
and challenges in the journey to sanctuary - together - we overcame.

Becca Stevens, Founder & President and Hal Cato, CEO
Strength in unity
Like every organization, the pandemic affected in profound ways. But facing magnified, global levels of uncertainty made us dig deeper to be a place of safety, hope, and healing.
The ties of love that bind us together are stronger than the fraying that threatens to pull us apart. By weaving our stories together, we experience how love heals and hope for our common future.
Thank you for writing this story with us and for believing in the healing power of love.
Strength in Shared Stewardship
Thanks to the generosity of our donors and customers, and a fully-forgiven PPP loan, we have maintained 100% employment and simultaneously built a foundation for growth.
Residential Program
Our free, two-year program provides housing, healing, and employment for women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction.
In May, we celebrated 9 women who graduated our 2 year program.
Strength in Community
We are excited to announce that our new home will open Spring 2022 and house 8 women.
In addition, our new Safe House created 4 beds for short-term, emergency housing. In the first 12 months of operation, 39 women were housed and matched to resources to support their long term healing journey.
Thistle On the Inside, our program serving women still incarcerated received a grant that will allow us to double the program in the coming months.

6,900
Nights of safe, supportive housing.

1,300
Medical & mental health appointments.

108,384
Hours of employment for women survivors.




National Network
An aligned action network of survivor sanctuaries across the country.
National Network
Strength In Numbers
With momentum only love can propel, our network of sister organizations grew by more than 150 beds since last year.
Relentless love expands this community. It transcends house walls, state lines, and country borders.
TOGETHER, we light the way home for the next woman survivor.

569
Beds across the country for women survivors.

92
Sister organizations in our network, with 57 open residential programs.

35
Residential organizations still in development.
Global Shared Trade
Our model for international trade addresses exploitation and poverty through a network social enterprises.
relief grant
Strength in sharing
The impact to the global supply chain has resulted in an 47% average revenue loss for our global partners since the beginning of the pandemic.
In response, Thistle Farms Global distributed 9 small grants to support artisan and community well-being, product financing, village sanitation, and eco-sustainable projects.

39
Artisan partners in 21 countries.

1,400
Survivor artisans employed by partner organizations.

58%
Average revenue returned to our partners.
In Gratitude
During a year when so many felt stuck at home, you made it possible for the women of Thistle Farms to feel safe at home.
On behalf of our entire community, thank you for helping us show the world that good news abounds, gratitude cannot be quarantined, and that love can easily traverse six feet.