--- title: Year End Giving | Thorn description: Take action and help build a safer future for all children. Child sexual abuse is a global public health crisis. But it doesn't have to be. Donate today. image: https://info.thorn.org/hubfs/EOY25-LP-SocialShare.jpg --- ![Thorn-logo](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Thorn-logo.png?width=162&height=40&name=Thorn-logo.png "Thorn-logo") ## Fundraising goal **Giving Tuesday!** **$500** raised **$10,000** goal **25** people have donated ## Fundraising goal **Help us reach the next milestone** **$48,137** raised **$75,000** goal **94** people have donated # Be the steady support children need. Technology keeps changing — and so do the threats children face online. Your gift helps Thorn understand emerging risks and build technology that strengthens how children are protected. Give monthly to provide steady support all year, or make a one-time gift today. ![26\_EOY\_LP\_GT\_Header\_1](https://info.thorn.org/hubfs/26_EOY_LP_GT_Header_1.png "26_EOY_LP_GT_Header_1") Give with confidence ![charity-badges-May2026](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/charity-badges-May2026.png?width=330&height=100&name=charity-badges-May2026.png "charity-badges-May2026")   Donation frequency Monthly donation One-time donation Donation amount Other amount Other amount (minimum $5) $ Continue [Secured by Funraise](https://www.funraise.org/about/secure-donations?utm_source=platform&utm_medium=form&utm_campaign=security_badge) 🔒 Your donation is secured with 256-bit encryption.  ![](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Thorn%20Landing%20Pages%202025/images/wave-isolated.png?width=4000&height=545&name=wave-isolated.png) ![girl-window-illustration](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/girl-window-illustration.png?width=600&height=590&name=girl-window-illustration.png "girl-window-illustration") ## Technology changes every day. Child protection must keep pace. Every day, new technologies reshape how children connect, learn, and play — and create new opportunities for abuse and exploitation. Protecting children in this changing digital world requires ongoing effort. That’s why Thorn conducts original research, builds new technology, and builds strong partnerships with the platforms and investigators positioned to act. Every gift helps move this work forward. Monthly gifts provide reliable support that helps Thorn stay ready, adapt as new risks emerge, and continue strengthening the digital safety net children deserve — every day of the year. We call the people who provide this steady monthly support Builders. [Protect children every month](https://info.thorn.org/donate-protect-kids-every-day#donation-form-eoy) --- ## Steady support powers critical parts of Thorn’s work. Thorn Builders (monthly donors) provide reliable support to help our teams stay ready, respond to emerging needs, and sustain work that cannot pause. Thorn’s research and technical innovation are supported entirely through donations. Donor gifts also help advance our child victim identification work. Month after month, Builders help make it possible to: ![icon-surveys-1](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/icon-surveys-1.png?width=75&height=75&name=icon-surveys-1.png "icon-surveys-1") ## Understand emerging threats Conduct original research into how technology is changing the risks children face — and share insights that can lead to more effective protection. ![icon-socialmedia](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/icon-socialmedia.png?width=75&height=75&name=icon-socialmedia.png "icon-socialmedia") ## Build and improve technology Develop, test, and strengthen tools that transform how children are protected from sexual abuse and exploitation. ![icon-identify](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/icon-identify.png?width=75&height=74&name=icon-identify.png "icon-identify") ## Help investigators identify child victims Support technology and resources that help investigators prioritize urgent cases and identify child victims who may be in harm’s way. [Become a Builder](https://info.thorn.org/donate-protect-kids-every-day#donation-form-eoy) ![26\_EOY\_LP\_GT\_12mo](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/26_EOY_LP_GT_12mo.png?width=500&height=300&name=26_EOY_LP_GT_12mo.png "26_EOY_LP_GT_12mo") ## It’s like two years of giving in one. Start a new monthly gift this Giving Tuesday, and a generous donor, will match its full 12-month value, dollar for dollar. Your first year of support can make twice the impact for children. For example, a $25 monthly gift provides $300 over 12 months — and activates an additional $300 in matching funds. [Double my first year of impact](https://info.thorn.org/donate-protect-kids-every-day#donation-form-eoy) *Up to $10,000 in matching funds are available, with a maximum match of $1,200 per donor, while funds remain.* ## Give monthly. See your impact all year. Builders provide reliable support for Thorn’s work — and receive opportunities to stay connected to the progress they help make possible. ## As a Builder, you’ll receive: - Exclusive access to expert webinars - A monthly newsletter featuring exclusive updates - Reports showing how your support is making a difference - Thorn’s annual impact report - Connection to a community of people committed to protecting children - 10% off purchases from the Thorn store for as long as you’re a Builder ## Fundraising goal **$2,660** raised **$10,000** goal **12** people have donated ![26\_EOY\_LP\_GT\_Builder-Gift](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/26_EOY_LP_GT_Builder-Gift.png?width=500&height=322&name=26_EOY_LP_GT_Builder-Gift.png "26_EOY_LP_GT_Builder-Gift") ## New Builders receive a special welcome gift Begin a monthly gift and receive a Thorn mug and sticker as our way of welcoming you to the Builder community.\* [Become a Builder](https://info.thorn.org/donate-protect-kids-every-day#donation-form-eoy) *\*To redeem your Builders gift, you must be* [*subscribed to Thorn emails*](https://www.thorn.org/support/builders-program/#builders-subscription)*. Please subscribe during checkout so we have permission to contact you and fulfill your gift. You may unsubscribe after receiving it. Gift packages can only be shipped to addresses in the continental United States.* ## Meet the people who show up for children every month. Builders come from different places and experiences, but they share a commitment to creating a safer digital world for children. Here’s why they choose to support Thorn month after month. ![builder-samia](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/builder-samia.png?width=150&height=150&name=builder-samia.png "builder-samia") "Thorn’s work is essential. Us parents often feel helpless knowing children like ours are vulnerable to predators and that’s why I’m glad to be a small part of their efforts." samia in pennsylvania ![builder-michael](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/builder-michael.png?width=150&height=150&name=builder-michael.png "builder-michael") “As a father, it breaks my heart that there are children in harm's way. I’m a Builder because every kid deserves to grow up in safety.” michael in nebraska ![builder-alison](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/builder-alison.png?width=150&height=150&name=builder-alison.png "builder-alison") “I'm inspired to give to Thorn each month, because I feel like it's the least I can do to try and play a part in helping some of the victims and supporting survivors of this horrific industry.” alison in arkansas --- ## Progress at the scale children need. Between January 1 and September 30, 2026, Thorn and our partners expanded the reach of child safety technology and research. Each number represents another step toward a stronger digital safety net. ![icon-hashing-250](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/icon-hashing-250.png?width=85&height=85&name=icon-hashing-250.png "icon-hashing-250") ### More than 2.2 trillion files processed to detect child sexual abuse material ![icon-matching-250](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/icon-matching-250.png?width=85&height=85&name=icon-matching-250.png "icon-matching-250") ### Nearly 2.6 million suspected child sexual abuse material files found ![icon-globe-250](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/icon-globe-250.png?width=85&height=85&name=icon-globe-250.png "icon-globe-250") ### 1,046 agencies using Thorn’s child victim identification tools ![icon-report-250](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/icon-report-250.png?width=85&height=85&name=icon-report-250.png "icon-report-250") ### 4,891 downloads of Thorn’s research reports [Help power what comes next](https://info.thorn.org/donate-protect-kids-every-day#donation-form-eoy) --- ## Start a monthly gift. Your first year will be matched. On Giving Tuesday, a generous donor, will match the full 12-month value of every new monthly gift started on December 1. That means your decision to support children every month can activate twice the funding for an entire year.   ## Here's how it works: - You give $25 each month $25 x 12 months = $300 - The matching donor gives $300 - Together, that provides $600 to support Thorn’s work #### Thanks to a generous gift from a donor, $10,000 in matching funds are available. ### "We’re deeply impressed by Thorn and its commitment to developing technology that helps law enforcement agencies around the world identify and respond to child sexual abuse material. By helping investigators work through overwhelming volumes of harmful content more efficiently—and reducing their exposure to it—Thorn is strengthening efforts to protect children and hold perpetrators accountable. This is a problem that affects us all, and one everyone who cares about children should care about."   ANONYMOUS *Up to $10,000 in matching funds are available, with a maximum match of $1,200 per donor. The offer applies to new monthly gifts started while the Giving Tuesday match is active and is available only while matching funds remain.* ![](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Thorn%20Landing%20Pages%202025/images/wave-isolated.png?width=4000&height=545&name=wave-isolated.png) ![puddle-illustration](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/puddle-illustration.png?width=400&height=281&name=puddle-illustration.png "puddle-illustration") ## Be the steady support children need. Give today — and help protect children every month. A monthly gift gives Thorn reliable support to understand emerging threats, advance technology, and help strengthen how children are protected throughout the year. [Become a Builder](https://info.thorn.org/donate-protect-kids-every-day#donation-form-eoy) If monthly giving isn’t right for you, [a one-time gift can](https://info.thorn.org/donate-protect-kids-every-day#donation-form-eoy) still help move this work forward. --- ## Your gift is essential to Thorn’s work protecting children. Donation revenue allows Thorn to invest in critical work that is not fully supported by earned revenue. Your gift helps us study emerging threats, create new child safety technology, and build tools that help investigators identify children. ## Your gift helps make possible: - Research & Insights: Donations provide 100% of the funding used to understand the risks children face and share insights that can lead to stronger protection. - Technical Innovation: Donations provide 100% of the funding used to create and test new technology designed to address complex child safety challenges. - Child Victim Identification: Donations fund a critical share of the tools that help investigators focus on urgent cases and identify children faster. Thorn also earns revenue from organizations using our Platform Safety technology. That revenue helps sustain those services, while donations make our research and technical innovation possible and help advance Child Victim Identification. ![2025Financials\_GTLP-0@2x](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/2025Financials_GTLP-0@2x.png?width=1356&height=1244&name=2025Financials_GTLP-0@2x.png "2025Financials_GTLP-0@2x") --- ### Give with confidence - Your donation is processed securely. - Thorn is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. - EIN: 27-0943677 - Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. ![charity-badges-May2026](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/charity-badges-May2026.png?width=330&height=100&name=charity-badges-May2026.png "charity-badges-May2026") ![Thorn](https://info.thorn.org/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Thorn%20Landing%20Pages%202025/images/thorn-logo-coral.png?width=130&height=32&name=thorn-logo-coral.png "Thorn") Thorn is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. EIN: 27-0943677 © 2025 Thorn. All rights reserved.