Crime Stoppers International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850275170
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dilley, TX, USA
Phone
5198977243
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Crime Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$468,829
Expenses
$468,702
Assets
$27,737
Liabilities
$30,129

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARON HANLON (President Director)
  • MICK DUTHIE (Vice President)
  • ALEXANDER MACDONALD (Past President)
  • SHANE BRITTEN (CEO)
  • HAYLEY VAN LOON (Deputy CEO)

People named in this filing

  • SHARON HANLON (President Director)
  • MICK DUTHIE (Vice President)
  • RALPH PAGE (SecretaryTreasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

CSI supports law enforcement to prevent and solve crime for people to report anonymously, works with public and private partners increasing education and runs projects reducing crime worldwide

What it reported doing in 2024

Project for Wildlife Trafficking Update existing Wildlife Sentinel application to the latest mobile app language to ensure full accessibility to IOS, Android and other operating systems in use in Latin America., provide enhanced user guides, FAQs and instructions for users with lower technical proficiency Collate, develop and integrate education resources, user acquisition and marketing activity, post implementation plans Effective project management and oversight, as well as all associated administration and reporting to project stakeholders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.09; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 64.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 75% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $465K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $283K reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.