Petaluma, CA

POLLY KLAAS FOUNDATION

EIN 68-0314615

Justice, Rights & Public Safety Victim & Survivor Advocacy Children & youth Survivors of violence

Mission

The Polly Klaas Foundation is a Petaluma, CA–based national nonprofit dedicated to the safety of all children, the recovery of missing children, and public policies that keep children safe in their communities.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About POLLY KLAAS FOUNDATION

The Polly Klaas Foundation (founded 1993) operates a 24/7 response hotline, a national Rapid Response volunteer network, and casework services to assist families and law enforcement in the search for missing and abducted children. The Foundation reports it has helped more than 10,000 families since its founding and provides poster distribution, media outreach, family support, and ongoing case coordination. In recent years the Foundation has continued active case involvement and public education: it has produced missing-child flyers and press materials for cases in 2023–2025, worked on family-abduction policy initiatives, and reports involvement in cases across multiple states (the website notes involvement in cases in 22 states in 2025). The organization maintains an active online presence and volunteer program to rapidly circulate alerts and posters to communities and media outlets.

Notable achievements

Assisted 10,000+ families

Since its founding, the Foundation has assisted over 10,000 families and supported hundreds of law enforcement agencies in missing-child searches through hotline casework, poster distribution, and ongoing family support.

Amber Alert and family-abduction advocacy

The Foundation played a sustained advocacy role in promoting Amber Alert systems and later focused on family-abduction policy, including national awareness campaigns and legislative briefings to improve responses to family abductions.

Rapid Response volunteer network

The Foundation maintains a nationwide Rapid Response eVolunteer network that distributes official missing-child posters and media materials to help amplify searches quickly and broadly.

At a glance

Total assets: $1.5M
Annual revenue: $769K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 68-0314615
Location: Petaluma, CA
Website: www.pollyklaas.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Charity Navigator profile with an overall score indicating a three-star rating and public financial/operational metrics available to donors.

Listed and publicly documented in nonprofit data services (ProPublica/GuideStar/Candid) as a tax‑exempt 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 68-0314615) with available Form 990 filings.

Sustained national media visibility and participation in policy/press events related to child-safety issues and family-abduction awareness.

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