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National Center on Sexual Exploitation

a world free from sexual exploitation

aka National Center on Sexual Exploitation   |   Washington, DC   |  www.endsexualexploitation.org

Mission

NCOSE embraces a mission to defend human dignity and to advocate for the universal right of sexual justice, which is freedom from sexual exploitation, objectification, and violence.

Ruling year info

1963

CEO

Mrs. Dawn Hawkins

Main address

1201 F Street Northwest Suite 200

Washington, DC 20004 USA

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Formerly known as

Morality in Media

EIN

13-2608326

NTEE code info

Media, Communications Organizations (A30)

Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (R01)

Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. (W99)

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual abuse and exploitation. We are a nonprofit organization with a focus on a wide-ranging and interrelated array of topics including, but not limited to, child sexual abuse, child-on-child harmful sexual behavior, compulsive sexual behaviors, demand for sexual exploitation, illicit massage businesses, image-based sexual abuse, institutional sexual abuse, men’s violence against women, the neurological impacts of sexual trauma, the public health harms of pornography, prostitution, sex trafficking, sexual harassment and assault, sexual objectification, stripping, as well as the intersection of these issues with technology. We are nonpartisan and nonsectarian because the fight to end sexual exploitation knows no political or religious boundaries. The inherent harms and oppression of sexual abuse and exploitation impact people regardless of their age, nationality, race

Our programs

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What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Dirty Dozen List

Unfortunately, many well-established brands, companies, and organizations in America do just that. Since 2013, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has published an annual Dirty Dozen List to name and shame the mainstream players in America that perpetuate sexual exploitation—whether that be through pornography, prostitution, sexual objectification, sexual violence and/or sex trafficking.

The Dirty Dozen List is an activism tool that gives back power to individuals who want a voice in the culture. People can participate by taking easy online actions, from sending emails to sharing social media messages.

In today’s world, corporations drive our culture. They influence how people communicate, how they dress, and what information they receive. When a company makes a positive change to stop promoting sexploitation, it has a ripple effect that influences countless lives.

The Dirty Dozen List has a track record of uniting thousands of individual actions and targeting them to create monumental changes, such as policy improvements at Google, Hilton Worldwide, Verizon, Walmart, and the Department of Defense (see more below.)

Population(s) Served
Families
Women and girls

At the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), we believe law is the greatest tool to defend human dignity against sex trafficking, pornography, child sexual abuse, and more. It sets social norms, punishes exploiters, and gives justice to survivors.

The NCOSE Law Center is an advocate to intervene in key, precedent-setting cases and speaks up in our state and federal legislatures to impact policy for those who have no voice.

The NCOSE Law Center empowers citizens to improve their states and communities through model legislation on issues like pornography, illicit massage parlors, combating the demand for sex trafficking and prostitution, and more.

The NCOSE Law Center also mentors and trains future lawyers and trains prosecutors to ensure a future generation of legal advocates who know how to best help victims and shape legislation that respects human safety and flourishing.

Population(s) Served
At-risk youth
Women and girls

The International Centre on Sexual Exploitation (ICOSE) works to bolster the global abolitionist movement.
ICOSE conducts joint international advocacy campaigns targeting private and public entities; educate governments, NGOs, and citizens across the world regarding the intersectionality if sexual abuse and exploitation issues.

Population(s) Served
Women and girls

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

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Law Center

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Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of first-time donors

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Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Increasing

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

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Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

End sexual expoitation across the world

Our Law Center uses legal and legislative options to combat trafficking and exploitation.
Our Research Center provides data to support cases, and educate families and corporations.
Our leadership of the coalition helps to unite all the organizations working on this web of issues.
Our International Center makes sure what we learn in the US is shared globally, and that organizations like the UN, EU and OSCE are developing policies that support eliminating exploitation

We were created in 1962, and have been at the forefront of this battle since then. Our teams are spread across our programs that encompass Legal & Policy activity, research, education and training.

● 16 States Have Now Passed Resolutions on the Public Health Harms of Pornography
○ The NCOSE-authored resolution declaring pornography as a public health crisis has now been passed in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia. As more efforts continue to pass similar resolutions in other states,our Law Center has drafted more model legislation to help build on this momentum to combat pornography!

● Critical Legislation to Protect Children Online
○ In the face of rising levels of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) being distributed and consumed online, the NCOSE-backed Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act is new legislation that would allow survivors and state attorneys generals to sue technology companies, under federal civil law as well as state civil and criminal law, for facilitating CSAM. In addition, the EARN IT Act creates a new Online Child Exploitation Prevention Commission that will establish best business practices and make recommendations to inform policy, the judiciary, and the law enforcement community about protecting children in the ever-changing digital environment. The legislation passed unanimously in the Senate and was introduced in the House of Representatives this fall.

● Continued Updates to Netflix Parental Controls
○ Last year, more than 10,000 emails were sent by grassroots supporters to Netflix through our campaign to demand that Netflix institute better parental controls and content warnings on their platform with nearly 150 million subscribers. As a result, we were happy to report Netflix had made changes to their controls in order to better protect families! Still, there were remaining issues and loopholes that caused Netflix to be placed on the 2020 Dirty Dozen List. However, in the spring of this year Netflix updated their controls again, and this time they included the very things NCOSE and families across the country had been asking for! The newest update to Netflix parental controls includes the ability to add PINs to gate access to specific profiles instead of the entire Netflix account. This is a huge improvement! In addition to this change with the PIN feature, Netflix also allows parents to customize maturity ratings for profiles so their children can only see and play certain content based on its age-rating. It’s also possible for parents to block (and unblock) individual movies and TV shows so that no inappropriate content slips through the cracks. Thanks to your efforts, coupled with NCOSE’s advocacy, Netflix is now a safer place for children.

How we listen

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Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

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  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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National Center on Sexual Exploitation

Board of directors
as of 02/22/2022
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Board chair

Mr. Ron De Haas

Covenant Eyes

Robert L. Cahill

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/18/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

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Sexual orientation

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/18/2022

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Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.