How this review was conducted.
This review uses only primary public sources. No information has been obtained through hacking, social-engineering, deception, or any unlawful method. No source on this site has been paid. The review has no funding from any nonprofit, government agency, or commercial entity.
Each claim quoted from Marici is taken from materials they have themselves published. Where impact figures are quoted, the source platform is identified — including third-party donor platforms (Millie Giving, Benevity, Charity Navigator, GuideStar) which republish information supplied by the organisation itself.
Financial figures are taken from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public documents the organisation is legally required to file. Form 990s are accessed via ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, which mirrors IRS data.
Where this review notes that a piece of evidence is “not publicly available,” that statement reflects diligent searching of: (a) Marici's own website and subdomains; (b) standard nonprofit databases; (c) Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and arXiv for academic claims; (d) public press releases, news media, and US government anti-trafficking reports; (e) social-media profiles of the organisation and its named officers; (f) the Wayback Machine for historical snapshots. The absence of evidence in those locations is documented as such; it is not characterised as proof of falsehood.
All claims and sources will be re-verified at least monthly. Significant changes, corrections, and updates will be logged in the changelog below with their date.
Preserving the public record. Readers wishing to preserve a stable, independently-hosted record of any URL referenced on this site can submit it to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine via web.archive.org/save. The archived snapshot is independent of both this publication and Marici, and persists if either party subsequently modifies or removes the original. Visual evidence captured by this publication — such as the donation-tier screenshot embedded on the home page and at Claim 05 — is dated in the caption and preserved as a static asset on this site.
Every link, every quote.
Every claim on this site is sourced. Each link below points to the original public material referenced. All were archived to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine prior to publication.
- Marici website (homepage)https://www.marici.org/
- Marici donation pagehttps://www.marici.org/donate/
- Marici “Our Solution”https://www.marici.org/our-solution/
- Marici Aftercare page (Stanford claim)marici.org Aftercare section — “Marici x Stanford. The Biology of Transformation.”
- Marici “Get Involved”https://www.marici.org/get-involved/
- IRS Form 990 filings (2017–2024)ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — Marici (EIN 82-1536804) — https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821536804
- Charity Navigator ratinghttps://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/821536804
- Candid / GuideStar profilehttps://www.guidestar.org/profile/82-1536804
- Donor platform listing (impact ratio displayed)Millie Giving — https://app.milliegiving.com/nonprofits/82-1536804/marici
- Benevity Causes (corporate-giving listing)https://causes.benevity.org/causes/840-821536804
- Foundation Directory (Candid)https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/fdo-grantmaker-profile/?collection=grantmakers&activity=result&key=9474728
- Prior legal name (“Take Her Back”)https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/take-her-back,821536804/
- Marici LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/maricingo
- Cambodian FNGO recruitment listinghttps://www.bongthom.com/job_detail/view_detail_32198.html
Archived snapshots of each source as of the date of publication are preserved separately. If any of the originals is modified or removed after publication, the archived version will remain accessible and will be referenced in the changelog.
Every update, logged.
Every substantive change to this site is recorded here, with date and reason.
- [DATE] — Initial publication of the review.
- [DATE] — Open letter dispatched via marici.org contact form; awaiting response.
For Marici, its officers, or its supporters.
Marici, any of its officers, any of its directly identified staff, or any donor or supporter who feels misrepresented by anything on this site is offered a full, unedited right of reply, to be published on this site in a location and with a prominence equivalent to the material being responded to.
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Where a response substantively answers a question on this site, the corresponding claim's status will be updated and the change recorded in the changelog above.