Dear Friends,
We’re closing out 2025 and I'm excited to share an addition we've been building for the past five years. It's finally here and ready to take Unseen's work to new levels.
Next year brings Unseen's 15th year of operation. 15 years of working shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest anti-trafficking organizations on the planet. Groups with proven track records and clear visions for growth. Leaders with the grit it takes to do their gut wrenching work day in and day out.
Unseen has always been here to do one thing: accelerate the great work of organizations that are already winning. Unseen helps them tell their story, build armies of donors, and develop the infrastructure they need to scale. We don't guess who's doing good work. We know, because we've been in the trenches with them for over a decade.
This year, we're unveiling Unseen’s Strategic Grant Initiative (SGI), and I’m beyond excited for it :)
Here's what SGI does: it allows us to strategically inject capital exactly when our partners need it to accelerate their work. Not guesswork, (definitely) not bureaucracy, but funds that will further super charge the work of our vetted partners to do more good, faster.
SGI lets us celebrate the continued amazing work our partners are doing while giving them the fuel to do even more. SGI takes 15 years of relationships, trust, proven success, and data, and allows us to work with our active and alumni partners strategically to impact more people than ever.
For our partners this is the same rigorous and continued vetting, as well as the effective products and services to create financial independence and growth for our partners that have brought amazing returns on every donor dollar invested, along with the opportunity to access funds to increase the visions of our partner organization and supercharge their work.
For survivors and vulnerable people, this means more organizations have what they need to deliver life-changing services.
For you, it means your partnership with Unseen is going further than ever before.
This fight is far from over, but after 15 years working alongside you and nearly 100 partners across 64 countries:, we know who the players are, we know what works, and we have the playbook to do the most amount of good possible.
Thank you for fighting against this evil and its root causes. Thanks for praying for the Unseen team, for our partners, and for those they faithfully serve. This is going to be an incredible next season.
With purpose and deep gratitude,
Than Baardson
Co-Founder + CEO, Unseen
