About Us - Stolen Youth

GRANTS

Funds raised through community and corporate partnerships and individual support enable vital services for trafficked youth, as well as research and prevention efforts. In applying for project funding, each of our organizations undertakes a thorough vetting process with our Grant Committee, analyzing their sustainability, effectiveness, financial efficiency, integrity and alignment with StolenYouth’s mission. Returning grantees must reapply for funding every year.

We are proud to announce our 2023-2024 Grant Recipients:

At this time, StolenYouth does not accept unsolicited proposals.

OUR STORY

Our journey started with the award-winning book SOLD by Patricia McCormick.

SOLD tells the story of a Nepali girl sold into the brothels of India.

Inspired by what we learned from the book, some of us went to India to visit the NGOs doing the hard work on the ground.

There, we discovered that under the direst of
circumstances and with the humblest of resources, NGOs were making a difference in the lives of these girls.

Upon our return, we realized that we have a horrific child sex trafficking problem in our own backyard.

StolenYouth builds and invests in organizations working to dismantle the marketplace exploiting children for sex.

Our coalition is an innovative collaboration that combines the strength and creativity of service providers, business, policy and legal experts, and the public sector.

The Ginny Meisenbach Survivor Support Fund

In loving memory of our co-founder and dear friend, Ginny Meisenbach, StolenYouth established the Ginny Meisenbach Survivor Support Fund (The Ginny Fund), to carry on Ginny’s vision of supporting individual survivors through small but impactful grants. Since its inception in 2017, more than $110,000 has been granted through The Ginny Fund to empower sex trafficking survivors.

It doesn’t take a big gift to make a big impact — for example:

$50 covers the cost of groceries
$75 pays for a cellphone bill
$100 covers the cost of legal fees/fines
$250 alleviates cost of childcare
$500 pays for dental work
$1,000 pays for rent/safe housing

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This life-changing support is made possible thanks to our generous community. You can change a life today.

Learn more about applying for a grant from The Ginny Fund.

StolenYouth Leadership

StolenYouth Welcomes Executive Director Sarabeth Rees!

Sarabeth Rees comes to StolenYouth from PwC, a multinational management consulting and audit firm, where she served as a Senior Director. An accomplished strategist and business leader, Sarabeth has advised Fortune 500 organizations all over the world. Prior to working with PwC, she was the Chief Operating Officer of Orb Media, a Washington DC-based nonprofit media company. She also worked for Booz Allen Hamilton and BearingPoint in strategy consulting roles.

Passionate about preventing sex trafficking and supporting survivors, Sarabeth has spent the past 15 years doing volunteer and board work focused on trafficking and trafficking-adjacent subjects. She sits on the board of the Joyful Heart Foundation in New York City and previously chaired the board of HAVEN, a Montana-based nonprofit that works with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. In that role, she chaired HAVEN’s successful $8M capital campaign to build a 40-bed shelter for survivors, which opened just last year.

Sarabeth joins StolenYouth as the organization’s board just approved a three-year strategic roadmap to move the organization into a new chapter of growth. “We have found a remarkable leader in Sarabeth Rees,” said Kara Hurst, chair of the board. “Sarabeth has a special blend of professional expertise, personal passion for our mission, and the energy and vision to help us turn big ideas into reality. This is an exciting moment for StolenYouth, and we are thrilled that have found the right person to lead us.”

Founded in 2012, StolenYouth has quickly become a leading force in the work to end child sex trafficking and support survivors.

“StolenYouth has done such important work in its first 12 years, said Rees. “I am honored and delighted to help move the organization into its next chapter. I am grateful to the board for entrusting me with this critical mission and role. I look forward to meeting and working with all those who have a stake in continuing and expanding this important work.”

Sarabeth received her MBA from Georgetown University and her A.B. in public policy from Duke University. She holds a Certificate in Leadership from Yale University, and a Certificate in International Mediation and Conflict Resolution from Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is a licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), has traveled to more than 80 countries and lives in Seattle with her golden retriever, Watson.

Welcome, Sarabeth!