There is still time to help NCMEC bring hope to children and families before the year ends!
*WE UNLOCKED OUR MATCH!*
Thank You to Our 2025
End of Year Match Donors
$63,000 Match
A group of young philanthropists from the Williams Family Foundation of Georgia, Inc. launched a powerful $63,000 matching grant challenge to support NCMEC’s Child Sex Trafficking Analytical Team.
NCMEC's Child Sex Trafficking Analytical Team is facing an unprecedented surge — a 925% increase in child sex trafficking reports since the start of 2025. Every one of those reports represents a child who needs to be found now.
Our analysts work around the clock, using real-time data and every available lead to help law enforcement identify, locate, and rescue these children from unspeakable abuse and harm. Funds raised through this match will help sponsor a new analyst —a critical role that uses advanced technology, data analysis, and investigative tools to help locate children faster and improve response times.
$88,000 Match
This grant is made in honor of Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum, whose groundbreaking Runaway Train music video helped awaken a nation—and continues to inspire action decades later. When Runaway Train first aired in 1993, it became an anthem for lost and vulnerable youth. Its music video went even further, featuring real images of missing and runaway children and bringing their stories into homes across the country.
The video raised national awareness, generated tips, and played a role in reuniting families with their children. For years, Soul Asylum and NCMEC have worked together to shine a light on the crisis of missing and exploited children.
You Can Change a Child's Story Right Now
Your gift can:
• Stop exploitation before it happens
• Support rapid response when a child goes missing
• Provide critical resources to families in crise
• Strengthen prevention programs that keep children safe
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
About Our Mission
At NCMEC, our teams work around the clock—responding to urgent reports, supporting families in crisis, and helping bring children home safely. We partner with families, private industry, law enforcement, and communities to find missing children, stop child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. This work never stops. And neither can we.
We cannot do this critical work without your help!
Your Support Makes This Possible
91%
Recovery Rate
In 2024 NCMEC assisted law enforcement, families and child welfare professionals with 29,568 reports of missing children and the overall recovery of missing children reported to NCMEC was 91%.
3,088
Instances of Support
In 2024, NCMEC's Recovery Services Team provided 3,088 instances of support for children reported missing to NCMEC from child welfare who were likely victims of child sex trafficking.
1,571
Victims & Families
In 2024, NCMEC provided 1,571 victims and families with mental health services that include education about resources, crisis support, and referrals to mental health/therapy providers near them for longer-term support.
Every Child Deserves a
Safe Childhood.
We Can't Do It Without You
Every report we receive is a chance to find a child, stop abuse, and bring hope to families. But this work requires resources—and supporters like you.
Your gift today keeps our teams ready to respond 24/7, 365 days a year.