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Search Group Incorporated FY2024 filing

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Sacramento, CA501(c)(3)Since 1974Crime & Legal EIN 94-2247019Revenue $2.0M in FY2024

On file with the IRSsearch.org7801 Folsom Blvd Ste 105, 95826-2619 · Sacramento, CATax-exempt since May 1974Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Search is dedicated to improving the quality of justice and public safety through the use, management, and exchange of information, application of new technologies, and responsible law and policy, while safeguarding security and privacy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.3M 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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FY2024 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $99K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 50% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 50% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $708K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$769K
51% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 51% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
-59% vs prior year
Spent
$2.5M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$748K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2024▼ -59%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.5M
FY2023$5.2M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$3.7M
Expenses
$2.5M
FY2024▼ -50%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$5.1M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$3.7M
Net assets
$748K
FY2024▼ -39%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$310K
FY2021$459K
FY2022$716K
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2024$748K
FY2025$726K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1974.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $1.8M Management & general 30% · $763K

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

26 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
David J Roberts
Executive Director (until 7/2024)
$222,840Pt VII · Sec A
Timothy Lott
Director Cybercrime
$167,562Pt VII · Sec A
Derek Veitenheimer
Executive Director (as of 7/2024)
$156,706Pt VII · Sec A
Al Nemerofsky
Director Finance & Administration
$151,168Pt VII · Sec A
Yogesh Chawla
Director Software & Data Engineering
$150,159Pt VII · Sec A
Becki Goggins
Director Law and Policy
$145,040Pt VII · Sec A
Haiqi Wei
Information Sharing Developer
$141,076Pt VII · Sec A
Lauren Maurhoff
Program Manager Cybercrime
$131,986Pt VII · Sec A

Derek J Veitenheimer’s $171K as Executive Director is at the 74th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1147 $1–10M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
David J Roberts—$222,840$187,350$190,450$181,235$181,756
Derek J Veitenheimer$170,589—————
Timothy Lott—$167,562$152,333$149,899$145,291$148,384
Timothy Michael Lott$159,081—————
Derek Veitenheimer—$156,706————
Mark Perbix———$152,489——
Jeffrey Alan Nemerofsky$151,699—————
Al Nemerofsky—$151,168————

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

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3 programs · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Cybercrime Training

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$654Kprogram expense
02

Law & Policy Program

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$472Kprogram expense
03

Membership

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$380Kprogram 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
Clean Slate Initative INCFY2024$708K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$708K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$917K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Money outPt IX
$2.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.8M
Managementcol C$763K
Owns and owesPt X
$748K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$924K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$769K
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$917K
Government grantsLn 1e$658K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$254K
SavingsLn 2$670K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$924K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$19K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$769K
Net assetsLn 32$748K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
VolunteersI 614
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$958K$924K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K$19K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$793K$769K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$748K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$316K$204K$113K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$954K$612K$343K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$102K$68K$34K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$167K$111K$56K
Payroll taxesLn 10$95K$63K$32K
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$33K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$269K$248K$20K
Office expensesLn 13$127K$114K$13K
Information technologyLn 14$51K$24K$27K
OccupancyLn 16$23K$23K
TravelLn 17$277K$240K$37K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$78K$78K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$28K$28K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.5M$1.8M$763K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $3.7M$3.7M−$22K$726K 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.0M$5.1M−$83K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.2M$4.6M$593K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.5M$4.2M$258K$716K 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.0M$3.8M$149K$459K 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.7M$4.0M−$303K$310K 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,046,552 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,610,902$916,770
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,371,943$1,113,360
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $13,043$12,540
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$3,882
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,995,888$2,046,552
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,094,816$1,635,220
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,984,098$890,399
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,078,914$2,525,619
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$83,026−$479,067
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $2,046,552 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,882 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$258,677
VIII-1e Government grants$658,093
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$916,770
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,113,360$1,113,360
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $12,540$12,540
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,117,242 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $12,540$2,046,552
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,525,619 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $203,641 · Management $112,858$316,499
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $611,695 · Management $342,771$954,466
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $67,918 · Management $34,304$102,222
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $111,191 · Management $56,161$167,352
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $62,908 · Management $31,773$94,681
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $33,012$33,012
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $248,265 · Management $20,255$268,520
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $113,914 · Management $13,015$126,929
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,268 · Management $26,679$50,947
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $23,255$23,255
IX-17 TravelPrograms $240,079 · Management $36,941$277,020
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $78,454$78,454
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $4,165$4,165
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $28,097$28,097
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,762,333 · Management $763,286 · Fundraising $0$2,525,619
Part X · Balance sheet $1,516,806 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $282,175$254,214
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $676,111$669,554
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $960,222$70,918
X-4 Accounts receivable$419,767
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $62,425$29,355
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $15,974$18,606
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $23,235$54,392
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,020,142$1,516,806
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $414,971$194,409
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $355,115$522,773
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $23,293$51,892
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $793,379$769,074
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,226,763$747,732
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,226,763$747,732
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,020,142$1,516,806
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $747,732 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,046,552
XI-2 Total expenses$2,525,619
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$479,067
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,226,763
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$36
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$747,732

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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