To promote the general welfare of victims of domestic and sexual violence by providing shelter, goods and services while helping them find safety in their lives and the self-sufficiency and healing needed to become independent and to enlighten the community of these issues.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$47K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $35K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$47K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $64K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$640K
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$617K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$854K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$640K
FY2021▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$566K
FY2021$640K
FY2022$636K
FY2023$944K
FY2024$970K
FY2025$913K
Expenses
$617K
FY2021▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$598K
FY2021$617K
FY2022$672K
FY2023$817K
FY2024$862K
FY2025$894K
Net assets
$854K
FY2021▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$831K
FY2021$854K
FY2022$819K
FY2023$945K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.0M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1983.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $559K Management & general 9% · $56K Fundraising 0% · $2K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $47K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$47,363Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Melissa Garrett$54,000$56,000————
Melissa J Garrett——$46,950$47,695$47,363$45,974

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides shelter, goods, and services to victims of violence, promoting safety, self-sufficiency, and community awareness.

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1 program · $559K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

To provide support for the victims and survivors of domestic violence through individual and group therapy sessions and to assist these victims during court, accompany them to medical visits and law enforcement visits to ensure the victim has complete access to all the services the community provides.

$559Kprogram expense

Funders

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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$64K
Grants paid · 5 grants · $16K · 2019–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$7,052
Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,049
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,150
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,492
Unitemized GrantFY2019$1,623

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$640K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$554K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$86K
Investment incomeLn 3$233
Money outPt IX
$617K
Ln 25
Programscol B$559K
Managementcol C$56K
Fundraisingcol D$2K
Owns and owesPt X
$854K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$208K
Total assetsLn 16$873K
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$554K
Government grantsLn 1e$480K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$86K
Investment incomeLn 3$233
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$640K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$208K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$208K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$599K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$873K
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
Net assetsLn 32$854K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 520
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$120K$208K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$635K$599K
Total assetsLn 16$844K$873K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K$19K
Net assetsLn 32$831K$854K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$12K$12K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$50K$25K$25K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$293K$277K$16K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$22K$19K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$22K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$30K$24K$6K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$7K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$28K$27K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$50K$49K$916
TravelLn 17$15K$15K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$54K$54K
InsuranceLn 23$27K$27K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3K$982$850$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$617K$559K$56K$2K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $913K$894K$19K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $970K$862K$107K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $944K$817K$126K$945K 990 PDF
FY2022 $636K$672K−$36K$819K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $640K$617K$24K$854K 990 PDF
FY2020 $566K$598K−$32K$831K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $640,241 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $507,209$553,959
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $58,577$86,049
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $266$233
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $566,052$640,241
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $17,137$12,057
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $370,033$389,740
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $210,650$214,736
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $597,820$616,533
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$31,768$23,708
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $640,241 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$480,227
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$73,732
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$553,959
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $86,049$86,049
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $233$233
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $86,282$640,241
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $616,533 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $12,057$12,057
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $25,213 · Management $25,212$50,425
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $276,773 · Management $15,729$292,502
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $18,776 · Management $2,806$21,582
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,456 · Management $2,775$25,231
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $23,900 · Management $6,020$29,920
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,571$6,571
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $27,021 · Management $1,342$28,363
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $49,227 · Management $916$50,143
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,085$15,085
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $53,942$53,942
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $27,242$27,242
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $982 · Management $850 · Fundraising $1,638$3,470
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $559,245 · Management $55,650 · Fundraising $1,638$616,533
Part X · Balance sheet $873,276 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $119,573$207,630
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $86,531$64,300
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,189$1,904
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $635,215$599,442
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year −$1$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $843,507$873,276
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $12,907$18,968
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,907$18,968
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $830,600$854,308
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $830,600$854,308
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $843,507$873,276
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $854,308 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$640,241
XI-2 Total expenses$616,533
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$23,708
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$830,600
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$854,308

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