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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SPECIAL OPERATIONS-FINDING KIDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,443,027
Total expenses
$1,064,163
Contributions and grants received
$599,480
Grants paid
$41,861
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$22,569
Other revenue
$820,978
Total assets, end of year
$1,147,440
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,893
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,051,547
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$738,439
Management and general expenses
$325,724
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$738,439

Program services were 69.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $599,480

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $20,796

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,936 · excluded $5,936

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $16,633

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $16,633

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,633 · excluded $16,633

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $998,917

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $177,939

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $820,978

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $41,861 · program services $41,861

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $180,000 · program services $180,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $247,792 · program services $140,473 · management and general $107,319

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,911 · program services $360 · management and general $35,551

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $445,167 · program services $339,723 · management and general $105,444

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $37,357 · management and general $37,357

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,490 · program services $495 · management and general $2,995

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,026 · program services $4,371 · management and general $16,655

  • 17 · Travel

    total $25,520 · program services $19,491 · management and general $6,029

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,944 · program services $2,000 · management and general $944

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1 · management and general $1

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $899 · management and general $899

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $3,496 · program services $1,571 · management and general $1,925

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

    total $3,256 · program services $246 · management and general $3,010

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILING & REGISTRATION FEE

    total $2,808 · management and general $2,808

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $2,112 · program services $1,598 · management and general $514

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,523 · program services $6,250 · management and general $4,273

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $52,461 · end of year $165,128

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $618,238 · end of year $971,679

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,944 · end of year $1,261

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,970 · end of year $8,394

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,154 · end of year $978

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,713 · end of year $75,171

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $20,722

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $672,054 · end of year $1,051,547

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FINDING KIDS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO LOCATING MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN, SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH RECOVERY, AND HELPING LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFY AND ARREST PREDATORS. AT NO COST TO FAMILIES, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS AND CYBER-INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS TO LOCATE MISSING CHILDREN THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE FIELDWORK, DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE, AND COLLABORATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. FOLLOWING A CHILD'S RECOVERY, FINDING KIDS PROVIDES TRAUMA- INFORMED AFTERCARE, PARENT ADVOCACY, YOUTH ADVOCACY, AND RESOURCE NAVIGATION TO HELP FAMILIES HEAL AND REGAIN STABILITY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PARTNERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO IDENTIFY AND DISRUPT INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO EXPLOIT MINORS THROUGH PROACTIVE INVESTIGATIVE INITIATIVES.

  • WE DEPLOY PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS TO GATHER INFORMATION AND FIND MISSING CHILDREN AND THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION. FROM INTERVIEWING FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND ACQUAINTANCES TO ANALYZING CALL LOGS, SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY, AND OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE, EVERY STEP IS DESIGNED TO UNCOVER VITAL CLUES. OUR INVESTIGATORS CONDUCT FIELDWORK ACROSS COUNTY AND STATE LINES, ACCESS PUBLIC RECORDS, AND COLLABORATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SHARE ACTIONABLE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED IN THEIR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

    Expenses $415,765

  • OUR AFTERCARE ADVOCATES CONNECT WITH THE FAMILY TO OFFER PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS A RANGE OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. THESE INITIAL EFFORTS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL GUIDANCE DURING AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TIME. PARENTS RECEIVE COACHING TO RESTORE TRUST AND COMMUNICATION AND ADDRESS FAMILY DYNAMICS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR SUPPORT GROUPS FOR PARENTS FOSTER COMMUNITY AND SHARED UNDERSTANDING, WITH GUIDANCE ON ONLINE SAFETY. OUR CHILD ADVOCATES HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND OFFER INDIVIDUALIZED COACHING TO HELP THE CHILD PROCESS THEIR EXPERIENCES, REBUILD TRUST, AND REGAIN A SENSE OF SAFETY. OUR FOCUS IS ON HELPING THE CHILD FEEL SAFE, UNDERSTOOD, AND SUPPORTED AS THEY BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY TOWARD RESTORATION AND REINTEGRATION INTO THEIR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL. FINDING KIDS COORDINATES WITH OTHER NGOS AND AFTERCARE AGENCIES TO MONITOR THE LONG TERM STABILITY AND WELLBEING OF THE CHILD.

    Expenses $165,579 · Grants $38,290

  • OUR PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS GATHER ACTIONABLE INFORMATION THAT IS PASSED ON TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR USE IN THEIR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS TO HELP HOLD THOSE WHO PREY ON CHILDREN ACCOUNTABLE.

    Expenses $122,362 · Grants $1,000

  • PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT

    Expenses $34,733 · Grants $2,571

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Isabelle Finney

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $180,000

  • Sharmin Bock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victoire Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Axelle Girardot

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Blair Maus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lyn Miller

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marta Obando

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sandra Robles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Wagstaffe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
20 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202622389349301807

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