World Without Exploitation: Epstein Survivor Advocacy, Campaign Funding, and the Public Record

PostedSeptember 23, 2026

UpdatedSeptember 23, 2026

ByEpsteinWiki

World Without Exploitation, also called WorldWE, is a national coalition against commercial sexual exploitation. It became a visible organizer of Epstein survivors’ public campaign for the release of federal records. Its rallies, advertisements, congressional advocacy, and survivor events are part of the history of the Epstein files fight. Its funding and the extent of survivor control over those campaigns have also drawn scrutiny. This profile separates what public records establish from the questions that remain open.

Snapshot

Item	Documented information
Organization	World Without Exploitation
Founded	2016, according to its organizational history
Founding coalition	Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Demand Abolition, National Organization for Women New York State, Sanctuary for Families, Survivors for Solutions, and The Voices and Faces Project
Current leaders listed by the organization	Lauren Hersh, CEO and cofounder, and Rachel Foster, board president and cofounder
Scope	The organization describes a coalition of more than 175 member groups on its homepage; another page says nearly 200. These are its own descriptions, not independently audited membership counts.
Tax status	The current website identifies World Without Exploitation Inc. as a 501(c)(3), EIN 41-4194714. Nonprofit Explorer lists exemption beginning in April 2026.
Former fiscal sponsor	Older WorldWE pages identify Tides Center as fiscal sponsor. A current donation form says WorldWE is transitioning to independent nonprofit status.
Epstein connection	Public advocacy with Epstein survivors and their families. The organization was founded decades after Epstein’s abuse began. No source examined for this profile establishes that WorldWE was part of his trafficking operation.

Key Takeaways

WorldWE helped organize survivors’ calls for disclosure, including the September 2025 Capitol Hill rally and public advertisements.
Reid Hoffman publicly acknowledged supporting the November 2025 Monday Night Football placement. That disclosure does not identify who funded the February 2026 Super Bowl advertisement.
The organization’s fiscal structure changed in 2026. Its older Tides sponsorship language and newer independent nonprofit disclosures must be read in their respective time periods.
An earlier payment involving a Tides entity and Ghislaine Maxwell’s TerraMar Project predates WorldWE. It does not establish that WorldWE received Epstein connected funds.
Survivors have described both meaningful support from WorldWE and concerns about confidentiality and decision making. Neither account should erase the other.

Founding, Mission, and Leadership

WorldWE’s account of its founding says the coalition emerged in 2016 from conversations among survivors, advocates, service providers, and artists. It identifies six founding organizations. Its stated work covers public education, policy advocacy, survivor leadership, and opposition to the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adults.

The organization’s current team page lists Lauren Hersh as CEO and Rachel Foster as president of the board. It also lists Rebecca Zipkin as vice president of policy and programs and names other staff and board members. A coalition’s public roster is not evidence that each listed member participated in every Epstein campaign or approved every message.

The organization’s policy description supports the Survivor Model, also described there as the Equality Model. It calls for services and the decriminalization of people sold in prostitution while maintaining measures against buyers and exploiters. This is an advocacy position. Researchers should distinguish that policy program from the narrower, cross party demand for the release of Epstein records.

Timeline of the Epstein Survivor Campaign

Date	Event	What the source establishes
September 3, 2025	Survivors gathered on Capitol Hill to demand release of federal Epstein files.	WorldWE’s news archive describes its organizing role. It reports that more than 20 survivors spoke together.
November 17, 2025	A survivor advertisement aired during Monday Night Football as Congress approached a vote.	WorldWE’s homepage credits the PSA creative team. Hoffman’s public statement acknowledged supporting its broadcast. The exact payment terms were not established in the reviewed material.
November 18 and 19, 2025	Congress passed, and the president signed, the Epstein Files Transparency Act.	WorldWE’s federal priorities identifies the law and its advocacy. Passage resulted from many survivors, advocates, lawmakers, and other participants; no single group can be assigned sole credit.
February 8, 2026	A second survivor PSA was released on Super Bowl Sunday and called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to release records.	Nick Bryant’s investigation says his inquiries did not establish its funding. Reports differ on broadcast details; no media contract was reviewed.
February 10, 2026	Virginia’s Law was introduced with Giuffre family members and survivor advocates present.	Reporting from the press conference identifies WorldWE among the advocates. The bill’s introduction is not its enactment.
April 2026	World Without Exploitation Inc. appears in tax exemption data under EIN 41-4194714.	Nonprofit Explorer’s IRS derived record lists April 2026 as the exemption date. It did not yet display a Form 990 for the organization when reviewed.
June 7 to 9, 2026	WorldWE held its Washington conference, including a panel on Epstein survivors reclaiming the narrative.	The published conference agenda identifies the panelists and moderator.
June 9, 2026	New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez addressed the conference about the Zorro Ranch investigation and access to federal files.	The New Mexico Department of Justice transcript records his remarks.
July 9, 2026	WorldWE paid for a North Carolina billboard urging Senator Thom Tillis to oppose Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general.	Local reporting identifies the purchaser and the message. It does not identify the ultimate donor for this expense.
September 2026	Survivors described WorldWE’s financial assistance for advocacy while also describing substantial remaining personal costs.	Interviews published September 21 document those accounts.

The conference agenda names Sky Roberts, Amanda Roberts, Dani Bensky, Jess Michaels, Sharlene Rochard, Marijke Chartouni, Liz Stein, and Annie Farmer on the Epstein survivor panel, with Hersh moderating. A public appearance establishes participation in that event. It does not establish agreement with every organizational decision.

Advocacy, Advertising, and Policy

WorldWE’s Epstein survivor PSA presented a demand for transparency through survivors’ own statements and photographs. Its homepage credits writer Aimée Lagos, codirectors Lagos and Lisa Bryant, executive producers Hersh, Foster, Lagos, and Bryant, editor Judd Frazier, and cameraman Andrew Dunn. Those are production credits, not a donor list or a record of contractual control over the footage.

Its federal priorities page supports the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Virginia’s Law, and the proposed REDACT Act. The latter proposals concern civil remedies and survivor privacy, respectively. A page calling a bill a priority should not be read as evidence that the bill has become law. The organization also works on trafficking record relief and other measures outside the Epstein matter. Its survivor training program describes the STAND fellowship, while its youth coalition addresses prevention and public education. These programs help explain the organization’s broader mission, but the public pages do not demonstrate how much of their budgets supported the Epstein campaign.

WorldWE’s July 2026 billboard shows the campaign continued beyond passage of the files law and included opposition to a federal nominee. The billboard’s disclosed purchaser is WorldWE. Its funding source, internal approval process, and any survivor participation terms require separate records. This campaign should be described in its July 2026 context rather than folded into the November 2025 advertising purchase.

The New Mexico attorney general’s statement independently confirms that the 2026 conference gave a government investigator a platform to discuss Zorro Ranch, solicit survivor accounts, and describe the state’s difficulty obtaining unredacted federal records. His statements describe an investigation, not a judicial finding about every allegation involving the property.

Source and Provenance: Tides and the 2026 Transition

Older pages on WorldWE’s site describe it as a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center. Fiscal sponsorship is a common arrangement through which an established nonprofit supplies legal and administrative infrastructure. Tides explains its own model and the range of services it offers sponsored projects. The arrangement alone does not indicate improper conduct or identify the donor for a particular advertisement.

The record has changed. WorldWE’s current footer identifies World Without Exploitation Inc. as a registered charity with EIN 41-4194714. Its donor form says it can now accept donations directly and is transitioning away from Tides. IRS derived exemption data places the independent entity’s tax exemption in April 2026. The reviewed sources do not fix a single date on which every Tides account, employment arrangement, contract, or campaign expense transferred. Some site footers still carry the older description.

It would therefore be inaccurate to describe WorldWE in September 2026 only as a Tides project or to assume that its independent status governed the 2025 advertisement. Financial research needs the date, recipient legal entity, project ledger, donor restrictions, and payment record for each transaction. A separate 2026 nonprofit registration does not retroactively reveal donor details from the sponsorship period.

Evidence Matrix: What Each Record Can Establish

Record	Supports	Does not establish
WorldWE homepage and PSA credits	The organization publicly sponsored a survivor transparency campaign and lists named production personnel.	Who paid every production and airtime expense or what each survivor authorized.
Federal priorities page	WorldWE’s stated support for the files act and proposed survivor protection measures.	Sole credit for passage or proof of full government compliance.
Hoffman’s public funding statement	His support for the November 2025 Monday Night Football placement.	Funding of the February 2026 Super Bowl PSA or authority over survivor messaging.
Older WorldWE fiscal sponsorship disclosure	A historical Tides Center relationship.	A transfer of any specific Epstein related donor’s money to WorldWE.
WorldWE donor transition form and exemption record	Independent nonprofit status and a transition from fiscal sponsorship in 2026.	Completed transfer date for every account or full project finances.
WorldWE conference agenda and New Mexico DOJ statement	Public participation and Torrez’s statements about his investigation.	What happened in private survivor meetings.
EFTA00270646	Tides Foundation paid TerraMar $100,000 on May 26, 2014.	The ultimate donor or a financial connection to WorldWE.
Nick Bryant’s investigation	Published allegations and the questions he put to the organization.	Independent confirmation of anonymous complaints or the unconfirmed Super Bowl funder.

The relevant direct evidence record is EFTA00270646, a 2014 Tides Foundation check to TerraMar. It establishes a payment to TerraMar, not to WorldWE. No verified EFTA record reviewed for this profile names WorldWE as a participant in Epstein’s historical operations. An EFTA citation must always identify what the particular record actually proves.

The Hoffman Donation and the Limits of the Record

Hoffman publicly said that he supported WorldWE in airing the November 2025 Monday Night Football advertisement. His prior contact with Epstein makes disclosure of his role relevant to survivor autonomy and public trust. His support for the advertisement does not, by itself, show that he chose participants, wrote the script, influenced policy demands, or purchased another advertisement.

Bryant reported that he could not establish who funded the February 2026 Super Bowl PSA after asking Hoffman and Hersh. The reviewed record likewise supplies no invoice, donor acknowledgment, media purchase agreement, or comparable proof of that advertisement’s funder. NBC affiliated reporting says the PSA aired during the Super Bowl, while contemporaneous reporting describes it as released on Super Bowl Sunday. Without a broadcast log, network confirmation, or contract, its exact placement and price remain unverified here. A published rate card is not the amount this campaign necessarily paid.

The Butterfly Bureau’s receipts review examines Hoffman’s documented support and the missing financial chain. Its earlier statement that WorldWE operated under Tides should now be read alongside the independent nonprofit records from 2026. That later development updates the organization’s current status; it does not settle who funded either campaign.

The TerraMar Claim and Guilt by Association

The released check, EFTA00270646, shows a $100,000 Tides Foundation payment to the TerraMar Project, attention Ghislaine Maxwell, dated May 26, 2014. EpsteinWiki’s TerraMar evidence review notes that one OCR rendering misread the date. WorldWE says it was founded in 2016. This earlier payment was to a different organization and from a different Tides legal entity than WorldWE’s later fiscal sponsor, Tides Center. The check does not reveal the ultimate donor, purpose, or any later transfer to WorldWE.

The same investigation discusses other donors to parts of the Tides network. A donor’s relationship with Epstein, a contribution to a Tides entity, and WorldWE’s earlier fiscal sponsorship are three separate facts. They do not form a financial chain without documents tracing an identified contribution to a WorldWE account and then to a specific expense. No reviewed source establishes that Epstein, Maxwell, TerraMar, or another Epstein associate funded WorldWE’s survivor advocacy through that route.

Survivor Perspectives, Confidentiality, and Control

In Bryant’s reporting, an unnamed survivor objected to the reported presence of public relations personnel at a private meeting with survivors, lawyers, and policymakers. Another unnamed survivor questioned WorldWE’s motives. Bryant explicitly labeled a separate claim about selection of speakers for a Florida congressional event as uncorroborated. These are accounts and allegations, not findings that every participant was uninformed or that all private meetings lacked consent.

The Butterfly Bureau review asks who approved meeting attendance, campaign funding, editing, reuse of photographs, and distribution of recordings. These are specific questions that contracts, consent forms, invitations, meeting records, and participant accounts could address. Researchers should seek those records without publishing a survivor’s private details or assuming that silence equals consent.

There is also evidence of tangible support. Survivors interviewed in September 2026 praised WorldWE’s financial assistance with advocacy while explaining that public appearances still cost them money and time. Survivor experiences can differ. This positive account should be included alongside, rather than used to dismiss, specific confidentiality concerns reported by other participants.

Leadership History and the Brooklyn Prosecution

The Butterfly Bureau review and Nick Bryant’s investigation examine Lauren Hersh’s departure from the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in 2012. A trafficking and rape prosecution collapsed amid failure to disclose a complainant’s recantation to the defense. Hersh resigned. Contemporary accounts cited by the investigations report that an ethics panel found insufficient evidence to sanction her. This episode predates WorldWE and is relevant to evaluating leadership and disclosure practices, but it does not establish misconduct by WorldWE or prove that Hersh was formally disciplined. The prosecution and the complainant’s experience deserve accuracy and privacy.

Reliability and Limitations

The strongest sources for organizational structure are WorldWE’s own dated disclosures and tax exemption data. Its website describes its policies and credits, but does not provide every donor agreement, campaign budget, project ledger, or survivor release. Tax exemption data identifies the independent nonprofit but does not provide a complete account of its earlier sponsored project.

The strongest sources for public events are the published conference program, the New Mexico attorney general’s remarks, the campaign materials, and contemporaneous survivor interviews. Bryant’s reporting brings forward questions and unnamed survivor accounts that deserve careful investigation. Anonymity can protect participants, but it limits independent verification. Inferences about intent, coercion, donor control, or wrongdoing require further evidence.

Survivor Safety and Privacy Review

Publicly named survivor advocates are identified here only in connection with appearances already listed in the public conference program. No private survivor identity, unpublished meeting list, contact information, minor’s photograph, or personal medical detail is needed to explain the organization’s role. Future additions should use a survivor’s chosen public name and avoid repeating allegations of abuse merely to describe an advocacy campaign.

Fact Check

Founded in 2016: Supported by WorldWE’s organizational history. The May 26, 2014 TerraMar check predates WorldWE.

Previously sponsored by Tides Center: Supported by older WorldWE page footers. Current disclosures also identify an independent nonprofit and a transition away from that sponsorship.

Hoffman supported the November 2025 advertisement: Supported by his public statement. The specific amount and contractual terms were not established.

Hoffman funded the February 2026 Super Bowl advertisement: Unproven in the reviewed record. Its precise airtime and purchase price also need independent documentation.

Epstein connected money reached WorldWE through Tides: Unproven in the reviewed record. A payment or donation elsewhere in the Tides network cannot establish that claim.

All participating survivors approved every decision, or none did: Neither assertion is supported by the available consent records. Individual experiences and permissions require individual evidence.

Hersh was sanctioned for her role in the Brooklyn case: The cited reporting says the panel found insufficient evidence to sanction her. Describe the prosecution and resignation without changing that finding.

Related EpsteinWiki Research

The Butterfly Bureau event page on EpsteinWiki introduces its investigation of WorldWE, Tides, Hoffman, campaign funding, and survivor control. The SOAR profile describes another survivor advocacy network and notes public work by Sky and Amanda Roberts with WorldWE. The TerraMar Project entry discusses the separate Tides payment and its evidentiary limits. These pages provide context, not proof of a funding transfer to WorldWE.

Questions for Further Research

When did WorldWE’s fiscal sponsorship end for legal, payroll, banking, and donation purposes, and were any project accounts still winding down after its April 2026 exemption?
What were the funding sources, production costs, and actual media placement terms for each survivor PSA?
Were all participants informed of the November 2025 donor before approving their appearances, and what approvals applied to later reuse of footage?
Who attended private meetings with survivors and policymakers, and what confidentiality rules did participants authorize?
Who controlled edits, publication dates, campaign messaging, and any later fundraising use of survivor stories?
What direct assistance did WorldWE provide for travel and advocacy, and what costs remained with individual survivors?
Can any claimed transfer from an Epstein connected donor be documented through the precise Tides legal entity, a restriction or ledger entry, and a WorldWE expenditure?

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