Beyond Borders Haiti

What Beyond Borders Haiti does

Beyond Borders Haiti is a U.S.-incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates grassroots social programs in Haiti, with a finance office in Norristown, Pennsylvania and program offices in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Nan Jozen, and Lagonav Island. Founded in 1988 by David Diggs, the organization addresses four interconnected problems in Haiti: extreme poverty, child servitude (the restavèk practice, affecting roughly one in eight children), violence against women and girls (affecting one in three girls by age 18), and lack of access to quality education. Its core service portfolio includes the Family Graduation Program — a 24-month model providing case workers, income-generating assets, savings accounts, and coaching to move families out of extreme poverty — the Rethinking Power violence-prevention program, a six-month Child Rights Training that forms Child Protection Brigades, an Adult Survivors Network providing group therapy and advocacy, Teacher Training Programs across 90+ schools on Lagonav Island, Girls Club mentorship, and School and Family Garden initiatives.

The organization's underlying capability is a codified community-organizing methodology rather than a technology product. Its effectiveness has been externally validated by peer-reviewed research: the Global Women's Institute at George Washington University found the Rethinking Power program reduced intimate partner violence by more than 50% community-wide, a Science Magazine publication (2022) confirmed large and lasting standard-of-living gains from the Family Graduation approach across six countries, and The Lancet (2024) validated violence-prevention impact even in the presence of armed groups.

Beyond Borders generates no revenue from service fees; all programs are free to beneficiaries and funded through individual donations, the Family Sponsorship Program (sponsor-a-family model), and institutional grants including the European Union and academic/research partners. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The organization employs approximately 33 staff and is governed by a Board of Directors; co-founder David Diggs stepped down as Executive Director in June 2025 after 32 years, with Jonathan Scoonover serving as Board President. The go-to-market is community-led: field staff and locally-embedded Haitian leaders deliver programs directly, with donor engagement handled through website donations, email newsletters, social media, seasonal impact reports, and donor delegations.

Name

Beyond Borders Haiti

Legal name

Beyond Borders

Website

https://beyondborders.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Beyond Borders Haiti is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit delivering grassroots programs in Haiti that address extreme poverty, child servitude (restavèk), violence against women, and education access. Programs are free to beneficiaries and funded by individual donations and institutional grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC)

Keywords

• Poverty alleviation programs
• Violence prevention services
• Humanitarian aid
• Community development
• Social services nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

Norristown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: General donations from individual supporters to fund program operations and expansion.
2. Family Sponsorship Program: Sponsors support specific families in the Family Graduation Program, providing resources for families to escape extreme poverty over 24 months.
3. Institutional Grants: Funding from institutional donors including the European Union, Global Women's Institute at George Washington University research partnerships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Beyond Borders Haiti is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that equips Haitian families, communities, and local leaders to overcome extreme poverty, end child servitude, prevent violence against women and girls, and expand access to quality education. Programs are delivered at no cost to beneficiaries through embedded field staff, case workers, and partner organizations, with work concentrated in the Southeast Department and Lagonav Island of Haiti. Funding flows from individual donors, family sponsors, and institutional grants supporting the Family Graduation Program, Rethinking Power, Child Rights Training, Teacher Training, Girls Club, the Adult Survivors Network, and the School and Family Garden Initiative.

Product overview

Beyond Borders Haiti operates as a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of grassroots social programs rather than a technology product. Their core offerings include the Family Graduation Program for poverty alleviation, the Rethinking Power violence prevention program, Child Rights Training to combat child servitude, Teacher Training Programs for education reform, Girls Club Mentors Program for youth empowerment, an Adult Survivors Network for healing and advocacy, and School and Family Garden initiatives. These programs work together to overcome poverty, prevent violence, and develop local leadership in Haiti.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Graduation Program A poverty graduation program that equips Haitian families to permanently escape hunger, homelessness, and extreme poverty in 24 months. The program combines case worker support, income-generating assets, savings accounts, and comprehensive family coaching. Validated by peer-reviewed research in Science magazine as delivering large and lasting impacts on standard of living across six countries.
• Rethinking Power A community-based violence prevention program that reduces intimate partner violence and addresses root causes like extreme poverty, lack of quality schooling, and power imbalances between women and men. Validated by Global Women's Institute at George Washington University research as achieving a 50%+ reduction in intimate partner violence community-wide.
• Child Rights Training A six-month training program that organizes communities to reach zero slavery status, forming Child Protection Brigades that prevent and respond to child servitude (restavèk practice) and work to reunite children with their families. Since 2016, 16 communities have been organized to reach zero slavery status.
• Teacher Training Programs Training programs for educators on Lagonav Island implementing native language, nonviolent, participatory teaching methods across 90+ schools to improve student literacy and engagement. The program supports the goal of ensuring every child goes to a good school.
• Girls Club Mentors Program Monthly gatherings where volunteer mentors guide young girls to use their power for positive change in communities. The program focuses on power dynamics, communication, leadership, and girls' health, and is sponsored by the European Union Delegation in Haiti.
• Adult Survivors of Child Servitude Network A network of 1,500+ survivor members providing group therapy sessions for healing trauma from restavèk (child servitude) while working to end the practice through advocacy and organizing. The network is part of the broader RESAN (Network of Survivors of the Restavèk Practice) collective.
• School and Family Garden Initiative Partnership with Matènwa Community Learning Center providing organic vegetable gardens for families to diversify food sources and improve nutrition. The initiative works with Family Graduation Program families to enhance food security and dietary diversity.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 50% reduction in intimate partner violence, community-wide, validated by Global Women's Institute at George Washington University research
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global Women's Institute at George Washington UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year research collaboration that validated Beyond Borders' Rethinking Power program, finding a 50%+ reduction in intimate partner violence.
• Haiti Response CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of Haitian and small international NGOs co-founded by Beyond Borders after the 2010 earthquake for improved disaster response coordination and rights-based approaches.
• Matènwa Community Learning CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that created the School and Family Garden initiative, working with Family Graduation Program families.
• UN Trust Fund to Prevent Violence Against WomenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeyond Borders staff invited to webinar to share how the team has adapted empowerment programming for girls living with disabilities during difficult circumstances in Haiti.
• Network of Survivors of the Restavèk Practice (RESAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of survivors representing branches in Magazen and other areas advocating for justice for 150,000 people on Lagonav.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BRAC: Global development organization that pioneered the Graduation Approach used in Beyond Borders' flagship family graduation program; an established incumbent with comparable methodology at much larger scale.
• Compassion International: Large child sponsorship organization with Haiti programming including education and child protection; incumbent peer competing for similar individual donor dollars.
• Heifer International: Global poverty-alleviation nonprofit using livelihoods, assets, and training to lift families out of poverty; comparable outcomes framework and asset-transfer methodology to Beyond Borders' Family Graduation Program.
• International Justice Mission: Global anti-trafficking and child protection organization with overlapping thematic work around child servitude and violence against women, though operating at much greater scale and scope.
• World Vision Haiti: Large multinational humanitarian with established Haiti programming in child welfare, education, and community development; a broad incumbent peer in the same beneficiary geography.

Regional players

• Partners In Health: Major Haiti-anchored nonprofit providing health and social services to the same vulnerable communities; comparable operating geography and grassroots delivery model, though in health rather than child protection/poverty.

Direct peers

• Fonkoze: Haiti's largest microfinance institution and a direct poverty-alleviation peer, operating family-focused financial inclusion and graduation-style programming for Haitian households experiencing extreme poverty.
• ECPAT International: Global network combating child trafficking and exploitation; thematic peer on the child protection side of Beyond Borders' portfolio, including advocacy work on commercial sexual exploitation.
• Trickle Up: Nonprofit specializing in the Graduation Approach for extreme poverty, sharing methodology and target population profile with Beyond Borders' Family Graduation Program.
• Restavec Freedom Foundation: U.S.- and Haiti-based nonprofit specifically organized to end the restavèk (child servitude) practice; the most mission-direct peer in child protection in Haiti.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xfacebook.com/BeyondBordersHaiti
• Facebookfacebook.com/BeyondBordersHaiti
• Instagraminstagram.com/beyondbordershaiti
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beyond-borders-haiti

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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