Methodology

How we estimate impact

The counters next to the pledge slider are a model, not a receipt. They take the dollars that will go to partner organizations and show six different ways those dollars could be spent. They do not add up to six separate outcomes.

What the numbers are

Each row divides the deployed share of your pledge by a partner-reported average cost. A $100 pledge at a 90% charity split deploys $90. That $90 can be read as about two days of aftercare, or a fraction of a border interception, or a few investigation hours, or a counseling session, or an hour of legal casework, or a few percent of one fully-loaded rescue. Same dollars. Six readings.

The unit costs

$45 / day — trauma-informed aftercare (housing, food, casework). Partner range is roughly $40–$60.

$150 / interception — one person stopped at a border or transit point before exploitation. Partner range is roughly $100–$200.

$35 / hour — field investigation toward a rescue operation.

$80 / session — one trauma-informed counseling hour. Partner aftercare budgets typically sit near $70–$100.

$60 / hour — survivor legal casework (filings, accompaniment, case management). Not a private-attorney rate; NGO caseworker range is roughly $45–$75.

$4,000 / person — fully-loaded rescue and restoration of one person. Public IJM materials put the start-to-finish average near $3,500–$5,000.

What they are not

They are not a promise that your pledge buys a specific person, raid, or bed-night. Actual costs move with country, case, and year. Organizations do not invoice us per interception. Below $4,000 the rescue row is shown as a share of one person so the counter still moves; that is a visual, not a claim that a child can be purchased in slices.

The figures come from public averages published by partners such as IJM, Destiny Rescue, A21, and Hope for Justice. When live disbursements begin, the allocation ribbon will show where the money actually went.