California · Nonprofit
3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION
3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,200,735 to it, the largest being PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL ($1,069,380). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $354k
What 3strands Global Foundation does
Mission
The mission of 3strands Global Foundation is to mobilize communities to combat human trafficking through prevention education and reintegration programs. We believe prevention changes everything. 3strands Global Foundation provides prevention education to schools, designed to help all school staff and students identify and prevent instances of human trafficking as well as five other education programs that reach caregivers, juvenille justice officers, social workers, corporations, and communities. The non-profit also works with strategic partners to help reintegrate victims back into society through employment and education. The organization operates a direct service program to serve survivors and those at risk of being exploited. 3strands Global Foundation also hosts break-free runs and other awareness events to engage and mobilize individuals, organizations, and communities to stand up against human trafficking.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Empower - survivor services:3strands Global Foundation's survivor services program connects survivors of human trafficking and those at-risk (such as survivors of domestic violence, transitional-aged foster youth, and unhoused individuals) with wraparound case management, crisis needs services and benefit navigation, trauma-informed job and education placements, and clinical mental health support. These services empower survivors to create a new future free from exploitation and prevent future generations from being trafficked.economic insecurity, lack of trauma-informed clinical mental health support, and absence of basic needs (such as housing, food, and health insurance) create barriers for survivors exiting trafficking and increase the vulnerability to being re-trafficked. 3strands survivor services staff walk alongside survivors to provide tailored services that meet the individual needs of each person and empower them on their journey from crisis to thriving.employ + empower (e+e)the employ + empower program connects survivors of human trafficking and those at-risk with sustainable, trauma-informed jobs and the resources they need to succeed in the workplace. Economic…
$2,930,318 spent$31,756 earned by the program78% of program spendingPrevent - prevention education:prevention education is a key component of 3strands Global Foundation's work. The organization provides a wide array of survivor-informed training and education programs designed to increase awareness and prevent human trafficking across diverse audiences, including youth, professionals, and communities. These programs equip individuals with the knowledge and skills to recognize signs of exploitation, respond appropriately, and implement prevention strategies in their personal and professional roles. Through age-appropriate curricula, professional development training, and community-based initiatives, 3strands Global Foundation ensures that prevention education is accessible, impactful, and tailored to the needs of different sectors, including education, healthcare, corporate settings, and social services.protectprotect is an evidence-informed k12 training and curriculum with survivor consultants reviewing all content. It helps reduce the vulnerability of children throughout the united states and is aligned with california ab 1227, the state mandate requiring human trafficking prevention education in schools. 3strands Global Foundation has provided…
$815,417 spent$403,195 earned by the program22% of program spendingUnite - mobilization:human trafficking is a pervasive crime across the united states. At 3strands Global Foundation we believe that change begins with advocacy in communities. For our nonprofit this means building partnerships with law enforcement, other ngos, donors, and community members. To this end, 3strands works with local, state, and federal government to assure strong policy that supports survivors and prevention education. In fy25, 3strands contributed to the passage of 7+ state and federal laws designed to empower survivors and prevent exploitation, including 5 california state bills and 2 federal bills.3strands also hosts events that bring awareness to the crime of human trafficking, such as the 3strands Global Foundation break free run, a 5k/10k run/walk in california that raises awareness and funds to continue prevention work. Individuals can participate in the break-free run anywhere in the world. The event gives the community a way to engage with the issue and join the fight against human trafficking. 3strands Global Foundation has hosted more than 50,000 individuals from around the world. 3strands global also mobilizes communities through collaboration with…
$20,102 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,765,837.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $977k to $1.6M (+61%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 23% · 2021 10% · 2022 42% · 2023 79% · 2024 23% · 2025 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ashlie Bryant
CEO
Board chair
Gamil Cain
Director - chairman of the bod
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $66k → $721k.
16 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 58% · 2019 64% · 2020 32% · 2021 32% · 2022 34% · 2023 56% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
37% of 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
57% of 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $510k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,060 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,060 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION?
- 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,200,735 to it, the largest being PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL ($1,069,380). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $5,200,735 in grants to 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION?
- PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL is the largest funder on record, with $1,069,380 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 57 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing