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Safe Connections

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Saint Louis, MO501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 43-1077667Revenue $2.5M in FY2024

On file with the IRSsafeconnections.org2165 Hampton Ave, 63139-2904 · Saint Louis, MOTax-exempt since Sep 1976Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Reduce the impact and incidence of relationship violence and sexual assault through education, crisis intervention, counseling, and support services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 112 volunteers and 53 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $34K a year · 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$116K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 50% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $365K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$140K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.5M
-1% vs prior year
Spent
$2.6M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$2.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2024▼ -1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.5M
Expenses
$2.6M
FY2024▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.6M
Net assets
$2.2M
FY2024▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1976.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $2.1M Management & general 10% · $263K Fundraising 10% · $259K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $116K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$116,272Pt VII · Sec A
Craig Smith
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Rise D Black
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Diane Metzger
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lauren Collins
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cynthia Danley’s $116K as CEO is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cynthia Danley$116,272$116,653$148,884$87,050—
Susan Kidder———$45,984$107,465

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.

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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

Helps people affected by relationship violence and sexual assault through education and support.

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3 programs · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Counseling

This program offers individual counseling and support groups for those inclusive of gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation who are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault AND/OR childhood sexual abuse.

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

Community Education

An educational program to reduce the incidence and impact of violence in relationships; program targeted to adolescents and young adults.

$591Kprogram expense
03

Safe connections provides the 24-HOUR crisis helpline for any victim of physical or psychological abuse as well as to survivors of rape and childhood sexual abuse or neglect to help callers address their needs for psychological support, for referrals to shelters and other services, and to help decrease their stress at the time of the…

$291Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
United Way of Greater St Louis INCFY2024$229K
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$29K
The Crawford Taylor FoundationFY2024$25K
Washington UniversityFY2024$16K
Norman J Stupp FoundationFY2024$15K
United Way Emerald Coast INCFY2024$12K
Employees Community Fund of the Boeing CompanyFY2024$10K
Hawthorn Leadership School FoundationFY2024$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 13 funders$365K
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $17K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,516
Unitemized GrantFY2020$8,472
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,792
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,621

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$41K
Other incomeLn 4–11$28K
Money outPt IX
$2.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.1M
Managementcol C$263K
Fundraisingcol D$259K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$490K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$140K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.6M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$41K
Other incomeLn 4–11$28K
Gains on assetsLn 7$3K
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$490K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$490K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$413K
Other assetsLn 15$10K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$140K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 553
VolunteersI 6112
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$587K$490K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$986K$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$435K$413K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$83K$140K
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M$2.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6K$6K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$130K$104K$13K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.4M$180K$180K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$197K$158K$20K$20K
Payroll taxesLn 10$140K$112K$14K$14K
OccupancyLn 16$56K$49K$5K$3K
TravelLn 17$13K$11K$2K$526
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$32K$27K$3K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$44K$38K$4K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$167K$131K$18K$18K
All other expensesLn 24e$57K$44K$6K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.6M$2.1M$263K$259K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.5M$2.6M−$174K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.5M$2.5M$42K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.3M$2.4M−$22K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.5M$2.3M$165K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.8M$2.7M$159K$2.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,468,824 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,491,794$2,399,970
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $9,942$40,676
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,072$28,178
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,505,808$2,468,824
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,759$5,891
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,147,968$2,267,749
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $311,434$368,700
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,464,161$2,642,340
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $41,647−$173,516
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,468,824 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$228,652
VIII-1c Fundraising events$32,126
VIII-1e Government grants$1,588,913
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$550,279
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,399,970
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $37,609$37,609
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $3,067$3,067
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $27,523$27,523
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $655$655
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $68,854$2,468,824
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,642,340 across 11 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,891$5,891
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $103,656 · Management $12,957 · Fundraising $12,957$129,570
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,440,828 · Management $180,103 · Fundraising $180,105$1,801,036
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $157,548 · Management $19,694 · Fundraising $19,693$196,935
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $112,167 · Management $14,021 · Fundraising $14,020$140,208
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $48,648 · Management $4,699 · Fundraising $3,063$56,410
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,049 · Management $1,578 · Fundraising $526$13,153
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $27,333 · Management $2,640 · Fundraising $1,721$31,694
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $38,134 · Management $3,683 · Fundraising $2,401$44,218
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $130,696 · Management $17,974 · Fundraising $17,906$166,576
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $44,490 · Management $5,981 · Fundraising $6,178$56,649
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,120,440 · Management $263,330 · Fundraising $258,570$2,642,340
Part X · Balance sheet $2,339,303 assets, 14 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $586,607$490,164
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $405,011$373,177
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $434,722$413,338
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $985,594$1,052,350
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,840$10,274
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,426,774$2,339,303
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $48,548$88,082
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $19,073$41,654
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $15,020$10,478
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $82,641$140,214
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,986,782$1,879,744
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $357,351$319,345
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,344,133$2,199,089
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,426,774$2,339,303
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,199,089 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,468,824
XI-2 Total expenses$2,642,340
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$173,516
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,344,133
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$28,472
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,199,089

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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