How Your Support Builds Room To Care

Room To Care has quietly grown for a long time, not because the work was small, but because it was important enough to be accomplished with care. Every step of this process so far has been personally financed by me as this organization was being developed, its non-profit status achieved, and its vision of Through Their Eyes developed.

Now, we are at a crossroads where we must rely not on belief but on doing, where we must start to develop, and even where we develop in this lean way, it takes hard cash.

Room To Care is now officially a nonprofit organization, which means that we are eligible for donations, corporate donations, corporate sponsorships, and grants. This is not about scaling fast; this is about laying a foundation that is ethical and sustainable.

Why Funding Is Important During This Phase

Putting together a project like “Through Their Eyes” is no trivial feat because it requires the coordination of many different elements. It requires research, consultation with survivors, developing curricula, filming, editing, accessibility considerations, technological platforms, and secure data management. Even if we subcontract all of these elements rather than using in-house personnel, the price adds up quickly.

Think about this: an entire module can be accomplished in one day’s worth of professional filming. The post-production process is critical in order for these stories to be treated in a respectful and accurate way. The curriculum development process then turns these stories into learning that can be applied in real ways. All of this requires resources.

Your support helps to move this work from the planning phase to the progress phase.

What Individual Donations Make Possible

Personal contributions make up the core of our work in young nonprofits. Personal contributions help us to proceed in an informed and flexible way, responding to changing needs and emerging opportunities.

Even a small gift has a very important purpose: it allows for funding research time, initial drafts of curricula, and survivor reviews that ensure that our material is ethical and accurate. A mid-tier gift is very important, as it allows us to finalize edits, add accessibility features like captions and transcripts, and pay for licensing for educational resources that expand our reach. When people give gifts at a more substantial level, they are funding whole sections of production from start to finish.

Each individual donor becomes part of the foundation we are building.

If you are interested in contributing, you can donate directly from our website or from our partner platform, GiveButter: https://givebutter.com/RoomToCare2026

You can also donate by text message by texting RTC2026 to 53-555, making it easy to support the work wherever you are.

How Corporate Support Extends Reach

Corporation donations and sponsorships enable Through Their Eyes to reach into areas where greater awareness translates into effective intervention. The hospitality industry, healthcare industry, transportation industry, and other industries interact with trafficking in ways that most people do not realize.

This corporate support provides the necessary funding for industry-specific modules, large productions, and maintaining programs in the long run. It also provides an opportunity for Room To Care to deliver education into an environment that might not have been accessible otherwise.

Sponsorship has nothing to do with logos and face time. Sponsorship has everything to do with aligning with a mission that has empathy, responsibility, and prevention at the heart of it.

Grants and Long-Term Sustainability

Grant funding helps ensure that Room To Care is not just launched, but sustained. Grants support deeper research, program updates, international perspectives, and the ability to expand responsibly without compromising quality.

As a 501(c)(3), we can now pursue grants that align with education, prevention, survivor support, and ethical innovation. This is essential for long-term impact.

Why This Moment Matters

Room To Care is still early in its journey. That is exactly why this moment matters so much. We are not asking you to support something that already exists at scale. We are inviting you to help build it.

If you choose to support this work through a donation, sponsorship, or just sharing, you are directly helping to bring about an education that puts people at its focus, speaks truth, and enables others to see what is often missed.

This marks the point at which Through Their Eyes becomes more than just an idea, becoming a living, breathing project.

We are now accepting donations on our site through GiveButter at https://givebutter.com/RoomToCare2026

or by texting RTC2026 to 53-555.

Thank you for believing in this endeavor and helping us move forward.

Thank you for leaving Room To Care.