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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: April 2024 Expires: April 2026

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(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.

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:

Exploited child case management $18,972,481
Information and case analysis $15,545,559
Missing child case management $12,528,855
Community outreach and training $6,641,429
Family advocacy and survivor services $2,080,314
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, Planned giving arrangements, Telephone appeals

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
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
Investment loss $-4,847,712
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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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance