FUNDING YOUR PARTNERSHIP
Develop Funding Sources
A comprehensive list of government grant opportunities are available at grants.gov . Here are a few offices and programs to be aware of:
- Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program
- Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
- Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force To Combat Human Trafficking: Supporting Law Enforcement’s Role Grant
- DOJ’s Field-Generated Innovations in Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking
- DOJ’s Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program Grant
- DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Service Grant
- DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking Grant
- DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Field-Generated Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement Grant
- DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking
- DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Grant
- DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking Grant
- Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach (DVHT-SO) Program
- Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Grants
- National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
- NIJ’s Research on Law Enforcement Responses to Sex Trafficking of Minors Grant
- Office for Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) Per-Capita Grant Program
- Department of Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP) Preventing Trafficking of Girls
- OJJDP’s Specialized Services and Mentoring for Child and Youth Victims of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
Examples of large funders in the human trafficking space:
- Bridgeway Foundation Special Project
- Comic Relief UK
- Ford Foundation
- Humanity United
- Kendeda Fund
- NoVo Foundation
- Oak Foundation
- Open Society Foundations
- Walk Free (Minderoo)
Examples of smaller funders that gave at least one-third of their annual giving budget to anti-trafficking initiatives):
- EMpower-The Emerging Markets Foundation
- Freedom for All
- Girls Right Project
- Hunt Alternatives
- Pegasus Library Foundation
Major corporate donations given for anti-trafficking:
- Human trafficking is an emerging field with limited funders who explicitly fund anti-trafficking work.
- While many funders do not have a specific funding priority on human trafficking, they may still allocate special funds to programs that charge fees for services.
- Examples could include fee-based training, consulting, or strategic planning facilitated by the partnership.
- January: Human Trafficking Awareness Month
- February 20: World Day of Social Justice
- April: Child Abuse Awareness Month
- April: Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- June 12: World Day Against Child Labor
- July 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
- November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- Tuesday after Thanksgiving: #GivingTuesday
- December 10: International Human Rights Day
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