Agape International Missions

What Agape International Missions does

Agape International Missions (AIM) is a private 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit organization founded in 2005 by Don and Bridget Brewster and headquartered in Roseville, California (Tax ID 94-3100052). It combats sex trafficking primarily in Southeast Asia (Cambodia) and Central America (Belize) through an integrated three-pillar operational model: Rescue (AIM SWAT team conducts intelligence-led raids with local law enforcement, achieving 1,737+ rescues, 700+ arrests, 180+ locations permanently shut down, and a 95%+ conviction rate); Heal (secure restoration homes providing trauma therapy, medical care, education, and spiritual support to 1,100+ survivors); and Transform (prevention through AIM School serving 1,200+ at-risk students, Kid's Clubs, employment/empowerment programs, and church mobilization in vulnerable communities).

AIM's program architecture is built on specialized operational units — a SWAT rescue team, restoration and transitional homes, an AIM School, an Employment Center, a Kid's Club program, and a Legal Support function — connected by a survivor-advocate talent model in which rescued individuals return to support new operations. The organization is supported by an AIM Apparel social enterprise (survivor-made products generating dignified employment, with an AIM Custom bulk-order sub-brand and pop-up shop program for church partners). Its revenue model rests heavily on individual giving through tiered monthly subscriptions called "The Pulse" ($25-$600/month mapped to specific impact outcomes), one-time donations, and strategic philanthropy instruments including donor-advised funds, endowments, legacy giving, cryptocurrency, and stock gifts.

Go-to-market combines community-led and direct-to-consumer motions: a global donor base spanning 75+ countries, monthly email and SMS communications, church partnerships (e.g., Bayside, Flatirons, North Coast, Calvary Community) acting as both funding and mobilization hubs, peer-to-peer fundraising through social media, and earned media (ABC Nightline, Christianity Today, Washington Post, TEDx). AIM maintains Charity Navigator's 4-star rating since 2014 and the Candid Platinum Transparency Seal, and received the Cambodian Government's Shametrei Award in 2017. Leadership transitioned to CEO Clayton Butler in August 2023 following the founders, with Don Brewster passing in 2024.

Name

Agape International Missions

Legal name

Agape International Missions

Website

https://aimfree.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Agape International Missions is a Christian nonprofit founded in 2005 that combats sex trafficking in Cambodia and Belize through intelligence-led SWAT rescue operations, survivor restoration homes, prevention schools, and survivor-made apparel, funded primarily by individual donors and church partnerships across 75+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Trafficking Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

MHPSS & Trauma-Informed Support for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAJ)

Keywords

• Anti-trafficking nonprofit
• Human trafficking rescue
• Survivor restoration programs
• Community-based prevention
• Social enterprise apparel

Headquarters

HQ city

Roseville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters worldwide, primarily facilitated through the website. Monthly recurring donors (The Pulse) provide predictable revenue, while one-time gifts support specific initiatives or general operations.
2. AIM Apparel Sales: Survivor-made apparel and products sold through AIM Apparel (aimapparel.org) and AIM Custom. Proceeds provide dignified employment to survivors while generating revenue for the organization.
3. The Pulse Monthly Giving Program: Monthly recurring donation program with tiered giving levels ($25-$600/month) that fund specific program areas including protection, healthcare, education, freedom/rescue, justice, and independence.
4. Strategic Philanthropy: Donor-advised funds, endowments, legacy/planned giving, and cryptocurrency donations for long-term strategic giving. Includes major gift programs targeting $50,000-$1,000,000+ contributions.
5. Creative Giving Options: Stock gifts, wire transfers, international gifts, crowdfundraising, and peer-to-peer fundraising through social media platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Agape International Missions operates a holistic anti-trafficking model delivering direct rescue operations through the AIM SWAT Team, long-term survivor restoration through secure homes and trauma therapy, and community prevention through schools, employment centers, and church partnerships. Donor-facing offerings include The Pulse monthly giving program with tiered impact levels ($25-$600/month), AIM Apparel (survivor-made apparel sold online), one-time impact gifts, and strategic philanthropy options including DAFs, stock, cryptocurrency, and legacy giving.

Product overview

Agape International Missions (AIM) operates a holistic anti-trafficking model organized around three interconnected pillars: Rescue, Heal, and Transform. The organization provides direct intervention through its SWAT team, long-term restoration through secure homes and trauma therapy, and community prevention via schools, employment programs, and church partnerships. AIM Apparel serves as a social enterprise providing dignified employment to survivors. The Pulse is a monthly giving program sustaining operations. The interconnected programs share intelligence, refer participants, and collectively address the root causes of trafficking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AIM Apparel: Survivor-made apparel and products crafted by individuals protected from trafficking, providing dignified employment and a path to freedom.
• AIM Custom

Products and services

• The Pulse Monthly Giving Program
• AIM Apparel
• AIM Custom
• One-Time Impact Gifts
• Strategic Philanthropy Program
• International Giving Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• 205+ raids conducted, 1,737 victims rescued, 700+ perpetrators arrested, 180+ locations permanently shut down since 2005
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSVY) CambodiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Government ministry coordinating humanitarian response in displacement camps. Partnered with AIM for food distribution, trafficking awareness training, and protection programs for vulnerable families.
• Local Churches (Southeast Asia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Local churches in Cambodia provided storage for aid supplies, mobilized youth for packaging, accompanied teams to camps, and coordinated with Buddhist monks in areas where camps were on pagoda grounds.
• Flatirons ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Tactical experts from Flatirons Church traveled to Southeast Asia to train Anti-Human Trafficking & Juvenile Protection Police. Seven trainers worked with local police and 2 AIM SWAT investigators in tactical ops, firearms safety, and life-saving readiness.
• North Coast ChurchminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Transformed Serve Day into freedom movement. Survivors created custom Serve Day shirts for thousands of volunteers who wore them while serving their community, turning local impact into global empowerment.
• Calvary Community ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Generosity enabled opening of second transitional home for survivors over age 18 in Southeast Asia, providing additional capacity for long-term restoration and independence.
• Department of Anti-Human Trafficking & Juvenile Protection Police (Cambodia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Government law enforcement agency partnering with AIM SWAT on rescue operations, intelligence gathering, and training. Conducted joint raids resulting in arrests and convictions of traffickers.
• Bayside ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Extraordinary generosity helped AIM launch the SWAT Team in 2013 when survivors were being left behind despite actionable intelligence. This flagship partnership created what has become the core operational capability resulting in over 2,000 survivors rescued and counting.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The A21 Campaign: A21 is a faith-based anti-human trafficking organization that operates a similar four-pillar model (Reach, Rescue, Restore, Reclaim) with operations across multiple countries, making it a direct comparable in scope and programmatic structure to AIM.
• Not For Sale: Not For Sale runs anti-trafficking social enterprises and survivor reintegration programs globally — comparable to AIM's combined rescue-plus-apparel social enterprise model.
• Love146: Love146 is a faith-rooted anti-trafficking nonprofit focused on survivor care, prevention education, and aftercare — overlapping with AIM's restoration home and prevention programs in mission and methodology.
• Free The Slaves: Free The Slaves is a U.S.-based anti-slavery organization working internationally on prevention, rescue, and rehabilitation — a direct peer focused on similar geographies and a comparable integrated-program approach.
• International Justice Mission: International Justice Mission is a large U.S.-headquartered Christian anti-trafficking and modern slavery NGO that conducts rescue operations with local law enforcement globally — the closest direct peer to AIM, operating with comparable faith-rooted DNA and a justice-system partnership model.
• Polaris Project: Polaris operates the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline and runs international anti-trafficking programs; it is a direct peer in the anti-trafficking space, though more focused on systems-level intervention than AIM's direct rescue model.

Broad incumbents

• ECPAT International: ECPAT is a global network of organizations working to end commercial sexual exploitation of children — a broad incumbent in the anti-trafficking space with overlapping advocacy and program goals relative to AIM's protection work.
• Compassion International: Compassion International is a large Christian child sponsorship organization operating in Southeast Asia and Central America with comparable monthly-donor ("Pulse"-like) sponsorship tiers and prevention programs for at-risk children.
• World Vision International: World Vision is a large Christian humanitarian organization operating child sponsorship, education, and protection programs in the same geographies as AIM — comparable donor base, faith-based DNA, and at-risk children education programs.

Emerging players

• Thistle Farms: Thistle Farms operates survivor-employing social enterprises (body products, housing) in the U.S. trafficking recovery space; it is an emerging/niche peer comparable to AIM Apparel's survivor-employment model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agapeintmission
• YouTubevimeo.com/agapeintlmissions
• Facebookfacebook.com/AgapeInternational
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agape-international-missions
• Instagraminstagram.com/aim_org

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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