CHILD USA

What CHILD USA does

CHILD USA is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit think tank founded in 2016 to preserve and strengthen children's rights through interdisciplinary legal and social science work. The organization operates as a policy and research entity rather than a technology company, producing legal treatises, peer-reviewed research, and interactive tracking tools to influence federal, state, and international child protection law. Its core offerings include the SOL Tracker, an interactive system monitoring child sex abuse statutes of limitation reform bills across all 50 U.S. states and updated weekly, and the second-edition Child Sex Abuse Statutes of Limitation Treatise (2002-2026), a comprehensive legal reference resource sold through the Zeffy platform. Adjacent products include research reports on children's education rights, child marriage data, revival window laws across 33 U.S. jurisdictions, AI-generated CSAM legal frameworks (U.S. and Canada), the NY Child Victims Act victim experience study, and peer-reviewed research on interpersonal violence in elite U.S. athletes.

The organization serves four primary constituencies: children and CSA survivors (the beneficiary base), lawmakers and policymakers at federal/state/local levels, legal professionals handling CSA and child protection cases, and academic researchers and child advocacy organizations. It engages these audiences through direct legislative testimony, amicus briefs, policy white papers, peer-reviewed journal articles, the childusa.org website, social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), and an annual gala. CHILD USA is governed by a board of directors chaired by James R. Marsh, with Prof. Marci A. Hamilton as the nationally recognized founder and Jessica Schidlow, Esq. as Legal Director.

Revenue is mission-driven rather than commercial. The funding mix consists of donations from law firms, charitable foundations, and philanthropic individuals and families; one-time treatise sales via the Zeffy third-party platform; and annual gala sponsorship revenue. Financial specifics are not publicly disclosed. Geographic reach is described as all 50 U.S. states plus international law work, and the organization has been credited as instrumental in passing revival window laws in 33 U.S. jurisdictions. In 2026, CHILD USA marked its 10th anniversary with a scheduled gala on November 6, 2026, in Philadelphia.

Name

CHILD USA

Legal name

CHILD USA

Website

https://childusa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CHILD USA is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit think tank founded in 2016 that advances children's rights through legal research, SOL reform advocacy, and interdisciplinary policy work. It serves lawmakers, legal professionals, and advocates via its SOL Tracker, CSA SOL Treatise, and peer-reviewed reports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Rights Advocacy and Legal Research

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG), Early Childhood & Child Development Policy Research (EDADADAJ), Child Safety & Exploitation Prevention Operations (CSAM detection workflows, escalation) (BPAAALAK)

Keywords

• Child rights advocacy
• Legal research nonprofit
• Policy reform
• Social science research
• Think tank services

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropic Support: CHILD USA relies on donations from law firms, charitable foundations, and philanthropic individuals and families to fund its mission-driven work.
2. Treatise Sales: The organization sells its Child Sex Abuse Statutes of Limitation Treatise (2002-2026) and other legal resource publications to legal professionals and researchers.
3. Annual Gala and Events: Revenue generated from the annual gala and sponsorship opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CHILD USA is a nonprofit think tank advancing children's rights through interdisciplinary collaboration combining legal expertise and social science research. Its primary offerings are the SOL Tracker—an interactive, weekly-updated tool that monitors child sex abuse statutes of limitation reform legislation across all 50 U.S. states—and the Child Sex Abuse Statutes of Limitation Treatise (2002-2026), a comprehensive legal reference covering federal, state, and territorial jurisdictions. The organization also produces research reports on topics such as child marriage, education rights, AI-generated CSAM, and revival window laws, and supplies expert testimony and amicus briefs to influence federal and state policy reform.

Product overview

CHILD USA operates as a nonprofit think tank offering a portfolio of legal research products and policy-focused publications rather than a unified software platform. The core offering consists of the SOL Tracker system, which provides interactive state-by-state tracking of child sex abuse statutes of limitation reform legislation, complemented by the Child Sex Abuse SOL Treatise as a comprehensive legal reference resource. These primary tools are supplemented by a library of peer-reviewed research reports covering children's rights topics including education, child marriage, revival windows, AI-generated CSAM regulation, and interpersonal violence in sports. The organization does not operate a software-as-a-service platform; its products are primarily information resources, publications, and advocacy tools for legal professionals, policymakers, and child protection advocates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SOL Tracker An interactive tracking system that monitors statutes of limitation reform bills for child sex abuse across all 50 U.S. states, updated weekly to provide an overview of pending bills and new laws. Used by legal professionals, lawmakers, and researchers to track SOL reform.
• Child Sex Abuse Statutes of Limitation Treatise (2002-2026) A comprehensive legal resource treatise covering statutes of limitation research for every U.S. jurisdiction including federal, state, and U.S. territories. Covers civil and criminal CSA SOLs, tolling theories, discovery rules, trafficking, CSAM, rankings, revival laws, and state-by-state comparisons. Sold to legal professionals and researchers via the Zeffy platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• 33 U.S. Jurisdictions have enacted revival window laws for child sex abuse
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): RAINN operates the largest U.S. anti-sexual-violence network with policy advocacy, survivor support, and legal resources, overlapping heavily with CHILD USA's statutes of limitation reform focus on child sex abuse.
• Child Welfare League of America: CWLA is a national nonprofit advancing child welfare through policy research, advocacy, and best-practice publications, overlapping with CHILD USA's research-and-policy approach to children's rights.
• Prevent Child Abuse America: Prevent Child Abuse America is a national nonprofit dedicated to child abuse prevention through research, public policy, and advocacy, sharing CHILD USA's child-protection law reform and research-publication model.
• Childhelp: Childhelp is a national nonprofit addressing child abuse through advocacy, education, and direct services, with comparable legal advocacy work and donor-supported programming in the child protection space.
• Children's Defense Fund: CDF is a longstanding child advocacy organization producing policy research and legislative campaigns on children's rights — closely comparable to CHILD USA's think-tank model and federal/state advocacy work.
• ECPAT-USA: ECPAT-USA is a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on ending commercial sexual exploitation of children, with parallel legal/policy reform work and child-protection research that closely mirrors CHILD USA's mission.
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC): NCMEC is the leading U.S. nonprofit addressing child abduction and exploitation through policy advocacy, legal resources, and research — directly comparable to CHILD USA's child protection law and CSAM policy work.
• National Children's Alliance: National Children's Alliance is the accrediting body for Children's Advocacy Centers and a policy advocate for child abuse response, sharing CHILD USA's focus on child protection law and interdisciplinary practice.

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Watch (Children's Rights Division): Human Rights Watch operates a Children's Rights Division producing investigative research and policy advocacy on a global scale — broader in scope but comparable in research-driven human rights advocacy methodology.
• American Civil Liberties Union: The ACLU engages in impact litigation and policy advocacy including on children's rights, civil liberties, and religious exemptions — a broader incumbent whose legal-advocacy model overlaps with CHILD USA's amicus and testimony work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/childusathinktank
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/childusa
• Instagraminstagram.com/childusa

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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