Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$209,014

Total expenses

$231,825

Contributions and grants received

$160,230

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$48,589

Investment income

$46

Other revenue

$149

Total assets, end of year

$91,464

Total liabilities, end of year

$75,534

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$15,930

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$150,588

Management and general expenses

$49,058

Fundraising expenses

$32,179

Program service expenses (Part III)

$150,588

Program services were 65.0% 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 · 2022

• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND EMPOWERED SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING: THROUGH OUR AGE-SPECIFIC, DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND SELF- DEFENSE TRAINING, SASS GO IS SAFEGUARDING LIVES AND MAKING COMMUNITIES SAFER. TO DATE, SASS GO HAS EDUCATED AND TRAINED NEARLY 18,000 PARTICIPANTS IN 22 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. SASS GO REACHES PARTICIPANTS IN SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND BUSINESSES. NEARLY 50% OF THESE PARTICIPANTS HAVE TRAINED FOR FREE OR AT A REDUCED COST. SASS GO'S LANDMARK VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE EDUCATION AND TRAINING INCLUDES THE HARM REDUCTION SERIES, THE RECOGNIZE RESPOND REFER PROFESSIONAL SERIES, COMPREHENSIVE SELF DEFENSE TRAINING, AND I WILL SURVIVE WOMEN'S RETREATS. EACH TRAINING IS HANDCRAFTED TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE GATHERED AS THEY LEARN TO DETECT THREATS TO SAFETY, RESPOND TO INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE, SUPPORT SURVIVORS, KNOW AVAILABLE RESOURCES, AND RAISE AWARENESS FOR PREVENTION.

  Expenses $74,952 · Revenue $38,996

• INSTRUCTOR TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT: SASS GO INSTRUCTORS LIVE IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SHARE THE POWER OF SASS PROGRAMMING WITH WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. EACH INSTRUCTOR IS HAND SELECTED AND EXTENSIVELY TRAINED ENSURING UTMOST STANDARD OF CARE FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT ENTRUSTED TO SASS GO. THE SASS GO INSTRUCTOR TRAINING IS THREE PHASES, AND ONCE COMPLETED, INSTRUCTORS ARE CERTIFIED TO TEACH SASS GO SELF-DEFENSE COURSES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN 2022, SASS GO CERTIFIED AND LICENSED ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTORS EXPANDING OUR ABILITY TO REACH EVEN MORE COMMUNITIES. SASS GO OFFERS INSTRUCTORS EDUCATIONAL AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SASS GO ASSISTS INSTRUCTORS IN DEVELOPING COURSES IN THEIR AREA AND MEETING ALL SASS GO INSTRUCTOR REQUIREMENTS.

  Expenses $30,887 · Revenue $6,722

• CRISIS RESPONSE CONSULTING AND SURVIVOR CARE: DRAWING ON ITS OWN EXPERTISE AND THE EXPERTISE OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIELD OFR CAMPUS SAFETY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, THREAT ASSESSMENT, PERSONAL SAFETY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SASS GO WORKS WITH INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESSES, AND DEPARTMENTS TO ESTABLISH HIGH FUNCTIONING AND EFFICIENT RESPONSE SYSTEMS IN ADVANCE OF AND AFTER A CRISIS. WE ALSO WORK WITH SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO HELP THEM EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATE THE LEGAL, MEDICAL, ADVOCACY, COUNSELING, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS TO ENSURE CRITICAL SUPPORT AND PRESERVATION OF OPTIONS. AS PART OF CRISIS RESPONSE CONSULTING, SASS GO CREATED THE GREEN SCREEN TESTING KITS. THE GREEN SCREEN IS A KIT BEING USED IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA TO HELP IDENTIFY, INVESTIGATE, AND END INVOLUNTARY DRUGGINGS. IN ADDITION, IN 2022 SASS GO CONTINUED LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BANKS. THE BANKS WILL BE A STATE-OF-THE-ART REFUGE FOR SURVIVORS, PROVIDING THE SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE, AND CARE THEY NEED, WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST. IT WILL SERVE AS A PLACE TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  Expenses $32,805 · Revenue $2,871

• RAISING AWARENESS OF THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS: THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR WEBSITE, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, SASS GO IS RAISING AWARENESS OF THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. EDUCATING COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS AS TO THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES IS A CRITICAL STEP IN PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND SUPPORTING SURVIVORS.

  Expenses $11,944

As filed on the 2022 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

2022

Filed

7 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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