A Child Is Missing INC FY2020 filing

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Ft Lauderdale, FL501(c)(3)Since 1997Crime & LegalEIN 65-0747870Revenue $272K in FY2020

On file with the IRSachildismissing.orgPo Box 460669, 33346-0669 · Ft Lauderdale, FLTax-exempt since Oct 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Support law enforcement in finding Missing children, juveniles, elderly, disabled and other vulnerable persons. Safety education in summer camps for ages 5-14, focusing on personal safety, anti-bullying, and internet safety.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $16K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $15K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$274K
350% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 350% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$272K
Spent
$266K
To programs
62%
Net assets
−$196K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$272K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$272K
FY2021$210K
FY2022$192K
FY2023$197K
FY2024$209K
FY2025$182K
Expenses
$266K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$266K
FY2021$219K
FY2022$164K
FY2023$164K
FY2024$164K
FY2025$188K
Net assets
−$196K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$196K
FY2021−$205K
FY2022−$176K
FY2023−$143K
FY2024−$98K
FY2025−$104K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1997.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $166K Management & general 28% · $75K Fundraising 9% · $25K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Tr
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jackie Breen’s $73K as Executive Di is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Jackie Breen$73,292$62,292$62,400

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Helps find missing children and vulnerable adults, and teaches safety to at-risk youth.

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1 program · $166K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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A child is missing assists law enforcement agencies nationwide in the early search and recovery of missing children (often with autism and down syndrome), the elderly (often with alzheimer's disease), on-campus college students, and disabled individuals in the first hours of their disappearance, by use of telephone alert calls.

$166Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$15K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$272K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$190K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$82K
Money outPt IX
$266K
Ln 25
Programscol B$166K
Managementcol C$75K
Fundraisingcol D$25K
Owns and owesPt X
−$196K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K
Total assetsLn 16$79K
LiabilitiesLn 26$274K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$190K
Government grantsLn 1e$152K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$82K
Total revenueLn 12$272K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$62K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$62K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$79K
LiabilitiesLn 26$274K
Net assetsLn 32−$196K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$21K$62K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$55K$79K
LiabilitiesLn 26$257K$274K
Net assetsLn 32−$202K−$196K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$92K$58K$14K$20K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3K$2K$446$644
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$5K$1K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$38K$38K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$67K$67K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$36K$24K$11K$1K
TravelLn 17$380$380
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$852$562$262$28
InsuranceLn 23$5K$3K$2K$550
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14K$7K$5K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$266K$166K$75K$25K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $182K$188K−$6K−$104K 990 PDF
FY2024 $209K$164K$45K−$98K 990 PDF
FY2023 $197K$164K$34K−$143K 990 PDF
FY2022 $192K$164K$28K−$176K 990 PDF
FY2021 $210K$219K−$9K−$205K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $272K$266K$6K−$196K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $272,148 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $299,910$190,491
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $63,734$81,657
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $363,644$272,148
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $125,136$102,146
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $195,786$164,040
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $320,922$266,186
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $42,722$5,962
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $272,148 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$9,662
VIII-1e Government grants$151,790
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$29,039
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$190,491
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $81,657$81,657
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $81,657$272,148
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $266,186 across 11 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $58,372 · Management $13,793 · Fundraising $19,900$92,065
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,889 · Management $446 · Fundraising $644$2,979
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,503 · Management $1,064 · Fundraising $1,535$7,102
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $37,855$37,855
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $67,052$67,052
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,445$2,445
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $23,501 · Management $11,474 · Fundraising $1,163$36,138
IX-17 TravelManagement $380$380
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $562 · Management $262 · Fundraising $28$852
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,723 · Management $1,767 · Fundraising $550$5,040
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,361 · Management $5,496 · Fundraising $1,421$14,278
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $165,963 · Management $74,982 · Fundraising $25,241$266,186
Part X · Balance sheet $78,506 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $20,814$62,106
X-4 Accounts receivable$9,300
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,124$2,546
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,158$1,306
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,248$3,248
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $54,614$78,506
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $47,498$34,542
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $22,404$71,844
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $256,548$274,478
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$219,934−$201,697
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $18,000$5,725
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$201,934−$195,972
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $54,614$78,506
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$195,972 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$272,148
XI-2 Total expenses$266,186
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,962
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$201,934
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$195,972

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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