Liluye

What Liluye does

Liluye is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization headquartered at 4764 East Sunrise Drive, Tucson, Arizona, established in 2020 to prevent human trafficking and support survivors globally. The organization delivers a portfolio of interconnected programs spanning trauma-informed prevention, aftercare and healing services, economic empowerment (including the Pathways to Financial Healing and Prosperity initiative), training (PTSD and trauma-healing workshops), and events. Service delivery is executed through a distributed global partner network that includes Fund for Women in Development (Cameroon), Sierra Cares Foundation (Sierra Leone), Global Justice Kenya, Women Inspiration Development Center (Nigeria), Mercy Seed Outreach (Cameroon), and Katran (India), along with training partners SessionWise and Consult Rosie.

The organization's technology footprint is minimal and non-proprietary. It operates a WordPress-based website (liluye.org) with blog content management, email newsletter, and social media channels (Facebook/LiluyeSpirit, LinkedIn, Instagram/liluyespirit). No mobile application, API, SDK, or integration layer is described. The tech stack supports content marketing, donor solicitation (PayPal Giving Fund), and community engagement rather than direct service delivery.

Liluye generates revenue entirely through donations and grants as a registered 501(c)(3). No commercial products or services are sold, no tiered pricing structures exist, and no revenue figures have been disclosed. The organization serves three primary segments: women and girl survivors of human trafficking (primary beneficiaries), at-risk women and girls in vulnerable global communities (prevention audience), and anti-trafficking partner organizations that Liluye amplifies through its Real Life Stories interview series. With approximately 10 employees and a founder-led leadership structure (Founder Jill Langhus-Griffin; COO Monica Griffin, who has publicly announced stepping back from operational responsibilities), Liluye operates a lean, mission-driven model dependent on donor funding and partner-ecosystem leverage rather than technology scale.

Name

Liluye

Legal name

Liluye

Website

https://liluye.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Liluye is a 501(c)(3) non-profit headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, that prevents human trafficking and supports survivors globally through trauma-informed aftercare, prevention education, economic empowerment, and a distributed network of vetted partner organizations across Africa, South Asia, and beyond.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-trafficking and survivor support services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

Keywords

• Anti-trafficking nonprofit
• Survivor aftercare services
• Economic empowerment programs
• Trauma-informed prevention
• Human trafficking advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Tucson

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, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization, Liluye generates revenue entirely through donations from individuals, corporate donors, and grant funding from foundations. The website features a PayPal Giving Fund donation option.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Liluye is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers trauma-informed prevention, aftercare, and economic empowerment programs for women and girls vulnerable to or recovering from human trafficking. Core service lines include Prevention Services, Aftercare Services, the Pathways to Financial Healing and Prosperity economic empowerment program, Training (including PTSD training via SessionWise and trauma healing workshops via Consult Rosie), and the Thrive Tribe (TTT) survivor support cohort. Programs are delivered through a global partner network across Africa, South Asia, Europe, and North America, with awareness and fundraising delivered via the Liluye website, blog, and social channels.

Product overview

Liluye is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing a comprehensive suite of services to prevent human trafficking and support survivors globally. The organization operates through interconnected programs including Prevention Services, Aftercare Services, Economic Empowerment (featuring the Pathways to Financial Healing and Prosperity program), Training, and a Success Stories/The Thrive Tribe program. These services are complemented by a Blog content platform, Resources for Allies and Survivors, and a Partners Network of global organizations. The organization does not offer a technology product but rather provides direct humanitarian services focused on trauma-informed healing, economic independence, and community support for women affected by human trafficking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Thrive Tribe (TTT): A survivor support program featuring participant testimonials from the first cohort of survivors.
• Pathways to Financial Healing and Prosperity

Products and services

• Prevention Services
• Aftercare Services
• Economic Empowerment (Pathways to Financial Healing and Prosperity)
• Events

Quantifiable outcome

• Sierra Cares Foundation reports a 100% graduation rate and 98% repatriation success rate since implementing mental health programming.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global Justice Kenya (GJK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Global Justice Kenya (GJK) is an independent women-led NGO committed to upholding human rights and providing legal remedy for trafficking victims in Kenya. Liluye partners with GJK by featuring them in the Real Life Stories series. GJK repatriated 27 individuals in 2024 and documented over 300 trafficking cases through their Survivor Liaison Officer. GJK also assists survivors in obtaining skills and job market access through strategic partners.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kenya)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Global Justice Kenya (Liluye partner) collaborates with Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to repatriate Kenyan trafficking victims abroad. Through this institutional partnership, GJK has been able to repatriate 27 individuals in 2024 and is working on dozens of active cases.
• Consult RosiecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Consult Rosie, founded by Rosie Cataldo, provides trauma prevention, educational solutions, and healing services to reduce the impacts of crimes against humans. In partnership with Liluye, Consult Rosie led a trauma healing training webinar for survivor leaders and trauma-informed advocates. Services include prevention education in schools, human trafficking interdiction training, and healing modality incorporating breathwork, Emotional Freedom Technique, nervous system regulation, and Reiki.
• Women Inspiration Development Center (WIDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021WIDC is an NGO in Nigeria founded by Busayo Obisakin, a counseling psychologist at Obafemi Awolowo University. WIDC creates safe spaces for women and girls facing violence and trafficking, empowering approximately 6,000 women over 11 years. Liluye supports WIDC's Confident Girls Initiative and sells products made by trafficked women through its marketplace, helping survivors reestablish themselves holistically.
• KatrancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Katran is a sustainable fashion social enterprise in India founded by Swati Soharia in 2017, which trains and employs women from marginalized communities and trafficking survivors to upcycle waste fabric into handcrafted accessories. Liluye features Katran in its Real Life Stories series and supports their economic empowerment mission. Katran has upcycled 4 tons of fabric waste in 3 years and operates with an all-women team following a zero-waste policy.
• SessionWisecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021SessionWise, founded by Victor Lyons, specializes in PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) training for trafficking survivors. Working in areas with no mental health infrastructure, SessionWise trains community leaders in Africa and South Asia to deliver trauma relief through peer counseling programs using Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR). With 89% PTSD resolution rates in trials, Liluye partners with SessionWise to roll out PTSD training to its partner organizations globally.
• Sierra Cares FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founded in 2020 by Kelly Dore (a child trafficking survivor), Sierra Cares Foundation operates in Sierra Leone and has recovered nearly 6,700 women, girls, and boys since 2020. Liluye features Sierra Cares in its Real Life Stories series and supports their economic empowerment programs. The organization runs the Hope Center in Makeni as a trauma-informed rehabilitation facility, providing educational programs in catering, baking, tailoring, literacy, mental health, and financial literacy.
• Fund for Women in Development (FWID)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019FWID is a survivor-led organization in Cameroon founded by Rose Sanjoh after her own trafficking ordeal in 2018. Liluye features FWID in its Real Life Stories interview series, amplifying FWID's mission to ensure every woman and girl reaches their boundless potential. FWID provides psychosocial support, protection services, water/hygiene/sanitation, education, and advocacy for trafficking and GBV survivors. With funding from Vital Voices Global Partnership (2019-2024), FWID brought back over 28 trafficking survivors and supported 500+ GBV survivors.
• Mercy Seed Outreach (MSO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019MSO was founded by Fanwi Seraphine Kakwi in 2014 and registered in April 2019, working in Nwa village (Northwest Cameroon) — a trafficking-prone enclave community. Liluye features MSO in its Real Life Stories series. MSO rescues and supports trafficking survivors, currently maintaining a cohort of 16 survivors through training and development programs, and aims to build a Sustainable Support Structure (SSS) including a shelter, training center, and accommodation.
• Airline AmbassadorsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Airline Ambassadors is an organization with which Kelly Dore of Sierra Cares Foundation volunteered before founding Sierra Cares. AA helped repatriate individuals including Ibrahim Bangura, and through this connection Sierra Cares Foundation was created and incorporated in the U.S. to fundraise and share stories.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• A21: Non-profit operating anti-trafficking programs across prevention, protection, and partnership with similar survivor-aftercare and global field-office model. Directly comparable to Liluye in mission, target population (women and girls), and integrated service design, though A21 is larger and more established.
• Free the Slaves: Non-profit focused on eradicating modern slavery through community-based prevention and survivor reintegration in multiple countries. Directly comparable to Liluye in mission, anti-trafficking focus on women and children, and community-empowerment approach.
• Shared Hope International: U.S.-based non-profit focused on sex trafficking prevention and survivor restoration with a similar prevention-plus-aftercare integrated model. Comparable as a peer serving women and girl survivors through survivor-centered programming and policy advocacy.
• Nomi Network: Non-profit fighting human trafficking through economic empowerment of survivors, particularly via employment in supply chains in Asia. Comparable to Liluye's economic empowerment focus and partnership-driven model, particularly relevant given Liluye's partnership with similarly focused social enterprise Katran.
• GEMS (Girls Educational & Mentoring Services): Non-profit providing survivor-centered support, education, and economic empowerment to girls and young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation. Comparable as a peer targeting the same population (girls and young women survivors) with a similar survivor-led ethos.

Broad incumbents

• International Justice Mission: Large global anti-trafficking organization conducting direct rescue operations, aftercare, and justice-system work in multiple countries. Comparable as a peer in the global anti-trafficking space serving similar populations, though with substantially greater scale, staff, and government partnerships than Liluye.
• Polaris Project: One of the largest U.S.-based anti-trafficking NGOs, operating the National Human Trafficking Hotline and global programs. Comparable as a peer in the anti-trafficking NGO space addressing prevention and survivor support, though significantly larger in scale and operating more direct services than Liluye.
• Thorn: Tech-driven non-profit focused on fighting child sexual exploitation through technology, data, and advocacy. Comparable as a peer in anti-trafficking advocacy and survivor protection, with a stronger technology orientation and broader funding base than Liluye.

Others

• Vital Voices Global Partnership: Global non-profit investing in women leaders including those fighting trafficking and gender-based violence. Comparable as an ecosystem partner; Vital Voices is already a funder of Liluye's partner FWID, occupying an adjacent funding-and-leadership-development role in the same anti-trafficking ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Counter Trafficking International (formerly Collateral Repair Project): Smaller-scale non-profit working on refugee and trafficking survivor support with community-led programming. Comparable as an emerging peer in the survivor-support space with similar grassroots orientation, though smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LiluyeSpirit
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/liluye
• Instagraminstagram.com/liluyespirit

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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