Our impact

Turning awareness into action

With your support, The Freedom Café keeps creating spaces where people learn, connect and step into the work of ending exploitation. 100% of counter proceeds support that work.

The Freedom Café community

2025 year in review

Durham, New Hampshire

$148,845+ granted since 2013

Year in review

People informed, systems strengthened

These numbers represent more than programs. They represent people informed, systems strengthened and lives protected.

2025

155frontline workers & leaders trained
5industry-specific prevention trainings
5,000+guests welcomed in the café
47advocacy & educational events
19volunteers trained
2university student fellows

2024

584frontline workers & leaders trained
12industry-specific prevention programs
6,000+visitors served in the café
63advocacy events hosted
23volunteers trained
2university student fellows

Project Fund

Direct support for frontline partners

Every year we raise funds for two or three projects working in prevention, intervention, legislation and aftercare, and disburse them each January during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

$148,845+granted since 2013
16organizations & projects funded

Recent grants

  • 2025Thrive New England$1,065
  • 2025Living Hope Farms$520
  • 2025Gather$597
  • 2024Thrive New England$1,100
  • 2024ChildVoice$711
  • 2024Brigid’s House of Hope$500
  • 2024Love146$400

Our partners

Working together

Program partners serve in unique areas of the movement. We offer each an annual grant, and they share resources and train our volunteers.

In their words

Why people choose us

What I like most is the sense of community, I think that the Freedom Café is the reinvention of the coffeehouse that used to be a place where people come together and they share ideas and create something new and larger than themselves. It’s a place where you can create something new with other people.

Rachael Vaz, UNH Student

I choose the Freedom Café because I like what they’re doing. I didn’t realize how much trafficking was going on in the world. My friend Rachel started educating me about it, and that’s what brought me here; to support the cause. The best part? You pay whatever for drinks so even a broke college student like me can get a good drink for a great cause.

Kathy Stacy, UNH Freshman

I choose the Freedom Café because it’s ethical and their coffee and tea is good. I could go to Dunks but I feel better supporting a good cause. I’m biased but you honestly couldn’t find better people to buy from. The people are a community.

Dave Adams, UNH Junior
Impact reports

Our year-in-review reports

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December 22, 2025

2025 A Year of Action and Impact at The Freedom Café!

With your support, The Freedom Café continued turning awareness into action—creating spaces where people learned, connected, and stepped into the work of ending exploitation.In 2025, together we:Equipped 155 frontline…

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January 15, 2025

2024 Impact Summary

With YOUR Support, in 2024 The Freedom Cafe was able to:

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January 8, 2024

2023 Year In Review

A huge thank you to all of you who are journeying with The Freedom Cafe to build a world without exploitation! We are continually amazed by the way -…

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