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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: April 2026 Expires: April 2028

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(703) 224-2150
333 John Carlyle Street, Suite 125
Alexandria, VA, 22314
https://missingkids.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization."

Year, State Incorporated:
1984, DC

Also Known As:
NCMEC

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation. The organization is a secondary distributor of AMBER Alerts and provides peer support through its Team HOPE program to families experiencing a missing or exploited child case. The organization receives reports of missing and sexually exploited children through its 24-hour, toll-free hotline (1-800-843-5678) and through the CyberTipline (https://report.cybertip.org/), the national mechanism for the public and electronic service providers to report apparent child sexual exploitation. The organization also provides prevention education and online child safety materials for teachers and parents to use with children ages 5-17. NCMEC reports that its services have expanded to include additional supports for children missing from care, survivors of child sex trafficking, children whose sexually explicit images are posted online, and long-term cases through the use of genetic genealogy.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's program expenses were:

Exploited child case management $20,103,398
Information and case analysis $19,124,692
Missing child case management $14,241,949
Community outreach and training $7,275,829
Family advocacy and survivor services $2,631,451
Total Program Expenses $63,377,319

Chief Executive
Michelle C. DeLaune, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$511,913

Chair of the Board
Regina B. Schofield

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation

Board Size
26

Paid Staff Size
489

*2024 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Telephone appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Workplace Giving

Fundraising costs were 3% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $68,826,482, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Government contracts and grants $50,344,470
Contributions $9,857,266
In-kind contributions $7,723,870
Investment return, net $4,828,951
Special events, net $900,876
Other income $235,241
Total Income $73,831,727

Programs: 93% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 4%

Total Income $73,831,727
Total expenses: $68,428,866
  Program expenses $63,377,319
  Fundraising expenses $2,272,322
  Administrative expenses $2,779,225
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $5,402,861
Beginning Net Assets $72,772,844
Other Changes In Net Assets $10,816
Ending Net Assets $78,186,521
Total Liabilities $25,357,101
Total Assets $103,543,622

Note 1: As noted in the financial section above, “other changes in net assets” refers to change in post-employment benefit liability.

Note 2: According to the organization's 2024 audited financial statements, NCMEC received in-kind contributions totaling $7,723,870 in the form of IT licenses and subscriptions ($6,090,918), legal and professional services ($1,055,910), and advertising and media space and time ($577,042).

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance