Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$5,091,074

Total expenses

$4,051,637

Contributions and grants received

$4,439,172

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$399,427

Investment income

$252,475

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$6,465,632

Total liabilities, end of year

$525,225

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,940,407

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,630,041

Management and general expenses

$50,427

Fundraising expenses

$371,169

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,630,041

Program services were 89.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• IN 2022, AVDA LEGAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM PROVIDED 6,366 ADULT AND CHILD SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE WITH SAFETY PLANNING, REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND LEGAL RELIEF THROUGH THE FILING AND SECURING OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS, DIVORCES, AND VARIOUS CHILD CUSTODY CASES SUCH AS INITIAL CUSTODY DETERMINATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, AND ADOPTIONS. AVDA EIGHTEEN MEMBER TEAM OF ATTORNEYS AND PARAGLEGALS PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED LEGAL ADVOCACY AND CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN HARRIS, FORT BEND, AND WALLER COUNTIES THROUGH ITS LEGAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM. AVDA'S LEGAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS, SUCH AS ATTORNEYS, PARALEGALS, ADVOCATES, AND TRAUMA COUNSELORS, WHO PROVIDE THE AFOREMENTIONED CRITICAL SERVICES.

• BATTERING INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM (BIPP) - AVDA'S BIPP PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST BIPP IN TEXAS AND THE FIRST TO BECOME ACREDITED. ITS NINE- PERSON BIPP TEAM PROVIDES PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL GROUP COUNSELING TO THOSE IDENTIFIED AS ABUSIVE IN THEIR INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS. BIPP PROMOTES ACCOUNTABILITY AND CHANGE. THE CLIENTS ARE LARGELY COURT-ORDERED AND MUST ATTEND A MINIMUM OF 18 WEEKLY SESSIONS FOR COURSE COMPLETION. FACILITATORS ARE LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. THE PROGRAM HAS SIGNIFICANT VICTIM SAFETY COMPONENTS; GROUPS ARE HELD WEEKLY AT 18 LOCATIONS ACROSS HARRIS, GALVESTON, FORT BEND AND MONTOGOMERY COUNTIES.

• FAMILY VIOLENCE PROGRAM (FVP) - AVDA'S FVP PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF SIX BILINGUAL CLIENT ADVOCATES AND THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR WHO PROVIDE LEGAL INTAKE, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, SAFETY, PLANNING, INFORMATION/REFERRAL. ASSISTANCE WITH CRIME VICITIMS COMPENSATION, CRISIS INTERVENTION AND MORE FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THEY FIELD CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE, HELPING TO CONNECT SURVIVORS WITH SAFETY AND PROMOTING ADVOCACY AND SERVICE. IN 2022, THE FVP TEAM PROVIDED LEGAL INTAKE AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICES, HARRIS COUNTY POLICE DEPT. FAMILY VIOLENCE UNITS, HOUSTON AREAR WOMEN'S CENTER, AND THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE.

• COMMUNITY AWARNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM (CAPP) AVDA'S CAPP PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF FOUR MEMBERS RESPONSBILE FOR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. AS PART OF AVDA'S MISSION, THE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM AIMS TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY-WIDE RESPONSE TO ABUSE WHILE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO VICTIMS IN NEED OF AVDA'S LEGAL AND COUNSELING SERVICES AND TO PERPETRATORS SEEKING OUR BATTERING INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM. OUR THREE- PRONGED APPROACH INCLUDES PRESENTATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDER TRAININGS, AND OUTREACH AT COMMUNITY-BASED EVENTS. IN 2022, THE CAPP TEAM PRESENTED TO 22, 459 ADULT AND YOUTH

  Expenses $3,630,041

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

20 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202423049349301862

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