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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VETERANS FOR CHILD RESCUE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$854,791
Total expenses
$622,044
Contributions and grants received
$832,978
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$14
Other revenue
$21,799
Total assets, end of year
$544,982
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,576
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$519,406
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$392,782
Management and general expenses
$136,905
Fundraising expenses
$92,357
Program service expenses (Part III)
$392,782

Program services were 63.1% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $6,713

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $826,265

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $44,341

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14 · excluded $14

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,571

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $8,571 · excluded $8,571

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $57,800

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $44,572

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $13,228 · related or exempt $13,228

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $247,044 · program services $210,669 · management and general $17,947 · fundraising $18,428

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $17,152 · management and general $17,152

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,896 · program services $16,164 · management and general $3,318 · fundraising $1,414

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,650 · management and general $59,650

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $50,696 · program services $18,977 · management and general $17,003 · fundraising $14,716

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $79,715 · program services $53,920 · management and general $4,571 · fundraising $21,224

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,395 · program services $1,797 · management and general $2,454 · fundraising $2,144

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,867 · program services $13,406 · management and general $2,961 · fundraising $1,500

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,974 · program services $200 · management and general $1,774

  • 17 · Travel

    total $56,600 · program services $52,684 · management and general $930 · fundraising $2,986

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,006 · program services $347 · management and general $2,659

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $28,911 · fundraising $28,911

  • 24b · Other expenses: DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION

    total $16,000 · program services $16,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: SMALL EQUIPMENT

    total $7,919 · program services $6,885 · fundraising $1,034

  • 24d · Other expenses: STATE REGISTRATIONS

    total $5,753 · program services $350 · management and general $5,403

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,466 · program services $1,383 · management and general $1,083

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $283,651 · end of year $465,937

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $25,002 · end of year $26,454

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $376 · end of year $201

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $16,521

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $9,515

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,090 · end of year $7,006

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $45,384

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,756 · end of year $9,666

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,587 · end of year $15,910

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $275,776 · end of year $514,406

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

VETERANS FOR CHILD RESCUE WAS FOUNDED SPECIFICALLY TO HELP BRING AN END TO CHILD TRAFFICKING. OUR PRIMARY METHODS ARE TO WIDELY EXPOSE THE THREAT THROUGH MULTIPLE MASS MEDIA PLATFORMS AND TO DIRECTLY COMBAT THE PROBLEM BY RUNNING JOINT STING OPERATIONS AGAINST TRAFFICKERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALLIED NGOS.

  • PROTECT OUR CHILDREN: THE V4CR NATIONWIDE VOLUNTEER TEAM PROVIDES FREE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO GIVE CITIZENS THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN AND MAINTAIN SAFE COMMUNITIES. IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION CARRIED OUT MANY OUTREACH EVENTS INCLUDING RADIO INTERVIEWS, LIVE TIKTOK BROADCASTS, PODCASTS, SPEECHES, AND LIVE TRAINING. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED WORKING ON A TELEVISION SERIES WHICH SHEDS LIGHT ON CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. INCLUDED IN THE TELEVISED SERIES ARE INTERVIEWS WITH VICTIMS AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT. DURING 2023, ONE STING OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED IN LAREDO TEXAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL POLICE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO ARREST PEDOPHILES AND BRING THEM TO JUSTICE. V4CR ALSO CONDUCTED 2 INVESTIGATIONS, ONE IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND ONE IN THE STATE OF UTAH.

    Expenses $392,782

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Pierson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Wobig

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Sawyer

    CEO AND FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $126,487
    From this org
    $126,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brad Thompson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Ivascanin

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Forrest Sealey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $120,557
    From this org
    $120,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cliff Brown

    SECRETARY

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349312351

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