childhood

What childhood does

World Childhood Foundation USA (Childhood USA) is an independent New York 501(c)(3) founded in 1999 that funds and supports U.S. programs addressing child sexual abuse and exploitation. Its target populations include children with disabilities, children in foster care or experiencing homelessness, and LGBTQ+ and other marginalized children. It distributes grants through a request-for-proposal process and supplements program funding with the U.S. Out of the Shadows Index, policy advocacy, survivor-support resources, and educational content.

Operationally, it is a donation-funded nonprofit rather than a technology product company. Its disclosed contribution channels include one-time and recurring individual gifts, monthly donor programs, and fundraising events; the 2025 Annual Gala raised $1.3 million. Its principal offerings consist of the Out of the Shadows Index, a video library, an expert blog, and annual events. The source discloses neither an app nor an API.

Name

childhood

Legal name

World Childhood Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://childhood-usa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Short description

World Childhood Foundation USA is a New York nonprofit that funds U.S. child-protection programs serving children with disabilities, foster or homeless youth, LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities, and develops research on preventing and addressing sexual abuse and exploitation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Protection Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

Keywords

• Child protection grants
• Child abuse prevention
• Nonprofit program funding
• CSAE research assessment
• Victim support services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual donors supporting programs to end child sexual abuse and exploitation. The Circle of Protection monthly giving program starts at $5/month.
2. Annual Gala Fundraising: Annual black-tie gala events generating significant contributions. The 2025 Gala raised $1.3 million and the 2024 Gala raised $1.5 million.
3. Grant Funding to Programs: Childhood USA issues RFPs and provides grant funding to innovative grassroots programs addressing child sexual abuse and exploitation in the United States.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

World Childhood Foundation USA is a grant-making foundation that supports grassroots programs in the United States to prevent and address child sexual abuse and exploitation. It raises charitable contributions through donations, monthly giving, and fundraising events, and also conducts advocacy and state-level research on CSAE prevention and response.

Product overview

World Childhood Foundation USA (Childhood USA) is a non-profit foundation that operates as a grant-making organization rather than a technology product company. Its primary offerings consist of the United States Out of the Shadows Index (OOSI), a comprehensive research assessment product evaluating state-level CSAE prevention and response; the Circle of Protection monthly donor program; a formal Program Proposal and Grant Application System for funding grassroots programs; a Video Library of educational content; expert blog content on child safety topics; and Annual Galas and Events for fundraising. These offerings work together to advance the foundation's mission of inspiring, promoting, and developing solutions to end the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• United States Out of the Shadows Index (OOSI) A research and assessment initiative that evaluates child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention and response across all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia using over 170 metrics, 21 indicators, and four domains: legal protections and criminal provisions, prevention capacity building, support services, and justice processes.
• Circle of Protection A monthly giving program through which individual donors provide recurring support for Childhood USA's programs. Membership starts at $5.00 per month, and members giving $25.00 or more per month receive a Childhood bracelet representing articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Program Proposal and Grant Application System An annual grant proposal process for qualifying U.S. nonprofit organizations seeking funding for child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention and intervention programs. The process includes a QuickScan eligibility questionnaire, Letter of Intent, site visit requirements, and a full grant application.
• Annual Galas and Events Fundraising and mission-engagement events that bring together supporters, advocates, and child-protection experts, including the flagship Annual Gala and a Spring Luncheon focused on online child safety.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25 states received failing grades in 2024 OOSI report - establishing baseline for policy advocacy
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

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

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Together for GirlscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Together for Girls leads the Global Out of the Shadows Index study developed by Economist Impact, showing how the U.S. compares to other countries around the world. The U.S. scored 67.2 out of 100.
• Economist ImpactcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomist Impact developed the Out of the Shadows Index in partnership with World Childhood Foundation USA, providing rigorous research and analysis on state-level CSAE prevention and response efforts across the United States.
• NetCleanminorOthersNetClean was the 2025 Corporate Honoree at the Annual Gala. NetClean is a mission-driven cybersecurity company specializing in detecting and blocking CSAM on corporate devices.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Together for Girls: Public-private partnership that leads the Global Out of the Shadows Index and works to end violence against children, including CSAE; explicitly named as a strategic partner of Childhood USA on the global OOSI extension, making it the closest functional peer in research and advocacy.
• International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC): Global nonprofit dedicated to combating child sexual exploitation, abduction, and abuse through policy, training, and grants; operates a similar grantmaking-plus-advocacy model to Childhood USA and is a natural competitor for the same institutional donor pool.
• ECPAT International: Global network of organizations working to end the sexual exploitation of children; comparable mission, comparable research-report outputs, and a similar grassroots-grantmaking operating model.
• Thorn: U.S. nonprofit that builds technology to fight child sexual exploitation; competes for the same donor mindshare and CSAE-tech funder base, and overlaps with Childhood USA's emerging AI-for-CSAE-investigations RFP theme.
• Darkness to Light: U.S. nonprofit focused on CSAE prevention through education and training programs; closely comparable mission, U.S.-only scope, and grassroots-grantee funding profile.
• Prevent Child Abuse America: National nonprofit operating chapters and grant programs aimed at preventing child abuse broadly; overlapping donor pool and CSAE-relevant programmatic focus, with a much larger network footprint.
• National Children's Alliance: U.S. accrediting body and grantmaker for Children's Advocacy Centers serving child abuse victims; directly comparable CSAE-victim-services mission and overlaps with grantees Childhood USA funds (e.g., NCAC).

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF USA: Larger, broader child-welfare grantmaker and advocacy organization; not specialized to CSAE but competes for institutional CSAE-restricted funds and offers a scaled alternative for major donors.
• Save the Children US: Major international child-welfare NGO with broad programming; overlaps with Childhood USA on child protection advocacy and represents a comparable fundraising brand at significantly larger scale.

Others

• NoVo Foundation: Major private foundation that has historically funded efforts to end violence against children and CSEC; functions as a potential funder/peer in the same philanthropic capital pool rather than a direct service provider.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ChildhoodUSA
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/childhood
• Facebookfacebook.com/childhoodusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/world-childhood-foundation-usa
• Instagraminstagram.com/childhood.usa

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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