What you’re funding
Today an estimated 313,000 people in Texas alone are victims of trafficking, many of them children. They’re failed by systems designed to help and trapped in a maze of exploitation.
But what if I told you that $100 can power the technology that identifies one victim of human trafficking and puts them on a path to freedom?
Lighthouse isn't just software—it's a lifeline. Developed with input from survivors themselves, it helps healthcare workers, social service providers, and law enforcement identify victims who might otherwise remain invisible.
Every screening powered by your donation has the potential to:
- Identify a survivor who would otherwise remain hidden - Connect them with trauma-informed services - Provide law enforcement with data to pursue traffickers - Prevent future exploitation through early intervention
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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.
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.
Programs
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.
Stories
Events
2025 Impact Webinar
one-timeAn exclusive briefing for funding partners that shared the impact of the organization's 2025 work.
Ways to help
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
Full Allies Against Slavery profile → · IRS filing (ProPublica)