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Michelle Mathis

Director · A Safe Place Empowerment Network INC

Director at A Safe Place Empowerment Network INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 6 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
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Roles reported
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Others who share this name
6

Who this is

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Reported as Director of A Safe Place Empowerment Network INC, based in Gastonia, NC.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Michelle Mathis serves as Chairman of FAITH IN HARM REDUCTION, a role she held from 2023 to 2024. She is also the co-founder and Executive Director of The Olive Branch Ministry, a faith-based harm reduction agency in North Carolina, which she started full-time with her wife Karen Lowe in 2018.

Mathis is a leader in the National Faith in Harm Reduction Movement and chairs the NC Harm Reduction Coalition Board. Her work is driven by a belief in honoring individuals with compassion and love, aiming to extend hope and life by meeting people where they are.

She also directs Points of HOPE, a justice-centered education and syringe access program, and coordinates a local county EMS post-overdose response team.

Compiled from public web sources (3 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Career & tenure

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Tenure here
2023–2024

Affiliations

Organizations

A Safe Place Empowerment Network INC Director · $192K revenue · Gastonia, NCFiled FY2025, FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Michelle Mathis

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Michelle Mathis 1 organization · Beaumont, TXPlymouth Village Trust
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Michelle Mathis 1 organization · Bronx, NYFaith in Harm Reduction
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Michelle Mathis 1 organization · New Castle, PAA2j Ministries
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Michelle Mathis 1 organization · Edmonds, WAParent Cooperative Education Program
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Michelle Mathis 1 organization · Hyde Park, MABarbadian Cultural Committee of Boston Incorporated
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Michelle Mathis 1 organization · Wilmington, NCNorth Carolina Harm Reduction INC

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Executive Director · FY2025
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Director · FY2025
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Director and Board Secretary · FY2025
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Director and Board Chair · FY2025
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Director and Treasurer · FY2025

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