Today, we are proud to announce the 2025 Policy & Advocacy Grant recipients!
At The Jensen Project, we believe dismantling the systems that allow exploitation to persist is just as critical as providing services for those experiencing sexual violence and exploitation. That’s why advocacy and education remain at the heart of our mission.
Since our founding, we’ve invested in partners who don’t just respond to exploitation, but challenge its roots: cultural myths, legal loopholes, systemic inequities, and the silence that too often protects buyers and exploiters.
Why Policy & Advocacy Matter
Research is clear: long-term impact requires more than one solution. Direct services provide healing and safety, but it is education and advocacy that transform culture and systems, so fewer people are ever exploited in the first place. Survivors remind us that true justice means accountability for exploiters, protection for those most at risk, and platforms where lived experience leads change.
At The Jensen Project, we call this framework The Survivor Model. This model shapes the way we invest, partner, and amplify.
Our 2025 Grantees
This year’s grantees are carrying that mission forward. Each one brings a unique vision for change, but together they share a commitment to:
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Challenging harmful myths that normalize sexual exploitation.
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Elevating survivor leadership so lived experience informs solutions.
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Driving systemic change through policy, research, and education.
Through their efforts, they are building a future where no one is bought, sold, or exploited.
Meet the 2025 recipients:
Looking Ahead
Since launching this funding in 2021, The Jensen Project has granted more than $4.4 million through our policy and advocacy portfolio. These investments are more than grants to us, they are commitments to culture-shifting, system-changing work that lasts.
We’re proud to stand alongside this year’s Policy & Advocacy grantees as they continue to lead the charge against sexual violence and exploitation.
