Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,377,019

Total expenses

$2,584,239

Contributions and grants received

$1,897,760

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$100,685

Investment income

$11,957

Other revenue

$366,617

Total assets, end of year

$4,568,015

Total liabilities, end of year

$107,540

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,460,475

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,134,534

Management and general expenses

$319,294

Fundraising expenses

$130,411

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,134,534

Program services were 82.6% 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 · 2022

• DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER PROVIDES HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR WOMEN SEEKING ADDICTION RECOVERY AND THEIR CHILDREN. DWC HAS THREE ADDICTIONS RECOVERY SHELTERS, THREE RETAIL THRIFT STORES, AND OPERATES THE MERIDIAN APARTMENTS FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME MEN AND WOMEN, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED. ABBA HOUSE ABBA HOUSE HAS TEN EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS AND IS UTILIZED FOR WOMEN, WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN, WHO ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THE RECOVERY PROGRAM. EACH WOMAN WHO IS MOVED TO ABBA HOUSE HAS COMPLETED LEVELS 1-3 OF THE RECOVERY PROGRAM. RESIDENTS CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER ON A WEEKLY BASIS, ATTEND THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF AA/NA RECOVERY MEETINGS, AND ATTEND THE TWO WEEKLY MANDATORY HOUSE MEETINGS. THIS IS WHERE THE WOMEN MOVING FROM HAVEN HOUSE ARE REUNITED WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM AND LESS OVERSIGHT BEFORE THEY MOVE TO GRATITUDE HOUSE.

  Expenses $180,232 · Revenue $10,445

• GRATITUDE HOUSE GRATITUDE HOUSE IS A 40-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX GIFTED TO DWC BY BAPTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES IN 2016. IT HOUSES WOMEN, WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN, IN THE THIRD SECOND PHASE OF THE DWC RECOVERY PROGRAM. UNITS ARE FULLY FURNISHED. RESIDENTS PAY MINIMAL RENT FOR A ONE-BEDROOM, TWO-BEDROOM, OR TOWNHOME WITH UTILITIES INCLUDED. WOMEN ARE EMPLOYED AND/OR ATTEND SCHOOL, AA/NA MEETINGS, IN-HOUSE MEETINGS, RECEIVE COUNSELING, AND PARTICIPATE IN CASE MANAGEMENT. THEY LEARN BUDGETING, PARENTING SKILLS, HOMEMAKING, AND LIFE SKILLS. THEY WORK ON SELF-ESTEEM, DEEPEN THEIR SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, AND RESTORE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. WOMEN SET EDUCATIONAL AND FINANCIAL GOALS AS THEY RETURN TO PRODUCTIVE, DRUG-FREE LIVES. AS WITH HAVEN HOUSE AND ABBA HOUSE, GRATITUDE HOUSE IS STAFFED 24/7. GRATITUDE HOUSE IS ACROSS A PARKING LOT FROM OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL, WHICH PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION LEARNING AND CARE FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AGES 3-5. OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL ALSO OFFERS ON-SITE CHILDCARE AT GRATITUDE HOUSE FOR NEWBORNS TO THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN LIVING AT GRATITUDE HOUSE AND ABBA HOUSE.

  Expenses $147,385 · Revenue $80,790

• HAVEN HOUSE HAVEN HOUSE IS A DORMITORY-STYLE RESIDENCE AND THE ENTRY POINT FOR 17 HOMELESS WOMEN WITHOUT CHILDREN AND FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. THE FIRST PHASE OF RECOVERY IS RIGOROUSLY STRUCTURED AND FOCUSES ON BECOMING AND STAYING CLEAN AND SOBER. REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE 30-DAY INPATIENT TREATMENT OUTSIDE OF DWC, COMPLETION OF DWC RAD (RETHINKING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) 45 DAY CLASS, ATTENDING AA/NA COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FINDING PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT, ATTENDING MANDATORY IN-HOUSE GROUP MEETINGS, AND RECEIVING PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING PAID FOR BY DWC. THE WOMEN ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TOWARD RELAPSE PREVENTION AND PREPARING TO MOVE TO ABBA HOUSE AFTER 4 MONTHS OF BEING AT HAVEN HOUSE. THESE WOMEN COME TO DWC BY REFERRAL FROM TREATMENT CENTERS, SHELTERS, DRUG COURT, OR INDIVIDUALS.

  Expenses $366,602 · Revenue $9,450

• EXEMPT ACHIEVEMENT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AFTER GRADUATING FROM DWC'S RECOVERY PROGRAM, WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT CHILDREN MAY ENTER DWC'S TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM AND CONTINUE LIVING IN THE SAME APARTMENT AT GRATITUDE HOUSE WHILE RECEIVING SERVICES AND PURSUING A HIGHER EDUCATION. MERIDIAN APARTMENTS THIS 35-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX PROVIDES QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. MERIDIAN APARTMENTS IS A POSITIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR MANY ELDERLY, DISABLED, MENTALLY-CHALLENGED, AND SINGLE ADULTS. FOR FYE 2023, MERIDIAN APARTMENTS HOUSED 43 INDIVIDUALS. RETAIL STORES DWC OPERATES THREE RETAIL THRIFT STORES. DWC RECEIVES ABOUT 140,000 IN NET PROFIT ANNUALLY FROM THE RETAIL STORES. THE STORES HAVE THREE PURPOSES: TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN IN OUR RECOVERY PROGRAM AND OTHERS WHO ARE DEEMED 'UNEMPLOYABLE,' TO ENABLE DWC TO TITHE OUT OF IN-KIND DONATIONS TO THOSE IN NEED, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATION OF DWC. THE RETAIL STORES WORK CLOSELY WITH OVER EIGHTY AMARILLO AREA SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, AND CHURCHES BY DONATING CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, FURNITURE, AND APPLIANCES TO THOSE IN NEED. FOR FYE 2023, THE STORES HELPED 5,397 PEOPLE THROUGH THIS VOUCHER PROGRAM. DENTAL CARE DENTAL NEEDS AMONG THE HOMELESS ARE GREAT. DENTAL ISSUES CAN INTERFERE WITH REGULAR ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE AT WORK OR SCHOOL. HOMELESS CHILDREN, WHO EXPERIENCE HIGHER LEVELS OF DENTAL DISEASE THAN OTHER CHILDREN, OFTEN DO POORLY IN SCHOOL. THANKS TO SEVERAL LOCAL DENTISTS, EMERGENCY DENTAL CARE IS PROVIDED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND LIVING IN ONE OF AMARILLO'S HOMELESS SHELTERS. SERVICE TO COMMUNITY A SPECIAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND IS UTILIZED TO MEET SOME OF THE NEEDS FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 PEOPLE EACH MONTH WHO CONTACT DWC FOR HELP; DWC SERVES PEOPLE WHO DO NOT 'FIT' THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY OTHER AVAILABLE SOCIAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE. THE EMERGENCY NEEDS MAY INCLUDE FOOD, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, BUS TICKETS, GASOLINE, ETC. IN ADDITION, DWC IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH UNITED WAY'S 211 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO START A CALL CENTER THAT WILL FOCUS ON THOSE WHO ARE JUSTICE INVOLVED. DURING THIS PILOT PROJECT PERIOD, DWC HAS ASSISTED IN PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND/OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OVER 50 FAMILIES.

  Expenses $1,440,315

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• DWC MERIDIAN APARTMENTS INC DWC MERIDIAN APARTMENTS INC

  501C3 · SUPPORT · TX

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 July 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202441979349302389

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