What Safety Compass does

Safety Compass is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 81-2174742), operating under the trade name Safety Compass Oregon, that provides free and confidential advocacy services to survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Northwest Oregon. The organization serves survivors ages 25 and under through a mobile first-responder model, deploying trained advocates 24/7 into the community at the request of law enforcement, emergency room staff, juvenile departments, and Child Welfare agencies to meet survivors at hospitals, police stations, and other locations. It also accepts direct and self-referrals.

The organization's core offerings include 24/7 advocacy services, a Training and Consultation program, a Survivor Leadership program, the North Star Reception Center for immediate survivor intake, an Education for Law Enforcement Portal (with an Education for Community Partners Portal marked 'COMING SOON'), and a library of downloadable multilingual educational materials (English, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin). The underlying technology footprint is minimal: a Squarespace-hosted website, a QGiv donation platform, and standard email newsletter functionality. There is no proprietary software platform, mobile application, or AI component disclosed.

Safety Compass's business model is donation-driven. All services are provided at no cost to survivors; the organization funds operations through charitable contributions from individuals, organizations, and foundations, supplemented by unspecified grants. It participates in three Oregon county-level human trafficking task forces (Clackamas, Marion, Washington) and a Regional Labor Trafficking Subcommittee, generating referrals from law enforcement, healthcare, and child welfare systems. Go-to-market is community-led, relying on referral-based access rather than commercial sales or marketing.

Name

Safety Compass

Legal name

Safety Compass

Website

https://safetycompass.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Safety Compass Oregon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free, confidential 24/7 advocacy services for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking ages 25 and under in Northwest Oregon, operating through referral partnerships with law enforcement, healthcare, and child welfare agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Silverton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Safety Compass relies on charitable donations from individuals, organizations, and foundations. The website features donation functionality through QGiv platform and mentions matching gift campaigns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Safety Compass is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that sends trained advocates into the community 24/7 at the request of law enforcement, ER staff, juvenile departments, and Child Welfare to meet with survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking ages 25 and under in Northwest Oregon. It also provides training and consultation for community partners, survivor leadership programming, the North Star Reception Center, and downloadable multilingual educational resources. All services are provided free and confidentially, funded through donations.

Product overview

Safety Compass Oregon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing advocacy and support services for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking. The organization operates as a single-service nonprofit rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core offerings include 24/7 advocacy services deployed at the request of law enforcement and emergency services, training and consultation for community partners, survivor leadership programs, and the North Star Reception Center. The organization also provides an Education for Law Enforcement Portal and downloadable multilingual resources including posters and indicators sheets. Services target survivors ages 25 and under in Northwest Oregon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advocacy Services

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Clackamas County Human Trafficking MDTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-disciplinary task force collaboration focused on human trafficking response in Clackamas County, Oregon. Safety Compass provides trained victim advocates to the task force response network.
• Marion County Human Trafficking Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-disciplinary task force collaboration focused on human trafficking response in Marion County, Oregon. Safety Compass participates as a victim advocacy partner in the task force response system.
• Washington County Human Trafficking Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-disciplinary task force collaboration focused on human trafficking response in Washington County, Oregon. Safety Compass provides advocacy services as part of the coordinated task force response.
• Regional Labor Trafficking SubcommitteeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional collaborative focused specifically on labor trafficking issues, representing a specialized subset of the organization's broader trafficking response work.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST): Los Angeles-based anti-trafficking organization providing direct services, legal aid, and training for trafficking survivors — comparable service mix including advocacy and law enforcement training.
• A21: International anti-trafficking nonprofit providing survivor aftercare, law enforcement training, and community awareness — closely aligned with Safety Compass's combination of direct advocacy, training, and prevention education.
• Polaris Project: National anti-trafficking organization operating the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline and direct survivor services; highly comparable to Safety Compass's trafficking-response mission, though at a national rather than regional scale.
• Thistle Farms: Nashville-based nonprofit offering residential recovery, economic empowerment, and social enterprise for survivors of trafficking and exploitation — comparable survivor-centered model, including leadership pathways.
• Courtney's House: Washington D.C.-based nonprofit providing direct outreach, advocacy, and shelter for minor trafficking survivors — comparable youth-focused (under 25) survivor advocacy mission.
• Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST): Seattle-based nonprofit focused on anti-trafficking in the Pacific Northwest, providing survivor advocacy, employer engagement, and training — a directly comparable regional peer operating in an adjacent geography.

Regional players

• Ruby's Place: Northern California-based nonprofit operating shelter and advocacy for trafficking and exploitation survivors; comparable regional direct-service model with law enforcement coordination.

Broad incumbents

• Safe Horizon: Large New York-based victim-services nonprofit with programs spanning trafficking, domestic violence, and child abuse; comparable service-delivery model and law-enforcement coordination, though operating at much greater scale and scope.
• International Justice Mission: Large global anti-trafficking organization delivering survivor aftercare, law enforcement collaboration, and policy advocacy — comparable advocacy-plus-training model at significantly larger scale.

Others

• National Human Trafficking Hotline: National 24/7 hotline for trafficking survivors operated by Polaris; comparable always-available survivor-response infrastructure, though hotline-rather than field-deployment model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/safetycompassOR

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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