About World Childhood Foundation
To inspire, promote, and develop solutions to end the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
Focus Areas
Prevention of child sexual abuse and exploitationSupport and recovery services for survivorsOnline child safety and digital harmsTraining and capacity building for community organizationsPolicy advocacy and research
Who They Fund
children and adolescents (general)middle school studentsyouth experiencing or at-risk of homelessness (including homeless girls)child abuse survivors and their familieschild protection professionals and service providersspecific cultural/ethnic community (Mongolian community)
About World Childhood Foundation
World Childhood Foundation Inc. funds child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention, survivor support, online safety, and capacity-building work through a mix of U.S. and international grants. Its public grantmaking includes repeated support for community organizations and research partners, alongside project funding for child advocacy and protection models. The foundation is a public charity, with $3,276,259 in annual grants and $11,180,968 in total assets. One of its clearest recurring patterns is support for child abuse prevention organizations over multiple years. Stop It Now in Northampton, Massachusetts received grants in 2024 and 2025, while Darkness to Light in North Charlesto, South Carolina received support in 2023. The foundation also backs prevention-oriented research and benchmarking; Economist Impact in New York, New York received grants in 2024 and 2025 to assess state prevention responses. Its grantmaking also reaches service models for children facing multiple risks. The Bridge for Youth in Minneapolis, Minnesota received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for child abuse prevention and youth homelessness prevention. Other awards support trauma-informed care, child safety awareness, and programs for children disproportionately affected by abuse and exploitation.
What World Childhood Foundation Funds
Child abuse prevention is a central theme. World Childhood Foundation Inc. gave $77,540 in 2025 to Stop It Now in Northampton, Massachusetts to promote child abuse prevention, and it also supported Prevent Child Abuse Vermont in Montpelier, Vermont with $50,000 in 2025 for the same purpose. The foundation also funds work on child safety awareness and online harms. In 2024, John Hopkins Bloomberg School in Baltimore, Maryland received $60,398 to promote child safety awareness, while The New York Foundling in New York, New York received $50,000 in 2025 to promote online safety for middle schoolers. Support for trauma-informed services appears as well. Safe Horizon in San Francisco, California received $65,000 in 2024 to support youth mental health, and Girls for Gender Equity in Brooklyn, New York received $50,000 in 2024 to support Sisters in Strength. A separate 2025 grant to Nest Foundation in Los Angeles, California supported Nest curricula in Texas.
How World Childhood Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$902K
Total Assets
$11.2M
Total Revenue
$2.8M
Total Expenses
$2.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $57K, with a median of $41K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$41K
75th Percentile
$57K
Geographic Reach
National15 states funded
About 18% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where World Childhood Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for World Childhood Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 71 | $3.3M | 98.6% |
| 2 | Brazil |
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