Awareness leads somewhere
Five24 exists to help people move beyond concern alone. Education should lead to wiser choices, clearer action, and real pathways forward.
About Five24
Helping people see exploitation clearly and build pathways toward dignity.
Five24 raises awareness about exploitation, educates communities, and creates practical pathways toward dignified work.
Our story
From seeing exploitation to building practical responses.
Five24 began with the realization that exploitation is not only a distant problem. It shows up in supply chains, consumer choices, vulnerable workers, and the opportunities people do or do not have.
That conviction led to Ethical Trade Co as a practical response through dignified work and ethical sourcing. As the work grew, Five24 became the nonprofit home for education, awareness, research, and work-readiness pathways.
Today, Five24 exists to help communities understand exploitation more clearly while creating practical next steps that are hopeful, honest, and useful.
Dignified work, not charity alone
Five24 believes vulnerable people need more than sympathy. They need practical, paid opportunities that build confidence, skills, and dignity.
Research people can actually use
Paper Chains and broader research work are built to make complex questions about exploitation, supply chains, and responsibility easier to understand.
Mission and vision
Five24 connects awareness with practical action.
The work is educational, relational, and action-oriented. It is built to help people respond to exploitation with clarity and dignity.
Mission
Five24 raises awareness and educates communities about exploitation, while operating social enterprises that create dignified employment and real alternatives for survivors and young people at risk.
Vision
We imagine communities where people understand hidden exploitation, support transparent supply chains, and help create real pathways where vulnerable people can flourish.
How we work
Through education, ethical trade, research, and paid work-readiness opportunities, Five24 connects awareness with practical action.
How the work developed
Different expressions of one larger mission.
Five24, Ethical Trade Co, and Paper Chains belong to the same effort to help people understand exploitation and respond with real alternatives.
A practical response through dignified work.
A social enterprise focused on ethical sourcing, education, and dignified work.
Education and research people can use.
A public education and research effort helping people understand exploitation behind everyday products and systems.
The nonprofit home for the larger mission.
The nonprofit home for awareness, education, research, and work-readiness pathways.
More practical pathways, with clarity and hope.
Expanding paid opportunities for vulnerable and neurodivergent young people while helping more communities respond to exploitation with clarity and hope.
Our work in practice
The mission takes shape in public projects and practical pathways.
These are some of the clearest ways Five24 turns awareness, education, research, and dignified work into something people can actually step into.
Ethical Trade Co
A mission-connected social enterprise focused on ethical sourcing, dignified work, and practical anti-exploitation education.
Explore Ethical Trade CoPaper Chains
Stories, media, and educational tools that help people understand exploitation and supply chains more clearly.
Visit Paper ChainsResearch Hub
A public library of reports, articles, and learning materials designed to make difficult topics more usable.
Use Research HubWork-readiness opportunities
Supportive, paid opportunities that help neurodivergent young people and others build confidence, skills, and dignified next steps.
See ways to get involvedTake the next step
Help us turn awareness into real pathways.
Your support helps Five24 educate communities, strengthen ethical trade, and create paid work-readiness opportunities for people who need dignified next steps.
Mission with practical follow-through
Five24 exists to do more than raise concern. The goal is to help people understand exploitation, respond wisely, and help build pathways that restore dignity.