Joyful Heart Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit founded to transform society's response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse by supporting survivors, promoting healing and resilience, and driving policy and cultural change.
Advocacy for survivor-centered criminal justice reforms, improved responses to sexual assault (including forensic/rape kit policies), trauma-informed care and mental health services, prevention and education programs, and anti-trafficking initiatives.
Primarily individual donations and philanthropic grants, supplemented by foundation support, corporate partnerships, and fundraising events.
Founder and public advocate Mariska Hargitay; partnerships with national and local survivor-advocacy organizations, service providers, and academic/medical collaborators (and various celebrity supporters).
Non-profit (501(c)(3))