CASH - Community Against Sexual Harm

What CASH - Community Against Sexual Harm does

CASH - Community Against Sexual Harm is a Sacramento-based nonprofit organization founded in 2021 (rebranded from AEIS) that delivers a coordinated portfolio of direct services to commercially sexually exploited women and youth in Sacramento County. The organization's service stack includes a Drop-In Center providing meals, clothing, and safe space; the Dignity Medical Safe Haven medical clinic; Comprehensive Services for Survivors (CSS) covering emergency housing, case management, recovery assistance, and healthcare connections; the RESET Diversion Program, a 25-hour court-offered course meeting prostitution diversion requirements; survivor-led Peer Mentoring and Education including support groups; Housing Support and Services for homelessness resolution; and the RECON Employment Class for job readiness. The entire operating model is grounded in harm reduction and peer-based mentoring, with mentors drawn from survivors with lived experience of commercial sexual exploitation who conduct both street-level and online outreach.

The business model is that of a 501(c)-style nonprofit: all client-facing services are provided free of charge, and the operating base is funded through donations, grants, and fundraising events. The organization employs 13 people from its headquarters in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento and holds a Title VI non-discrimination compliance posture for federally assisted programs. Revenue diversification rests on individual donations, grant funding, the annual EnVISION signature event (rebranded in 2026 from AEIS), and a 3-year selection as a beneficiary of the Great American Triathlon.

In 2024 CASH launched a $3 million capital campaign in partnership with Sierra Health Foundation to establish a permanent, larger, trauma-informed facility, and it serves as lead organization on a 3-year Sacramento County research project to estimate the scope of sex-trafficking, supported by Senator Richard Pan and Councilman Eric Guerra. The organization's distribution model is direct, localized, and human-delivered, with no disclosed technology platform, AI components, or digital product surface; primary marketing channels are Instagram, a content-rich website with downloadable toolkits, and community events. Geographic scope is explicitly Sacramento County, USA, with no global footprint claim.

Name

CASH - Community Against Sexual Harm

Legal name

Community Against Sexual Harm

Website

https://cashsac.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CASH is a Sacramento-based, survivor-led nonprofit that provides free harm-reduction and trauma-informed services — drop-in, medical, housing, diversion, peer mentoring, and employment support — to commercially sexually exploited women and youth in Sacramento County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services for Survivors of Sexual Exploitation

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Trauma-informed services
• Peer mentoring support
• Sex trafficking recovery
• Community outreach services
• Harm reduction services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

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 Grants: CASH is a nonprofit organization funded primarily through donations, grants, and fundraising events. They operate a capital campaign for $3 million to establish a larger trauma-informed center.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CASH is a survivor-led nonprofit that provides trauma-informed, harm-reduction services to commercially sexually exploited women and youth in Sacramento. Its portfolio includes a Drop-In Center for basic needs, medical care via Dignity Medical Safe Haven, Comprehensive Services for Survivors (emergency housing and case management), the RESET court diversion program, survivor-led peer mentoring and education, housing support, and a job-readiness class (RECON).

Product overview

CASH is a survivor-led nonprofit organization that provides a coordinated portfolio of direct services to commercially sexually exploited women and youth. The offering consists of a Drop-In Center providing basic needs and safe space; Dignity Medical Safe Haven for healthcare; Comprehensive Services for Survivors (CSS) combining emergency housing and case management; RESET Diversion Program as a court-mandated 25-hour course; Peer Mentoring & Education offering survivor-led support; Housing Support & Services for homelessness resolution; RECON Employment Class for job readiness; and downloadable Toolkits for education. The organization also conducts annual fundraising events (EnVISION 2026) and a $3 million capital campaign for facility expansion. All services are grounded in harm reduction, peer-based mentoring, and trauma-informed care principles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drop-In Center

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sierra Health FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCASH has partnered with Sierra Health Foundation to launch a $3 million capital campaign to establish a larger, permanent, trauma-informed center for women and girls impacted by sexual exploitation in Sacramento.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• A21: Global anti-trafficking organization operating survivor services, shelters, and prevention programs across multiple countries. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the anti-trafficking and survivor-services space with international reach.
• Polaris Project: National leader operating the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline and operating survivor programs. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same anti-trafficking space with national scale and policy influence far beyond CASH's Sacramento footprint.
• Sanctuary for Families: New York-based nonprofit providing shelter, counseling, legal services, and economic empowerment for survivors of trafficking and domestic violence. Comparable as an established multi-service survivor-services provider with broader clinical offering.

Direct peers

• Courtney's House: DC-based survivor-led nonprofit providing direct services, outreach, and prevention education for sex-trafficking survivors. Directly comparable in survivor-led model, outreach-based engagement, and youth-serving mission.
• Restore NYC: NYC-based anti-trafficking nonprofit providing survivor services, safe housing, and economic empowerment for foreign-born survivors. Comparable as a survivor-services and economic-empowerment model.
• Breaking Free: Minnesota-based nonprofit serving survivors of sex trafficking and the sex trade through housing, case management, and advocacy. Comparable regional survivor-services nonprofit with similar harm-reduction philosophy.
• Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST): Los Angeles-based anti-trafficking nonprofit providing case management, housing, legal services, and the My Life My Choice youth prevention program. Comparable survivor-services model with broader scope and longer operating history than CASH.
• Veronica's Voice: Kansas City-based survivor-led nonprofit offering outreach, drop-in services, and case management for those affected by sex trafficking and exploitation. Comparable regional survivor-led anti-trafficking nonprofit with similar harm-reduction service model.
• Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE): Bay Area nonprofit offering 24/7 drop-in center, case management, peer mentoring, and survivor-led services for people engaged in the sex trade and survivors of trafficking. Closest geographic and service-model peer to CASH in California.
• GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services): NYC-based nonprofit providing survivor-led services, mentoring, and advocacy for commercially sexually exploited and trafficked youth. Directly comparable to CASH in mission, survivor-led philosophy, and youth/commercial sexual exploitation focus, though larger and nationally recognized.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/cash_sacramento
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cash---community-against-sexual-harm

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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