Allies Against Slavery
About Allies Against Slavery
Allies Against Slavery turns trafficking data into something service providers, researchers, and policymakers can actually use. Through its Lighthouse platform, the organization helps communities identify people at risk, coordinate care, and shape prevention and policy with more context. For donors, the appeal is straightforward, when the right information is in the right hands, response gets more precise.
What sets Allies Against Slavery apart is the way it brings screening, research, policy analysis, and multi-source data infrastructure into one place. Its Lighthouse system is built to give service providers, researchers, and policymakers a shared view of trafficking intelligence, instead of leaving each group to work from fragments.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Lighthouse Screening
A validated screening platform for sex and labor trafficking that helps organizations identify risk, confirm victims, track services, and coordinate care.
Lighthouse Data
A cloud-based data hub and public data explorer that aggregates, analyzes, and visualizes trafficking-related datasets, including screenings, prosecutions, policies, hotline trends, online ads, and illicit massage business indicators.
Research and insights
Reports, publications, and data analysis that help leaders understand trafficking trends and support evidence-based responses, including the State Human Trafficking Report and youth screening research.
Policy support
Data analysis and policy guidance that support state and federal anti-trafficking legislation, including data repository advocacy and policy tracking.
Implementation training and technical support
Training and educational support for partner organizations using Lighthouse and related screening tools.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
Harnessing data to illuminate and eradicate human trafficking.
Who they serve
Organizations, service providers, policymakers, researchers, and field professionals working to identify, prevent, and respond to human trafficking, along with vulnerable youth and other communities at risk of exploitation.
Their impact
- Collaborated with over 200 organizations to combat trafficking.
- Identified over 18,000 potential victims since 2017.
- Analyzed more than 2,500 federally prosecuted cases and more than 650 state anti-trafficking policies nationwide.
- In 2025, partners across 203 organizations in Texas and Louisiana conducted 42,330 trafficking screenings.
- In 2025, the team conducted 65 trainings for 703 professionals across 134 agencies and 55 counties in Texas.
How your donation helps
- Deploy Lighthouse Screening to protect vulnerable populations.
- Produce research and actionable intelligence for field professionals.
- Enhance the platform to better identify and assist trafficking victims.
- Expand the partner network that identifies and prevents exploitation.
- Support software development and field tools used by partners.
Our story
Allies Against Slavery started in Austin as a grassroots effort focused on human trafficking through drives, trainings, and screenings. As the work expanded, the organization saw the need for better collaboration among agencies and built Lighthouse to bring fragmented, unreliable information together and help make victims visible.
Stories
The people behind the work.
In their words
"The HPE AI campaign is a powerful catalyst for our mission to harness data to illuminate and eradicate human trafficking," said John Nehme.
"Together, we're creating a future where data drives action and every community has the resources to prevent trafficking effectively."
"Living in a smaller town, human trafficking is something you never think you will encounter. However, we know this just isn't true anymore."
Events
2025 Impact Webinar
one-timeAn exclusive briefing for funding partners that shared the impact of the organization's 2025 work.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Allies Against Slavery has shared.
Current needs
- Organizations willing to contribute data and collaborate on the anti-trafficking data ecosystem.
- Funding support for software development, data analysis, and field tools.
Recognition & press
Awards & recognition
- 2025 GrantTank recipient, The Jensen Project
- Selected as one of three top organizations in the 2025 HPE Accelerating Impact Campaign
Press & mentions
Partners & funders
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What does Lighthouse Screening do for partner organizations?
Lighthouse Screening helps organizations screen for sex and labor trafficking, identify people at risk, track client and service information, and coordinate care across agencies.
What kinds of data does Lighthouse Data bring together?
Lighthouse Data gathers and visualizes state and national trafficking data, including screenings, services, arrests, prosecutions, state policies, hotline trends, online commercial sex advertisements, and illicit massage business indicators.
Who uses Lighthouse?
More than 200 organizations and over 2,000 professionals across Texas, Louisiana, and Florida use Lighthouse, and organizations can request access through the support process.
What support do partners receive after they begin using Lighthouse?
Partners receive implementation training and educational support, along with technical support and guidance for using the platform and screening tools.
What does Allies Against Slavery publish through its research work?
The organization publishes the State Human Trafficking Report, federal prosecution analyses, youth screening research, policy studies, and other data-driven publications.
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