Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION
END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,959,296 to it, the largest being WAL-MART FOUNDATION ($1,200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $0
What End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation does
Mission
The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery in an international fund that invests in programs and partnerships across the globe to end human trafficking forced labor and all forms of modern slavery.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
A decision was taken by the Board of Directors on 16May2024 to close GFEMS operations as of 31Dec2024. All grants and activities were completed as per the planned schedule consistent with award provisions. No new awards were received. Liquidation tasks were completed from May 2024 through September 2025. All remaining funds at closure negligible in amount were transferred to another NGO in the same field - Survivor Alliance. All liabilities were paid cleared and no assets remained. No physical assets existed as of May 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Overseas Labor Recruitment & Construction: Project Selamat empowers migrant workers in Malaysia throughout the migration journey and reduces the risk of forced labor by developing worker-centric solutions to improve safe migration practices and build the ethical recruitment industry.
$87,276 spentof which $31,202 as grants3% of program spendingSurvivor Engagement in the Human Trafficking Sector: GFEMS worked with funding from UK Home office-Modern Slavery Innovation Fund MSIF on a two-pronged effort to improve survivor engagement in the human trafficking sector. In one stream of activity we worked with survivor working groups and hosted World Congress event to advance collaborative survivor-led review and discussions of key issue areas. In the other stream we engaged with survivor advisors to help research institutions adopt recently developed standard operating procedures SOPs for survivor informed research. GFEMS worked with implementing partner organizations in the Kenya Freedom Fund hotspot to introduce them to the Funds framework for Meaningful Engagement for People with Lived Experience of modern slavery and provide technical assistance to each partner to improve and increase engagement of individuals with lived experience.
$825,508 spentof which $460,694 as grants$825,508 earned by the program32% of program spendingAnti-trafficking in the Brazilian Coffee Supply Chain - The State of Minais Gerais the highest volume coffee producing state in the country consistently leads Brazil in forced labor cases. In response GFEMS invested in a start-up for a robust anti-trafficking program. The project developed tools to address gaps in the existing landscape- A workers level grievance system that offers assistance to public service. This work was done in close coordination with a wide-ranging body of stakeholders particularly workers with lived experience.
$1,461,457 spentof which $1,162,494 as grants$1,461,457 earned by the program57% of program spendingGFEMS supported anti trafficking and the reduction of modern slavery via programmatic support via outreach networking conference support and attendance as well as communications related to anti trafficking and ending modern slavery.
$191,837 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,566,078.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4.9M to $1.7M (−66%).
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 58% · 2019 99% · 2020 53% · 2021 62% · 2022 73% · 2023 56% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Sophie Otiende
CEO
Board chair
Jean Baderschneider
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $422k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 91% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“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.
Where its funders are
END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Government funding END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $51.0M on record.
- Department of State$51.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE 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 END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION?
- END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,959,296 to it, the largest being WAL-MART FOUNDATION ($1,200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,959,296 in grants to END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION?
- WAL-MART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like END MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing