National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Complaints
Number of complaints processed by the BBB in the last 36 months: 1
The organization addressed the complaint issues brought to its attention: 1
(This complaint involved t-shirt order fulfillment).
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, 2022, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's program expenses were:
Community outreach and training: $6,641,429
Exploited child case management: $18,972,481
Family advocacy and survivor services: $2,080,314
Information and case analysis: $15,545,559
Missing child case management: $12,528,855
Total Program Expenses: $55,768,638
Chief Executive
Michelle C. DeLaune, President and Chief Executive Officer
Compensation*
$369,914
Chair of the Board
Jon Grosso
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired, Senior Retail Executive
Board Size
31
Paid Staff Size
455
*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Telemarketing
Fundraising costs were 3% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $66,493,992, 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, 2022.
Source of Funds
| Investment loss | $-4,847,712 |
| Government contracts and grants | $45,610,970 |
| Contributions | $12,450,555 |
| In-kind contributions | $7,224,817 |
| Special events, net | $1,207,650 |
| Other income | $198,500 |
| Total Income | $61,844,780 |
Programs: 93% Fundraising: 4% Administrative: 3%
| Total Income | $61,844,780 |
| Total expenses: | $59,794,645 |
| Program expenses | $55,768,638 |
| Fundraising expenses | $2,281,598 |
| Administrative expenses | $1,744,409 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $2,050,135 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $64,610,432 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $-42,896 |
| Ending Net Assets | $66,617,671 |
| Total Liabilities | $27,120,097 |
| Total Assets | $93,737,768 |
Note 1: As noted in the financial section above, “other changes in net assets” refers to change in post-employment benefit liability ($317,104) and loss on uncollectible pledges and termination of grants (-$360,000).
Note 2: According to the organization's 2022 audited financial statements, NCMEC received in-kind contributions totaling $7,224,817 in the form of software, license, and equipment ($6,077,456), advertising and media space and time ($931,000), legal and professional services ($155,588), and other ($60,773).
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