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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INSIGHT CRIME INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,625,279
Total expenses
$1,939,757
Contributions and grants received
$1,625,175
Grants paid
$200
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$74
Other revenue
$30
Total assets, end of year
$865,247
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,636
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$854,611
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,675,010
Management and general expenses
$264,747
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,675,010

Program services were 86.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $995,755

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $629,420

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $74 · excluded $74

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $30 · excluded $30

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $30

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $200 · program services $200

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $386,189 · program services $375,173 · management and general $11,016

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,166 · management and general $16,166

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,041 · management and general $2,041

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,687 · management and general $43,687

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,035,632 · program services $985,761 · management and general $49,871

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,463 · program services $268 · management and general $43,195

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $139,596 · program services $80,227 · management and general $59,369

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $921 · management and general $921

  • 17 · Travel

    total $192,857 · program services $172,548 · management and general $20,309

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $44,374 · program services $44,374

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $33,473 · program services $16,305 · management and general $17,168

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOREIGN VAT TAXES

    total $1,158 · program services $154 · management and general $1,004

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $504,109 · end of year $243,192

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $509,427 · end of year $311,549

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $179,493 · end of year $297,786

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $12,720

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $25,987 · end of year $10,636

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $904,803 · end of year $802,138

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $262,239 · end of year $52,473

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

INSIGHT CRIME IS A THINK TANK AND MEDIA ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO DEEPEN AND INFORM THE DEBATE ABOUT ORGANIZED CRIME AND CITIZEN SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS BY PROVIDING REGULAR REPORTING, ANALYSIS, DATA, INVESTIGATION, AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO TACKLE THE MULTIPLE CHALLENGES THEY PRESENT.IT DOES THIS BY FUSING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM WITH ACADEMIC RIGOR, BUILDING ITS ANALYSIS FROM EXTENSIVE GROUND RESEARCH, WHICH INCLUDES SPEAKING TO ALL THE ACTORS, LEGAL AND ILLEGAL. AS WELL AS ITS PUBLISHED WORK ON THIS WEBSITE, IT WORKS WITH A NETWORK OF EXPERTS AND PARTNERS IN THE REGION TO PROVIDE BESPOKE RISK ANALYSIS, DIAGNOSTICS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSITIVE INTERVENTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT ORGANIZED CRIME.

  • INSIGHT CRIME IS A THINK TANK AND MEDIA ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO DEEPEN AND INFORM THE DEBATE ABOUT ORGANIZED CRIME AND CITIZEN SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS BY PROVIDING REGULAR REPORTING, ANALYSIS, DATA, INVESTIGATION, AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO TACKLE THE MULTIPLE CHALLENGES THEY PRESENT. IN 2024, THE WEBSITE RECEIVED 4,139,067 USERS, CONSOLIDATING INSIGHT CRIME AS THE AUTHORITY ON ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AMERICAS.OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, INSIGHT CRIME CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON PRECURSOR CHEMICAL TRAFFICKING IN MEXICO, PRISONS AND VIOLENCE DYNAMICS IN ECUADOR, CONFLICT RESOLUTION EFFORTS IN COLOMBIA, CORRUPTION IN GUATEMALA, AND THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND EUROPEAN ORGANIZED CRIME.INSIGHT CRIME REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATED IN A TOTAL OF 24 ACADEMIC EVENTS, PANELS, CONFERENCES AND CLOSED DOOR SESSIONS IN 2024. THE TEAM ALSO LAUNCHED INSIGHT CRIME'S PODCAST, WHICH EXPLORES ORGANIZED CRIME DYNAMICS IN THE AMERICAS THROUGH HUMAN STORIES DISCOVERED DURING OUR FIELDWORK IN BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, THE US-MEXICO BORDER, HONDURAS, BOLIVIA, AND EL SALVADOR.

    Expenses $1,675,010 · Grants $200

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eric Hershberg

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Olson

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juanita De Leon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Shifter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Dudley

    CO-DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,999
    From this org
    $158,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,748
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,251
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,748
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $162,999

  • Jeremy McDermott

    CO-DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $158,166
    From this org
    $158,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,166
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $158,166

  • Maria Elena Ortegon

    COO/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $60,291
    From this org
    $60,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513179349308311

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