The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223630133
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
7038376313
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Human Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,797,965
Expenses
$4,467,483
Assets
$1,047,368
Liabilities
$3,327,415

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRAVIS HENEVELD DIRECTOR (CEO (FROM 10/2024))
  • ROBERT CUNNINGHAM (CEO (UNTIL 10/2024))
  • PATRICIA L FIETZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR P.R.)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT CUNNINGHAM (CEO (UNTIL 10/2024)): $289,803 total reported compensation
  • SANDRA MARCHENKO (SR. VP OF OPERATIONS): $188,217 total reported compensation
  • GUILLERMO GALARZA (VP OF PARTNERSHIPS): $161,931 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We envision a world where children can grow up safe from exploitation, abuse, or risk of going missing.we advance child protection and safeguard vulnerable children by:- powering the global search for children who are missing- disrupting the economics and mechanics of child sexual exploitation- training partners on the front lines to prevent and respond to cases of missing children, child sexual abuse, and exploitation- collaborating with key stakeholders

What it reported doing in 2024

Our program areas: each program area includes initiatives across our three strategic pillars, and we are prepared to grow our existing initiatives, to replicate existing initiatives in other places, and to innovate for greater impact in each program area to increase our impact across our pillars.national capacity building - we empower the global community to create systematic and sustainable protections for children at the national and state level. We facilitate and strengthen multisectoral, strategic response and assist in the development of coordinated systems, policies, and capabilities. (continued on schedule o)we promote investment in child protection by governments and the business sector. Policy and business sector engagement - we engage with multilateral organizations and with groups of businesses to develop policies and promote information sharing and collective action for protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation, disrupting processes related to the sexual exploitation of children, and addressing issues around missing children. Research and thought leadership - we improve national, regional, and global responses to the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and to issues related to missing children by developing and disseminating ideas that foster greater awareness and understanding of critical issues, prompt the creation of better approaches, and provide the rationale for collective action. We assemble and draw insights and conclusions from existing information and generate new knowledge to inform the field at large as well as our own program initiatives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.1%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 54.5%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87%; rating input score 87; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.18; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.1% of revenue deployed · 54.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $290K · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $252K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.