Eleison Foundation

Name

Eleison Foundation

Legal name

Eleison Foundation

Website

https://eleisonfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Trafficking Survivor Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Child and Youth Services (62411), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Human trafficking services
• Trauma-informed mental health
• Survivor support programs
• Anti-trafficking research
• Capacity building training

Headquarters

HQ city

Greater New York City Area

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Eleison Foundation generates revenue through charitable donations from individuals and corporations, as well as grants from foundations and institutional funders including the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation, and Harry Shapiro Charitable Foundation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Eleison Foundation delivers direct, trauma-informed mental health and recovery services to survivors of human trafficking in the Philippines, including the HaRT Cebu 12-week intervention, CARE Groups for youth survivors, Community Mental Health Education workshops, and short-term crisis intervention. The organization also runs participatory research programs (Photovoice, Survivor Voice) and capacity-building training (Motivational Interviewing, suicide prevention) for other service providers and anti-trafficking organizations.

Product overview

Eleison Foundation operates as a nonprofit organization offering a suite of survivor-centered, trauma-informed programs for human trafficking survivors. The core offerings include direct survivor services (HaRT Cebu mental health intervention, CARE Groups, Community Mental Health Education, Crisis Intervention), participatory research programs (Photovoice, Survivor Voice CBPR toolkit), capacity building trainings (Crisis Intervention/Suicide Prevention, Motivational Interviewing), and survivor leadership initiatives (Survivor Leadership Council, Lived Experience Advisory Panel). These programs are designed to work collaboratively—survivors can progress from receiving services to becoming peer facilitators and advisory board members, creating an integrated ecosystem supporting recovery and leadership development.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• Healing and Resilience After Trauma (HaRT) Cebu A 12-week, trauma-informed, survivor-centered group mental health intervention integrating mindfulness practices and supportive group discussions, addressing felt safety in the body, enhancing self-love, and building healthy relationships. Designed for adult survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence in Cebu, Philippines.
• Connection and Recovery after Exploitation (CARE) Groups A structured 8-session support group program for youth survivors of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) and commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), integrating psychoeducation and skill-building for emotional self-regulation. Delivered at DSWD Home for Girls facility.
• Community Mental Health Education (CMHE) Workshops providing mental health education for survivors, family members, service providers, at-risk youth, and community members, addressing managing emotions, healthy relationships, stress management, and self-care.
• Crisis Intervention Immediate, short-term counseling and psychosocial support for survivors in crisis, including suicidality, experiences of violence, homelessness, and acute mental health crises, with connections to emergency services.
• Photovoice A community-based participatory research methodology in which survivors use photography to document their experiences, collaborate on all aspects of the research process, and use findings to bring about social change.
• Survivor Voice Project A collaborative project with California Baptist University Division of Social Work to co-develop a community-based participatory research (CBPR) toolkit for social work educators and anti-human trafficking organizations.
• Motivational Interviewing (MI) Training Evidence-based training for service providers in Motivational Interviewing, a person-centered counseling approach to strengthening motivation for and commitment to change. Delivered to NGOs, social workers, and anti-trafficking organizations globally.
• Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Training Training and mentorship for service providers in conducting effective suicide prevention and intervention, including skills for assessing suicide risk and conducting suicide safety planning.
• Survivor Leadership Council (SLC) An advisory board of human trafficking survivors who co-facilitate activities with staff, provide recommendations on programming, and ensure Eleison's programs and research are survivor-centered.
• Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) A research advisory board comprised of people with lived experience of OSEC and human trafficking who advise on research design, data collection, and analysis for justice systems research projects.
• Barug Matched Savings Program Economic empowerment initiative using a matched savings model to help survivors build financial security and resilience as part of their recovery and reintegration.
• Bansay Program Program supporting survivors of human trafficking in their recovery and reintegration, complementing the HaRT and Barug offerings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Depression rates dropped from 61% to 11%, PTSD from 56% to 17%, and anxiety from 44% to 6% among HaRT Cebu program participants
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of Nottingham Rights LabcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaborative research partnership on examining people's reliance upon public justice systems for addressing Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) in the Philippines. Eleison leads qualitative data collection and facilitates the Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP). Dr. Katarina Schwartz (Head of Law and Policy Program) and Dr. Ben Brewster serve as faculty partners. The Rights Lab is one of the world's leading university-based research centers focused on ending modern slavery.
• International Justice Mission (IJM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Research collaboration with University of Nottingham Rights Lab on OSEC justice systems research. IJM provides expertise on justice system responses and child protection. Eleison leads qualitative data collection including key informant interviews and focus group discussions with survivors.
• Asia Region Survivors and Allies Network (ARSAN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Regional network co-launched by Eleison in 2025, committed to strengthening collaboration and centering survivor leaders across Asia.
• California Baptist University (CBU) Division of Social WorkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Joint grant from CSWE Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education for the Survivor Voice project, developing a CBPR toolkit for social work educators and anti-trafficking organizations. SLC members collaborate with CBU faculty and students on co-designing training materials.
• Arizona State University School of Social WorkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with Advisory Board member Dr. Tina Jiwatram-Negron on Project Luwas, exploring the link between gender-based violence and suicide, and developing integrated intervention approaches.
• Ohio State University College of Social WorkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with Advisory Board member Dr. Ran Hu on Project Luwas, examining inequities contributing to gender-based violence in contexts of sex work and human trafficking.
• International Justice Mission (IJM) Asia PacificminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRecipient of Motivational Interviewing training delivered by Eleison's Executive Director Dr. Laura Cordisco Tsai. Training provided to IJM staff from Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand.
• Healing and Resilience after Trauma (HaRT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-Director Dr. Catherine Carlson from University of Alabama co-developed the HaRT program. Eleison adapted and implements the HaRT Cebu program, a 12-week trauma-informed mind-body intervention originally developed for survivors in Uganda.
• Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner providing access to DSWD Home for Girls facility for CARE Groups program delivery to youth survivors of OSEC and CSEC.
• Brown University Careers in the Common GoodminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSummer internship program supporting Brown University students to engage with organizations driving positive social change, gaining practical nonprofit sector experience.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Polaris: Polaris operates the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, data analysis, and referral programs. It is comparable in data-driven anti-trafficking infrastructure and survivor navigation, while Eleison is more focused on direct mental-health services in the Philippines.
• International Justice Mission: IJM combats trafficking through survivor rescue, justice-system work, and partnerships, and has collaborated with Eleison on OSEC research. It is a relevant anti-trafficking comparator, but its scale and justice-focused mandate are broader than Eleison's mental-health services.
• Safe Horizon: Safe Horizon provides counseling, shelter, legal assistance, and anti-trafficking services to people affected by violence and exploitation. Eleison is narrower and more mental-health and community-program focused, but both provide trauma-informed support to vulnerable populations.
• The A21 Campaign: A21 provides prevention, intervention, and aftercare programs against human trafficking, including survivor support. Its service breadth and international footprint overlap with Eleison's mission, while Eleison is more specialized in trauma-informed mental health and participatory research.
• Free the Slaves: Free the Slaves works on community prevention, survivor empowerment, and systems change to end modern slavery. It shares Eleison's community-led, survivor-centered approach but has a broader international program and advocacy footprint.

Others

• Anti-Slavery International: Anti-Slavery International is a human-rights and anti-slavery advocacy organization working on policy and movement building. It is a thematic comparator for Eleison's human-trafficking focus, but not a close service-delivery peer.
• The Freedom Fund: The Freedom Fund is a grantmaking and partnership organization that funds frontline efforts to end modern slavery. It is an ecosystem comparator for Eleison's funder and partnership model, not a direct provider of mental-health services.

Direct peers

• Love146: Love146 works to prevent trafficking and provide aftercare for survivors, including children and young people. It overlaps with Eleison's survivor services and anti-trafficking mission, although it operates at a broader international scale.
• Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS): GEMS provides trauma-informed support, mentoring, advocacy, and opportunities for girls and young people affected by commercial sexual exploitation. Its youth-survivor focus and community-based service model closely match Eleison's survivor-centered work.
• My Life My Choice: My Life My Choice delivers survivor-led prevention and intervention programs for commercially sexually exploited youth, including mentoring and leadership. It is comparable to Eleison in serving exploited youth through survivor-centered, community-based support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles9 records

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