Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1980.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
21 people listed on the 990; $104K paid to officers and key staff.
Sharman Cobb-Davenport’s $162K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharman Cobb-Davenport | $161,595 | $138,574 | $128,453 | $118,718 | $109,986 | $103,798 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Turning Point INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Empowers survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault with programs and resources to regain control.
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Emergency Shelter & Crisis Line
Turning point services work together to provide emergency services, resources and support for healing while also providing the community education and advocacy to reduce or eliminate the barriers survivors of domestic and sexual violence encountered when seeking help.
Counseling & Advocacy
Annually, turning point provides advocacy, group and individual counseling to over 2,000 adult and child survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Specifically trained trauma therapists provide support and assistance through the healing process and facilitate support groups for survivors and their significant others of all ages.
Community Development & Prevention
Community development brings community members together to improve the system's response to domestic violence and develop the resources they need to access safety. Staff provide community education, including policy development for law enforcement, medical and social service systems to build a community response that provides safety for…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 6 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 5 findings: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 6 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 10 findings: a material weakness in money controls, questioned costs.
Plus 4 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
Plus 5 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $722K | $1.4M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2.9M | $2.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $324K | $822K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $3.7M | $4.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $35K | $35K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $116K | $93K | $23K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $139K | $77K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $321K | $301K | $20K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $175K | $152K | $11K | $13K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $31K | $30K | $2K | |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $152K | $127K | $7K | $18K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $108K | $94K | $5K | $9K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $237K | $204K | $29K | $3K |
| TravelLn 17 | $14K | $11K | $2K | $776 |
| InterestLn 20 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $128K | $100K | $28K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $32K | $30K | $1K | $460 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $134K | $102K | $9K | $23K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $3.8M | $3.4M | $278K | $144K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 17, 2026 | $6.5M | $6.7M | −$252K | $3.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2025 | $6.0M | $7.2M | −$1.2M | $3.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 13, 2024 | $6.0M | $6.4M | −$344K | $4.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2023 | $5.5M | $5.4M | $93K | $4.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 12, 2022 | $5.5M | $4.6M | $895K | $4.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 12, 2021 | $4.0M | $3.8M | $218K | $4.0M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,995,071 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,995,071 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,776,809 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,775,820 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,953,503 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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