2019 Annual Report
A Message from the CEO
Dear Friend,
This year, we’ve been facing one of the biggest challenges in our 35-year history, and I want to thank you for standing by our side as we work to protect our country’s most valuable resource – our kids. In response to growing concerns about online data security, many technology companies are adopting a strategy called end-to-end encryption that could have dire consequences for millions of children being sexually abused and having horrific images of their abuse shared online.
We’ve received more than 61 million reports since 1998 to our CyberTipline of suspected child sexual abuse material, online enticement, child sex trafficking, child sexual molestation and other crimes, including more than 16.9 million reports this year alone. With end-to-end encryption, we estimate more than half of these reports would simply vanish, never making it into the hands of law enforcement.
End-to-end encryption would provide data security but, in the process, also prevent technology companies or any third party from detecting sexual abuse of children occurring on their platforms. Access to information about these crimes through our CyberTipline is often the only way for law enforcement to know they’re happening and rescue the children.
This passionate privacy debate has awakened the nation to what we see at NCMEC everyday: an explosion in child sexual exploitation on the internet. The Justice Department held a summit this year on the issue, new laws are being debated and survivors have added their voices.
Just as it has developed innovative ways to help sexually exploited and missing children, we’re calling on the technology industry to implement solutions that enhance consumer privacy while prioritizing child safety.
Every day, I attend meetings with my staff to discuss issues like end-to-end encryption and its impact on our children’s safety. I’m grateful for your support because it allows us to speak up for children and to fight to make sure our country is a safer place for them to learn, play and grow.
John F. Clark
President and CEO
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
OUR MISSION
Finding Missing Children
Assisted in
29,000
missing children cases
Distributed
19,984
posters of missing children
Team Adam assisted in
116
critical or long-term
missing child cases
Prevent Victimization
Reviewed
11,798
child sex
trafficking reports
Worked with law enforcement partners
to confirm
1,336
attempted abductions
Trained
6,207
new professionals for
our family advocacy outreach network
Outreach
Completed
267
in-person events
Distributed over
350,000
prevention resources
Financials
| Year ended December 31, 2019 | Without Donor Restrictions | With Donor Restrictions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue and Other Support | |||
| Government contracts and grants | $35,730,478 | $ — | $35,730,478 |
| Contributions | 10,561,336 | 1,460,032 | 12,021,368 |
| Special events, net of direct benefit costs of $1,207,085 | 1,967,667 | — | 1,967,667 |
| Investment loss | 4,635,459 | — | 4,635,459 |
| Other income | 201,987 | — | 201,987 |
| Change in value of unitrust agreement | — | 4,473 | 4,473 |
| Net assets released from restrictions: | — | — | — |
| Satisfaction of program restrictions | 1,228,369 | -1,228,369 | — |
| Satisfaction of time restrictions | 539,583 | -539,583 | — |
| Total Revenue and Support | 54,864,879 | -303,447 | 54,561,432 |
| Operating Expenses | |||
| Program services: | |||
| Community outreach | 5,922,449 | — | 5,922,449 |
| Missing child case management | 14,587,611 | — | 14,587,611 |
| Information and case analysis | 11,566,837 | — | 11,566,837 |
| Training | 998,303 | — | 998,303 |
| Exploited child case management | 10,962,075 | — | 10,962,075 |
| Total Program Services | 44,037,275 | — | 44,037,275 |
| Supporting Services: | |||
| Management and general | 1,116,210 | — | 1,116,210 |
| Fundraising | 3,635,874 | — | 3,635,874 |
| Total Supporting Services | 4,752,084 | — | 4,752,084 |
| Total Operating Expenses | 48,789,359 | — | 48,789,359 |
| Change in Net Assets from Operations | 6,075,520 | -303,447 | 5,772,073 |
| Non-Operating Expense | |||
| Change in post employment benefit liability | -215,327 | — | -215,327 |
| Total Change in Net Assets | 5,860,193 | -303,447 | 5,556,746 |
| Net Assets, beginning of year | 38,770,271 | 1,554,014 | 40,324,285 |
| Net Assets, end of year | $44,630,464 | $1,250,567 | $45,881,031 |
Only 9.74% of expenses are spent on Fundraising, Management and General Expenses. NCMEC's commitment to transparency and financial accountability has earned it Charity Navigator's highest 4 Star rating.
Donors
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CORPORATE
$1,000,000+
$500,000 – $999,999
Adobe
Cisco
Old Navy
$250,000 – $499,999
Australian Federal Police
EMCOR
Kohl’s
LexisNexis
$100,000 – $249,999
Airbnb
Anonymous
Honeywell Hometown Solutions
National Crime Agency Olympic House
Pokémon
Ring
Thomson Reuters
Valassis Communications
Vigilant Solutions
$50,000 – $99,999
Appriss Insightss
Canon U.S.A.
Cellebrite
Lifetouch National School Studios
Match Group
Multi Media
NeuStar
Uber
Websurge
$10,000 - $49,999
Adelanto HealthCare Ventures
Apple
ASL Marketing
Atmos Energy
Bark Technologies
Baywood Hotels
BDS Marketing
Bulkley Dunton
CDW Logistics
CenterPoint Energy
Charles Schwab
Charter Communications
CHRISTUS Health
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
City National Bank
Costco
Cyan Forensics
Deloitte & Touche
DerbyCon
Developmental & Forensic Pediatrics
Dropbox
Fastrac Markets
First Source Federal Credit Union
Fox Corporation
Grant Thornton
Helendale Dermatology & Medical Spa
IBM
Intel
ITX
Jones Day
LA County Office of Education
Lonestar Legacy
May Riegler
New York Sash
Palmer Food Services
Rekor Systems
Sato Construction
The Stirling Club
Total Defense
Valero Services
Watch Systems
Zoom
$5000 - $9999
Ascension Seton
Bryant & Stratton College
Bundle of Holding LLC
Capital Management Group
Commerce National Bank
CompTIA Member Services, LLC
CoreCivic of Tennessee
Davenport-Hatch Foundation
Epic Pipeline LP
Fairport Village Inn
Global Intelligence Network
Godlan, Inc.
GreatCall, Inc.
IBC Laredo
IMG
JAB Cares
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas
The McCain Institute
The Meet Group Inc. dba MeetMe, Inc.
MGM Resorts International
Moreland Properties
New York Yankees
Nustar Energy
NYS Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association
Ontario Exteriors
Otsego Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Rainaldi Brothers, Inc.
Resolute Forest Products
Rochling Advent Tool & Mold
Spencer Stuart
Sullivan Contracting, Inc.
Taub Foundation
Toward Healing
Trend Micro Inc.
UTHealth
Venable LLP
Zero Point Zero Production
FOUNDATIONS
$50,000 - $100,000
Motorola Solutions Foundation
$10,000 - $49,999
Allstate Foundation
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation
Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation
L & N Andreas Foundation
L Brands Foundation
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS
$500,000+
The James Annenberg La Vea Charitable Foundation
$100,000 – $499,999
Estate of Barbara Harrington
Estate of Richard Martin Simons Jr.
RTL Trust
Steward Family Foundation
$25,000 – $99,999
Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation
Anonymous
Wanda Polisseni
Gary and Jeanne Shiffman
Iris Smith
Timothy Sullivan
$10,000 – $24,999
Robert and Sarah Bassam
Philip and Faith Bobrow
John and Luci Clark
Manus Cooney and Theresa Hatfield
Kristie Davis
Dennis and Patty DeConcini
Epstein Family Foundation
William Howard Flowers, Jr. Foundation
Bob Foosaner
Jonathan and Lynn Grosso
Susie and Kent Hance
Sylvia Johnson
Fred and Elizabeth Jones
Yvonne and Jason Lee
Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation
Mary Meelia
John and Tina Michne
Ron Nagele
Mark Palancia
Theresa Payton
Leonard Pfeiffer and Anna Gunnarsson
Frank and Barbara Rechterman
Estate of Letitia Emilie Rieck
Shannon Speranza
Karen Tandy and Steve Pomerantz
$5,000 – $9,999
Krystle and Christian Alvarado
John and Sheila Arnos
Avergun Family Fund
The Baldridge Foundation
Gary and Carol Berman
Mark Bowden
Neil Cohen
Kimberly Colonnetta
Jeffery and Patricia Davis Family Foundation
Mark and Charlene Dean
Robin Dearden and Bryan Cranston
Aly Dossa
Melanie Dow
Jeffrey Estes
Vernon and Aurora Farthing
Matthew and Terri Foosaner
Mike and Tabitha Gioja
Vincent and Janet Giuliano
Mark and Alex Green
Alex Gyr
George Hambrecht
The Nathan P. Jacobs Foundation
The JSO Foundation
Pamela King
Richard Kolodziej and Holly Bayne
Meghan and Simon Latcovich
Alec and Lorri Lauzze
Randy Lentz
Bess Loewenbaum
Tai Lopez
Giovanni Maggipinto
Michael and Erin Mand
The John and Cindy McCain Family Foundation
Vito Pela
Andy Plummer
Greg Polisseni
Doris Rankins
Alison and Reese Ryan
David and Tracy Scalen
Mark Schupack
Elliot and Jacquie Segal
The Abe and Kathryn Selsky Foundation
The Sigal Family Foundation
Ashley Stanfield
Paul Tate
Hank and Angela Uberoi
The Van Metre Family Foundation
Jennifer Walker
John and Revé Walsh
Shelley Waltman
Wilson Family Foundation
2019 Board of Directors
Board Chair
The Honorable Karen Tandy
Public Policy Executive
Pennie Abramson
Philanthropist
John W. Arnos Sr.
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Lou Bivona
Vision Logic
Hubert Bell
USSS/OIG Retired
Michael Breslin
LexisNexis Special Services, Inc.
Robbie Callaway†
FirstPIC, Inc.
Manus Cooney†
American Continental Group
Sharon Cooper, M.D.
Developmental & Forensic Pediatrics, PA
Antigone Davis
Facebook, Inc.
Lisa Davis
Intel
Chair-Elect
Revé Walsh
Co-Founder, NCMEC
The Honorable Dennis DeConcini †
U.S. Senator (Retired)
Matthew Foosaner
Spectrum Enterprise
Vincent P. Giuliano
Marketing Expert
Andre Hollis
Tiger International Advisors
Richard Kolodziej †
Zenergy Advisors
Meghan Latcovich
The McCain Institute
Don McGowan
Bungie, Inc.
Tim Murphy
Consortium
Chris Nelson
Old Navy
† Previous Board Chair
Vice-Chair
Jon Grosso
Kohl's, Inc.
John Penn II
Adobe
Leonard Pfeiffer IV
Leonard Pfeiffer & Company
Kristi Remington
West Front Strategies LLC
Steve Salem
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation
Susannah Schaefer
Charles B. Wang Foundation
The Honorable Regina Schofield
Battelle Education
Emily Vacher
Philanthropist
John Walsh
Co-Founder, NCMEC
Patty Wetterling †
Child Advocate