Trust And Safety Foundation

What Trust And Safety Foundation does

Trust and Safety Foundation is a San Francisco-based non-profit foundation that operates as a multistakeholder hub connecting academia, civil society, and the technology industry to advance the trust and safety field. Its core offerings include Case Studies, an annual History of Trust & Safety Project built on 1,300+ academic sources and 63 interviews, the TrustCon annual conference, Regional Summits, and a forthcoming edited volume of 27 chapters titled 'Trust, Safety, and the Internet We Share,' to be published via Taylor & Francis in May 2026. A newsletter is scheduled to launch in 2026, extending its owned distribution channels beyond events.

The foundation maintains a closely affiliated operational partnership with the Trust & Safety Professional Association (TSPA) and frames its work as ecosystem development rather than commercial product delivery. Privacy posture is documented as compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA. The organization is small, with 1-10 employees disclosed, and no management team or advisory roster is publicly listed in the input.

The business model is non-commercial: there are no paying customers, no disclosed pricing, no funding rounds, and no revenue figures. Value capture, where it exists, appears tied to event participation, publication royalties, and likely grant or donor support typical of small foundations, though such inflows are not disclosed. The strategic posture is institutional — building durable knowledge assets, convening authority, and global reach — rather than scaling a monetizable product line.

Name

Trust And Safety Foundation

Legal name

Trust & Safety Foundation

Website

https://trustandsafetyfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Trust and Safety Foundation is a San Francisco-based non-profit that serves as a multistakeholder hub connecting academia, civil society, and the tech industry through research, the TrustCon conference, regional summits, and publications advancing the trust and safety field.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Research and Education

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Risk Intelligence, Threat Monitoring & Crisis Response (Harmful trends, coordinated abuse) (BPAAALAN)

Keywords

• Trust and safety research
• Online safety education
• Content moderation resources
• Digital trust policy
• Multistakeholder collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Support: As a foundation, TSF likely operates on donations and supporter funding. The website mentions a Supporters page and newsletter.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Trust and Safety Foundation is a non-profit foundation that convenes stakeholders across academia, civil society, and the technology industry to advance the trust and safety discipline. It produces and disseminates research outputs including case studies, reports, an academic edited volume, and a public archive of peer-reviewed sources, and hosts events such as the TrustCon annual conference and Regional Summits.

Product overview

Trust and Safety Foundation is a non-profit organization that facilitates meaningful advancements in trust and safety through research, resources, and community engagement. Rather than a software product company, TSF offers an ecosystem of knowledge resources including Case Studies (real-world trust and safety scenarios), Reports (roundtable findings and event summaries), an Edited Volume publication ('Trust, Safety, and the Internet We Share'), the History of Trust & Safety Project (academic archive of 1,300+ sources), a News section, and a Newsletter launching in 2026. TSF organizes events including the annual TrustCon conference.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TrustCon: TSF's annual conference for trust and safety professionals
• History of Trust & Safety Project
• Trust & Safety Professional Association

Products and services

• Case Studies
• Trust, Safety, and the Internet We Share: Multistakeholder Insights (Edited Volume)
• History of Trust & Safety Project
• TrustCon Conference
• Research Reports

Quantifiable outcome

• Created and shared a free public archive of 1,300+ academic peer-reviewed sources covering trust and safety topics
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• Trust & Safety Professional AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSF and TSPA work closely together in the trust and safety ecosystem. TSF may share personal information with TSPA for purposes such as processing payments, providing services, or sending promotional materials. The two organizations appear to be closely affiliated, with shared leadership and mission alignment.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Electronic Frontier Foundation: Long-standing non-profit conducting research, advocacy, and litigation on online civil liberties and platform governance — comparable as a non-profit producing case studies, reports, and policy convening on internet trust and safety.
• Center for Democracy & Technology: Non-profit that conducts research and policy advocacy on digital rights, content moderation, and platform governance — closely overlapping TSF's multistakeholder research and convening mission on internet trust and safety issues.
• Stanford Internet Observatory: Academic research center that studies abuse on internet platforms, content moderation, and elections integrity — directly comparable to TSF's research and case-study-driven work on platform trust and safety.
• Future of Privacy Forum: Non-profit that convenes academics, industry, and policymakers on data protection and emerging technology governance — comparable as a research and convening organization operating in adjacent online-trust domains.
• Trust & Safety Professional Association (TSPA): The closest peer — TSPA is the membership body for trust and safety professionals. TSF and TSPA share leadership, mission alignment, and operational ties, making TSPA the most directly comparable organization in the same niche.
• AI Now Institute: Research institute producing policy research on the social implications of AI and platform technologies — comparable as a research-and-policy non-profit focused on digital governance and accountability.
• Global Network Initiative: Multi-stakeholder non-profit convening companies, civil society, investors, and academics on freedom of expression and privacy online — directly comparable to TSF's multistakeholder convening model.

Broad incumbents

• Mozilla Foundation: Larger foundation funding research and advocacy on internet health, trustworthy AI, and platform accountability — broader scope and deeper resources, but overlapping TSF's mission around trustworthy technology and online safety.
• Internet Society: Larger global non-profit promoting an open and trustworthy internet through research, advocacy, and standards work — broader scope but directly comparable as a foundation convening stakeholders around internet health and trust.

Others

• ActiveFence: Commercial trust and safety technology provider to platforms — adjacent rather than direct; useful as a counterpart that translates TSF-style best-practice research into operational tooling that platforms deploy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trust-safety-foundation

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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