The problem is complex. Research shouldn't be.
Abuse, fraud, and exploitation rarely happen because of one failure. Information gets missed. Funding is hard to find. Safeguards break down, and important signals get lost between people, organizations, and systems.
Rethink Research helps organizations find the funding and information that matter, connect the dots, and close the gaps that exploitation depends on.
Whether you're looking for funding, trying to understand a complex issue, or questioning what might be missing, we'll help you dig deeper.
Our Services
Research & Analysis
Focused research on complex questions involving exploitation, prevention, policy, programs, systems, and emerging issues. We bring information together, identify patterns, and help you understand what matters.
Grant & Funder Research
Grant and funder research to help organizations find better-fit opportunities and focus their time where it matters most. Services include funding strategy, curated opportunities, funder research, and proposal support.
Gap Research
Focused research to uncover where information, funding, policies, processes, or safeguards break down. We help identify the gaps, understand why they matter, and clarify what deserves a closer look.
About Wendy Davis
Founder & Lead Researcher, Rethink Research
My career began in court-based research, where I spent more than 20 years finding answers that were not always easy to uncover. Along the way, I conducted over a million public record searches and worked with attorneys, investigators, consumer reporting agencies, and other professionals nationwide.
I later earned a master's in criminal justice, focusing on forensic psychology, because I wanted to better understand the systems and patterns behind what I was seeing.
Today, I use that background to help organizations find funding, answer difficult research questions, and close the gaps that leave people and systems vulnerable to abuse, fraud, and exploitation.
If there's a gap you're trying to close, let's talk.
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