2016-11-10T12:03:09-06:00 2015-12-31 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 300 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK NY 10017 990 2015-01-01 133755580 ECPAT-USA INC ECPA 7189359192 30 THIRD AVENUE - SUITE 800A BROOKLYN NY 112172197 CAROL SMOLENSKI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7189359192 2016-09-16 1 MARTIN BERKOWITZ P00154047 2126972299 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z CAROL SMOLENSKI 30 THIRD AVENUE - SUITE 800A BROOKLYN NY 112172197 487571 0 X WWW.ECPATUSA.ORG X 1994 NY ECPAT-USA ENVISIONS A WORLD IN WHICH NO CHILD IS BOUGHT, SOLD, OR USED FOR SEX. OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT EVERY CHILD'S BASIC HUMAN RIGHT TO GROW UP FREE FROM THE THREAT OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING. 11 11 7 23 0 0 403936 443336 3740 33475 293 159 29764 10601 437733 487571 0 9500 0 0 353426 373519 0 0 53467 169771 123074 523197 506093 -85464 -18522 268397 256143 14173 20441 254224 235702 X ECPAT-USA ENVISIONS A WORLD IN WHICH NO CHILD IS BOUGHT, SOLD, OR USED FOR SEX.OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT EVERY CHILD'S BASIC HUMAN RIGHT TO GROW UP FREE FROM THE THREAT OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING. ECPAT-USA BELONGS TO AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS IN 77 COUNTRIES, ALL WORKING TO END THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. ECPAT-USA HAS CONSULTATIVE STATUS AT THE UNITED NATIONS AND IS ALSO RELATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS THROUGH THE UN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION. IT IS A MEMBER OF THE ALLIANCE TO END SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING (ATEST), A U.S. BASED COALITION THAT ADVOCATES FOR SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT AND END ALL FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS A MEMBER OF THE THE CAMPAIGN FOR US RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND THE NATIONAL COALITION TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION. 0 0 396377 9500 44076 PROGRAM 1: PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT. ECPAT-USA ENCOURAGES COMPANIES TO SIGN AND IMPLEMENT THE TOURISM CHILD- PROTECTION CODE OF CONDUCT. AT THE END OF 2015, 44 U.S. COMPANIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND NGOS WERE MEMBERS OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT. CHOICE HOTELS, SITE (SOCIETY FOR INCENTIVE TRAVEL EXCELLENCE) AND HYATT WERE MAJOR COMPANIES THAT SIGNED THIS YEAR. TO COMPLY WITH OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, CARLSON REZIDOR HOTEL GROUP BEGAN A PROGRAM OF POSTING SIGNS IN THE LOBBIES OF HOTEL PROPERTIES WITH AN ANTI-TRAFFICKING MESSAGE. IN FEBRUARY THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM RELEASED A CALLED "HEDGING RISK BY COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING" AT A LAUNCH EVENT IN NEW YORK. MICHELLE GUELBART SPOKE ON A PANEL ABOUT THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND CORPORATE CAMPAIGNS. ECPAT-USA PARTNERED WITH THE GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION (GBTA) TO RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE MEMBERS AT THEIR GLOBAL CONFERENCE IN JULY. OVER 7,000 TRAVEL PROFESSIONALS HEARD AN ECPAT-USA PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN JOINTLY END CHILD EXPLOITATION. SINCE THE PRESENTATION, GBTA CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY INVOLVED IN RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE TOOLS FOR GBTA MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THEIR COMPANY'S EFFORTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.PROGRAM 2. RAISING AWARENESS, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, TRAINING VIDEOS, WEBINARS, SOCIAL MEDIA. THE BUYING AND SELLING OF CHILDREN FOR SEX OCCURS IN THE UNITED STATES, NOT JUST IN OTHER COUNTRIES. BUT MANY AMERICANS DO NOT KNOW IT. THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ARE SEXUALLY EXPLOITED IN THE U.S. AND THOUSANDS MORE ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE U.S.FROM ABROAD. AMERICANS ALSO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN OTHER COUNTRIES. WE RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS ABUSE OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS BECAUSE AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD PUTTING IN PLACE POLICIES AND LEGISLATION TO STOP IT. WE MOBILIZE PEOPLE TO WRITE TO THEIR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER POLICY MAKERS. WE ASK THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT COMPANIES THAT HAVE SIGNED THE CODE OF CONDUCT. AND WE ENSURE THAT YOUTH KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND KNOW HOW TO STAND UP FOR THEM. THE NEW PSA "DOES YOUR HOTEL KNOW?" WAS LAUNCHED ON JULY 1 WITH THE SUPPORT OF 11 COMPANIES. IT HAD OVER 270,000 VIEWS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IT LINKED TO A CAMPAIGN AIMED AT BOTH THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, TO LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY IT AND HOW TO REPORT IT. CNN USED THE VIDEO IN A PIECE THEY RAN ABOUT OUR WORK WITH THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY.WE SPOKE AT VENUES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE PEOPLE ATTENDED EVENTS THAT WERE SPONSORED BY ECPAT-USA. OVER NINE THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED OTHER EVENTS AT WHICH WE SPOKE THAT WERE SPONSORED BY OTHERS. WE CREATED A CAMPAIGN CALLED ECPAT UNITED WITH A PACKAGE OF INFORMATION TAILORED TO THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. IT RESULTED IN A NEW DOCUMENT, A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION "TOOLKIT" TO SHARE WITH CHURCHES THAT CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT AUDIENCE FOR ECPAT-USA.OUR UNGIFT BOX WAS DISPLAYED AT ST. JOHN THE DIVINE CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK CITY. THE GIFT (GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING) BOX IS A SEVEN-FOOT-SQUARE ART INSTALLATION THAT APPEARS TO BE A GIANT GIFT FROM THE OUTSIDE. WHEN YOU WALK INSIDE, YOU LEARN STORIES ABOUT REAL-LIFE HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES AND HOW VICTIMS WERE LURED INTO SOMETHING THAT APPEARED ATTRACTIVE AT FIRST, BUT TURNED INTO SOMETHING TERRIBLE. IT IS A NOVEL, ENGAGING WAY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION USED ECPAT-USA'S EDUCATOR'S TOOLKIT IN ITS RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING, MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO MILLIONS OF ITS MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR TRAINING VIDEO "WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IS NOT WHO I AM" WAS USED TO TRAIN 603 PEOPLE IN NEW YORK STATE AS PART OF THE CHILD RIGHTNY TRAINING PROGRAM IN 2015. IT CONTINUES TO BE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. PROGRAM 3. ADVOCACY FOR LEGISLATION AND POLICY. ECPAT-USA ADVOCATES FOR LEGISLATION AND PROGRAMS SO THAT ALL CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED WITH SERVICES AND SUPPORT AND THE PIMPS AND EXPLOITERS WHO ABUSE THEM ARE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED. WE MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS FOR COMMERCIALLY SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN; AND WITH DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ABOUT BUDGET FOR SERVICES FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN AND ABOUT TRAINING, COORDINATING AND PROMOTING PROTECTION OF TRAFFICKED CHILDREN. AS PART OF ATEST WE PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS, PRESENTING THE ISSUES TO INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS ON NATIONAL WEBINARS, GARNERING GRASSROOTS SUPPORT FOR SIGN-ON LETTERS AND MEETING WITH SENIOR COMMITTEE STAFF TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE TRAFFICKING COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN MAINTAINING FUNDING FOR TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS AT VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES. WE MONITORED PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING ACT. WE HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEWLY PASSED JVTA IN AN OPINION PIECE BY FAIZA AND MICHELLE PUBLISHED IN THE WASHINGTON POST, WHERE WE REMARKED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT HELP VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING HEAL AND RECOVER. WE PUBLISHED A GROUNDBREAKING NEW REPORT: STEPS TO SAFETY: A GUIDE TO DRAFTING SAFE HARBOR LEGISLATION TO PROTECT SEX-TRAFFICKED CHILDREN. THIS REPORT IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WHO BECOME VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES BY PROVIDING STATES WITH AN EASY TO FOLLOW CHECKLIST THEY CAN USE TO PASS COMPREHENSIVE SAFE HARBOR LAWS. WE DEVELOPED THIS REPORT TO ARM STATES WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN SAFE HARBOR LAW TO MOVE SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS OUT OF JAIL AND INTO CARE. SINCE THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED WE OFFERED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES INTERESTED IN PASSING NEW LAWS OR STRENGTHENING EXISTING LAWS. A PRO BONO LAW FIRM COMPLETED A SURVEY OF EXISTING STATE AND LOCAL LAWS REGULATING HOTELS AND HAS PROVIDED US WITH A DRAFT OF A MODEL LAW FOR US TO SHARE WITH JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE NOW CONSIDERING NEW LAWS THAT ARE AIMED AT ENSURING NO TRAFFICKING TAKES PLACE AT HOTELS. WE ARE WORKING ON DRAFT MODEL LAW BECAUSE OUR EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY MAKES US ESPECIALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE IN THESE LAWS.PROGRAM 4. EMPOWERING YOUTHECPAT-USA WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN 2015, BRINGING OUR YOUTH AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING PROGRAM TO 1,084 STUDENTS. YOUNG WOMEN FROM ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN REPRESENTED THEIR SCHOOL AT A PANEL ENTITLED "UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION: AMERICAN GIRLS SPEAK OUT AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION" DURING THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN MEETINGS AT THE UN, ALONG WITH A YOUNG WOMAN SURVIVOR OF COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. THE PANEL WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 150 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO WERE IN NY FOR THE COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE FIRST ANNUAL ECPAT-USA HIGH SCHOOL HACKATHON WAS HOSTED BY NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND ATTENDED BY 50 TALENTED STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS WERE CHARGED WITH USING TECHNOLOGY TO LAUNCH THE ECPAT-USA YOUTH TOOLKIT INTO THE WORLD IN SUCH A WAY THAT WOULD GET YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TRAFFICKING. AT THE END OF THE TWO-DAY EVENT 9 PROJECTS RANGING FROM PHONE APPS TO INTER-ACTIVE WEBSITES WERE PRESENTED. 396377 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY X X X CAROL SMOLENSKI 7189359192 30 THIRD AVENUE - SUITE 800A BROOKLYN NY 112172197 JACKIE SHAPIRO CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RYAN SMITH VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DEB MOREA TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JULIE TANNER SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SARAH ALTSCHULLER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 HOWARD DAVIDSON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MEG GARDINIER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANA K MORSE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHERRIE MURPHY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER NOWAK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER SILBERMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PERRY WOOTEN BOARD MEMBER (RESIGNED JANUARY 2015) 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL SMOLENSKI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 64260 0 24914 64260 0 24914 0 0 0 0 0 443336 443336 PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME 900099 33475 33475 33475 159 159 OTHER REVENUE 900099 10601 10601 10601 487571 44076 0 159 9500 9500 89174 73568 5440 10166 208103 171685 12695 23723 47078 38840 2871 5367 29164 24060 1779 3325 21303 21303 4120 4120 353 328 25 24718 16205 6896 1617 28191 23258 1719 3214 17258 16033 169 1056 9797 6021 23 3753 439 362 27 50 4406 3635 269 502 OTHER EXPENSES 8932 6482 1855 595 POSTAGE AND MESSENGER 2237 960 1178 99 PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOS 1320 1320 506093 396377 56249 53467 94852 90561 148243 148402 10000 0 3616 0 8157 14090 14086 13056 1469 1030 2060 2060 268397 256143 14173 20441 14173 20441 X 229224 217485 25000 18217 254224 235702 268397 256143 -18522 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 408723 537942 403936 407676 443336 2201613 408723 537942 403936 407676 443336 2201613 303126 1898487 1076 901 488 293 159 2917 59097 26393 16842 29764 10601 142697 2347227 37215 0.80880 0.80350 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 803 0 0 803 0 12278 11320 958 1808 1736 72 1030 487571 0 487571 0 487571 506093 0 506093 0 506093 0 GLOBAL HEALTH PROMISE GRANT 1 9500 FMV FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE EXECUTIVE BOARD REVIEWS THE TAX RETURN BEFORE IT IS FINALIZED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. CURRENTLY, ANY DOCUMENT WILL BE SENT TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS IT.