Close the gaps exploitation depends on.

Strategic research and grant support for organizations working to interrupt child exploitation and human trafficking.

The problem is complex. Research shouldn't be.

Human trafficking and child exploitation rarely fit neatly inside one system. Funding is scattered. Information lives across agencies, organizations, reports, public records, and other sources. Important patterns can be easy to miss.

Rethink Research helps organizations find the funding and information that matter, connect the dots, and close gaps that can leave people and systems vulnerable to exploitation.

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

Funding research for organizations working to prevent exploitation and protect vulnerable populations. Services may include funding strategies, 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.

Let's Talk

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 working to interrupt child exploitation and human trafficking find funding, answer difficult research questions, and close the gaps exploitation depends on.

If there's a gap you're trying to close, let's talk.

Testimonial

"Wendy has a unique talent for finding the numbers, the stories, the trends, the truths, and the soundbites you need and delivering that information in an organized, efficient, and sophisticated manner. We consider Wendy to be our secret strategic weapon and a valued member of our consulting team."

Kate Colbert, Silver Tree Communications