Hostage US is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that provides a range of support and professional services to hostage families and returning hostages during and after a kidnap, all delivered free of charge and independent of outside interests. Its founding partners are the James W Foley Legacy Foundation and Hostage UK, and it is based on the successful model of Hostage UK, which has been delivering this kind of support for over a decade. It is an independent US-based non-profit. It launched publicly in April 2016.