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Name:	National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Address:	699 Prince Street
	Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone:	703-224-2150 800-843-5678
Web Address:	www.missingkids.com

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

NCMEC provides services both in the U.S. and internationally to families and professionals free-of-charge to help prevent and assist in missing or sexually exploited child cases. Services include age enhancement, facial reconstruction, and imaging/identification services; case/lead analysis; photo and poster distribution; infant-abduction prevention; recovery/reunification assistance; law-enforcement training; and legal resources from prosecutorial training to best-practice legislative models. The America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Plan promotes instant community notification about a missing child, while the Lost Child Alert Technology Resource (LOCATER) gives law enforcement agencies a way of creating and disseminating posters. Project America’s Law Enforcement Retiree Team (ALERT)/Team Adam provides on-site assistance by search experts. Instant reporting of missing or sexually exploited children is available through NCMEC’s 24-hour, toll-free hotline 1-800-THE-LOST and on the Internet at the CyberTipline (www.cybertipline.com). Prevention education programs include child-safety publications and the organization’s NetSmartz web site which aims to help prevent online victimization of children.

For the year ended December 31, 2008, NCMEC's program expenses were:

Missing child case management	9,996,094
Information and case analysis	8,245,942
Public education and awareness	6,478,381
Exploited child case management	6,194,575
Community outreach	4,417,252
Training	4,060,028
Total Program Expenses:	$39,392,272

Chief Executive : Ernest E. Allen, President & Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*:

$1,163,519

Chair of the Board: Mr. Ralph Parilla
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Self-employed Business Professional

Board Size: 40

Paid Staff Size: 351

*2008 compensation for Mr. Allen includes an annual salary of $365,182, insurance premiums and medical claims paid by self-insured employer and more than 20 years of retirement contributions including a vested amount of $360,658 also reported as compensation in a previous year. Allen, age 64, has been president for 22 years.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, print advertisements, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, and cause-related marketing.

Fund raising costs were 5% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $48,994,952, are donations received as a result of fund raising 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 NCMEC's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Source of Funds
Government contracts and grants	31,715,505
Contributions	14,435,469
Special events (net)	2,843,978
Interest and dividend income	578,502
Other income	507,455
Change in value of unitrust agreement	-8,183
Realized and unrealized gains on investments (net)	-2,127,231
Total Income	$47,945,495

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 94%  Fund Raising: 6%  Administrative: Less than 1%

Total income				$47,945,495
	Program expenses			$39,392,272
	Fund raising expenses			2,543,480
	Administrative expenses			171,262
Total expenses				$42,107,014
Income in Excess of Expenses				5,838,481
Beginning net assets				29,443,722
Ending net assets				35,282,203
Total liabilities				11,924,235
Total assets				$47,206,438