groundbreaking Safe Havens report on transgender and gender-expansive youth protections across all 50 states; joint policy analysis on LGBTQ+ youth in out-of-home care
• Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored Safe Havens report on TGNC youth protections; getR.E.A.L initiative for healthy sexual and gender identity development in child welfare
• Bass, Berry & Sims PLCkeyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal co-counsel in B.R. v. Quin case achieving Tennessee settlement for immigrant foster youth SIJS access
• McDermott Will & Emery LLPkeyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal co-counsel in B.R. v. Quin case achieving Tennessee settlement for immigrant foster youth SIJS access
• Advocates for Immigrants Rights (AIR)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-plaintiff and partner in B.R. v. Quin lawsuit representing immigrant children in Tennessee foster system
• Family Integrity and Justice WorkssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Help Not Hotlines report on reimagining mandated reporting and family support frameworks
• New TomorrowkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced Are You Listening report on congregate placements in New York State with youth accounts
• NAACPkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in Minnesota to demand federal investigation into discriminatory treatment of Black families in state child welfare system

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• First Focus Campaign for Children: Direct peer — national children's advocacy organization focused on federal policy and budget advocacy for children, including foster care, immigration, and health access — overlapping Children's Rights policy work but with a legislative rather than litigation emphasis.
• Lambda Legal: Direct peer — national civil rights organization using impact litigation for LGBTQ+ rights, including co-authoring the Safe Havens report with Children's Rights on transgender youth in out-of-home care.
• National Center for Youth Law: Direct peer — uses impact litigation and policy advocacy on behalf of children in foster care, juvenile justice, and immigration systems. Co-counsel on Flores alongside Children's Rights; led by many former colleagues of Children's Rights senior staff.
• Juvenile Law Center: Direct peer — national nonprofit using litigation and policy advocacy to advance rights of children in foster care and juvenile justice systems, with overlapping youth justice and child welfare reform docket.
• Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law: Direct peer — Flores co-counsel alongside Children's Rights, jointly litigating CBP custody conditions and Open Air Detention Sites; direct litigation partner on the organization's flagship immigration matter.

Broad incumbents

• American Civil Liberties Union: Broad incumbent — operates across civil rights and liberties litigation at national scale, including child welfare, immigration, and LGBTQ+ matters that overlap with Children's Rights focus areas, but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: Broad incumbent — national civil rights organization using impact litigation, with overlapping racial justice and child welfare reform priorities that intersect with Children's Rights advocacy areas.
• Southern Poverty Law Center: Broad incumbent — large civil rights organization using impact litigation and policy advocacy on child welfare, immigrant rights, and juvenile justice, with comparable court-order and reform mechanisms.
• NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Broad incumbent — major civil rights litigation organization engaged in racial justice and child welfare matters, including joint advocacy with Children's Rights in Minnesota on discriminatory treatment of Black families in the state child welfare system.

Emerging players

• Child Welfare League of America: Emerging player — national child welfare membership and standards organization that engages on foster care system reform, intersecting with Children's Rights child welfare litigation docket but primarily through agency partnership and standards-setting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/children's-rights
• Xx.com/childrensrights
• Facebookfacebook.com/childrensrights

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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Investments

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