Through prevention, survivor care, and community transformation programs - For the Silent works to end sex trafficking and exploitation by empowering the voices of vulnerable and exploited youth.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$41K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $7K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$41K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $53K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$75K
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$406K
-15% vs prior year
Spent
$351K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$255K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$406K
FY2021▼ -15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$479K
FY2021$406K
FY2022$390K
FY2023$377K
FY2024$271K
Expenses
$351K
FY2021▼ -38%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$562K
FY2021$351K
FY2022$261K
FY2023$289K
FY2024$425K
Net assets
$255K
FY2021▲ +27%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$201K
FY2021$255K
FY2022$385K
FY2023$472K
FY2024$318K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2007.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $281K Management & general 19% · $68K Fundraising 0% · $2K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $41K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$41,395Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman/Dir.
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cindy Hernandez’s $50K as Executive Dir. is at the 26th 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rebecca Cunio—$74,471———
Traci Dixon————$50,782
Cindy Hernandez$50,000————
Angela Kruesi——$48,352$41,395—
Kenneth R Rigsby JR————$24,033

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowering youth to end sex trafficking through prevention, survivor care, and community programs.

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3 programs · $258K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

FTS's Survivor Care program directly assists sex trafficking survivors by providing legal advocacy, emotional support, emergency and long-term housing coordination, and service referrals. Our main goal with Survivor Care is the relationship itself which has been found to help keep clients engaged with other service providers in the…

$154Kprogram expense
02

FTSs Advocacy Program directly assists high risk youth and victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking by advocating for their voice through case management, housing coordination, and empowerment programs.

$86Kprogram expense
03

FTS has a few smaller programs that support their mission to end sex trafficking and exploitation by empowering the voices of vulnerable and exploited youth.

$19Kprogram 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
Asco FoundationFY2024$40K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$53K
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$406K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$307K
Other incomeLn 4–11$99K
Money outPt IX
$351K
Ln 25
Programscol B$281K
Managementcol C$68K
Fundraisingcol D$2K
Owns and owesPt X
$255K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$306K
Total assetsLn 16$330K
LiabilitiesLn 26$75K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$307K
Government grantsLn 1e$93K
Other incomeLn 4–11$99K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$380
Total revenueLn 12$406K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$306K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$306K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K
Other assetsLn 15$3
Total assetsLn 16$330K
LiabilitiesLn 26$75K
Net assetsLn 32$255K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$115K$306K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23K$11K
Total assetsLn 16$201K$330K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$75K
Net assetsLn 32$201K$255K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$41K$3K$38K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$186K$186K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$14K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$189$9K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$14K$14K$466
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$4K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$47K$37K$9K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$21K$16K$5K$588
Total functional expensesLn 25$351K$281K$68K$2K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $271K$425K−$154K$318K 990 PDF
FY2023 $377K$289K$88K$472K 990 PDF
FY2022 $390K$261K$129K$385K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $406K$351K$55K$255K 990 PDF
FY2020 $479K$562K−$83K$201K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $406,009 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $486,409$306,603
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income−$380
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$6,958$99,786
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $479,451$406,009
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $386,991$245,125
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $175,030$106,064
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $562,021$351,189
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$82,570$54,820
Part VI · Governance 8 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $406,009 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $99,786 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$93,285
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$213,318
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$306,603
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$380−$380
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$47,191$406,009
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $351,189 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $3,184 · Management $38,211$41,395
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $186,311$186,311
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,781 · Management $3,638$17,419
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $189 · Management $9,486$9,675
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $13,834 · Management $466$14,300
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,198$7,198
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,195 · Management $2,654$6,849
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $37,007 · Management $8,627 · Fundraising $1,000$46,634
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $15,538 · Management $5,282 · Fundraising $588$21,408
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $281,237 · Management $68,364 · Fundraising $1,588$351,189
Part X · Balance sheet $330,172 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $115,118$306,374
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $61,577$12,001
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $682$682
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $23,191$11,112
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3$3
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $200,571$330,172
X-25 Other liabilities$74,780
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$74,780
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $200,571$255,392
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $200,571$255,392
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $200,571$330,172
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $255,392 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$406,009
XI-2 Total expenses$351,189
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$54,820
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$200,571
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$255,392

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