Sponsors

Sprint - Has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) on their 4NetSafety program to help educate parents, educators, and tweens about Internet safety. For this project, NetSmartz Workshop has developed the animated NSTeens series to teach tweens how to make safer choices online. Currently, 100% of the net proceeds from Sprint’s wireless recycling program, Sprint Project Connect, support the 4NetSafety program.

The Qwest Foundation - Through its work with NCMEC, the Qwest Foundation helps raise awareness of the online exploitation of youth by encouraging increased parental and guardian understanding and education. The Qwest Foundation’s funding of NetSmartz411®, a premiere Internet safety helpdesk, emphasizes Qwest Communications’ commitment to online safety.

Yahoo! – Has been instrumental in helping NetSmartz.org get the word out about Internet safety through its Yahoo! Kids and other popular properties. Yahoo! is also committed to targeting responses to issues and developments important to parents and teens such as social networking and cyberbullying. Yahoo! is dedicated to equipping families with ways to stay connected and safe.

News Corporation – News Corporation has been a strong supporter of NCMEC’s efforts to create a safer online experience for younger users. As sponsors of NCMEC’s Special Analysis Unit, NetSmartz Workshop, and Ad Council Campaigns, News Corporation provides much needed and vital assistance. The partnership goal is to educate parents and guardians about measures they can take to better protect their children online and help teens learn how to be smart about maintaining safer online relationships.

Adobe Foundation Fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation – From rich images in print, video, and film to dynamic digital content for a variety of media, the impact of Adobe solutions is clear to anyone who creates, views, and interacts with information. Adobe’s tools are used extensively by NetSmartz Workshop as well as NCMEC’s forensics teams.

Cox Communications – Has partnered with NCMEC and TV host John Walsh to present original research on the behavior of young people online. Cox also teamed up with NetSmartz Workshop to bring family-friendly resources and live Clicky appearances to the Washington, DC metro-area.

CA, Inc. - This vital NCMEC partner has ensured that the IT infrastructure is operating effectively 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. CA is the creator of the original missingkids.com website, providing security to the analysis of online crimes against children, and enabling the distribution of missing children’s data and information. In the fall of 2008, CA launched its ‘Internet Security Suite Plus 2009’, which includes NetSmartzKids materials, raising vital funds for NCMEC with the purchase of each product.

Microsoft – As a proud sponsor of NCMEC since 2003, Microsoft increased its support through partnering with NetSmartz Workshop in 2008 to develop resources that help families stay safer while gaming online. Whether it is complying with local laws and regulations, demonstrating ethical business standards, mitigating risks to the environment, protecting human rights or shaping policies for the future, Microsoft is committed to being a global champion of corporate social responsibility.

MTV Networks/Viacom – Has focused on issues related to Internet safety and prevention education programs while partnering with NCMEC. Working together, NCMEC and MTV Networks continue to grow their combined outreach on this vital issue through expanded online partnerships and public service messaging such as the NetSmartz Workshop’s public service announcements featuring Miranda Cosgrove from the hit Nickelodeon show "iCarly.”

NiSource Charitable Foundation – Is pleased to help support NetSmartz Workshop in creating innovative safety and prevention tools for kids, tweens, teens, and adults. NiSource Charitable Foundation’s mission is to help create strong and sustainable communities where NiSource employees and customers live and work.