Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,490,775

Total expenses

$1,477,951

Contributions and grants received

$1,156,031

Grants paid

$400

Program service revenue

$334,229

Investment income

$15

Other revenue

$500

Total assets, end of year

$455,896

Total liabilities, end of year

$132,158

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$323,738

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,237,607

Management and general expenses

$196,588

Fundraising expenses

$43,756

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,237,607

Program services were 83.7% 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

• RECOVERY COACHING:SAFE COMMUNITIES MANAGES A RECOVERY COACHING/PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. RECOVERY COACHES ARE PEOPLE IN RECOVERY THEMSELVES WHO HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING TO LINK COACHEES WITH RESOURCES TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ATTAIN EDUCATIONAL GOALS, GAIN ACCESS TO BENEFITS, FOSTER SELF CARE, STRENGTHEN AND MEND RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ACCESS TRANSPORTATION AND PREGNANCY AND PARENTING SUPPORTS. SAFE COMMUNITIES PARTNERS WITH HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS, ADDICTION TREATMENT AND PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, JAILS AND PRISONS TO MATCH RECOVERY COACHES WITH PEOPLE SEEKING RECOVERY.

  Expenses $870,415 · Revenue $237,587

• DRUG POISONING PREVENTION: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN OPIOID COALITION (AAOC) OF SAFE COMMUNITIES IS A COALITION OF BLACK LEADERS REPRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS WITH A ROLE TO PLAY TO PREVENT DRUG HARM IN DANE COUNTY'S BLACK COMMUNITY. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE MEDDROP SUNDAYS, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BLACK CHURCHES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO OFFER SAFE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF UNWANTED MEDICINES AFTER CHURCH SERVICES; AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICATION LOCK BOXES AT COMMUNITY EVENTS TO ENCOURAGE SAFE STORAGE AND PREVENT DIVERSION OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES. SAFE COMMUNITIES MANAGES THE MEDDROP PROGRAM, WHICH, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND HEALTH AND SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS, OFFERS DANE COUNTY RESIDENTS 14 LOCATIONS TO SAFELY DROP OFF UNUSED MEDICINES. THROUGH THE ENDING DEATHS FROM DESPAIR TASK FORCE, CONVENED BY THE DANE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND STAFFED BY SAFE COMMUNITIES, 30 DIVERSE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ARE COLLABORATING TO PREVENT DRUG HARM THROUGH PUBLIC WEBINARS AND EDUCATION, DISTRIBUTION OF NALOXONE AND FENTANYL TEST STRIPS, SPECIAL OUTREACH TO AT-RISK GROUPS.

  Expenses $117,577 · Revenue $32,498

• TRAFFIC SAFETY:SAFE COMMUNITIES LAUNCHES ANNUAL TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMPAIGNS THANKS TO MUCH PLANNING AND INPUT FROM MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY STAKEHOLDERS. NEIGHBORHOODS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, CITIZEN GROUPS, LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES, AND INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE INVITED TO "PLUG INTO" THESE CAMPAIGNS BY ORGANIZING THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES. PLANNING KITS FOR EACH OF THE CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE IDEAS FOR LOCAL PROJECTS, AS WELL AS SAMPLE NEWSLETTER ARTICLES AND OTHER RESOURCES. FOR EACH OF THESE CAMPAIGNS, THE SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION RAISES FUNDS, PROVIDES PLANNING AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT, AND COORDINATES MEDIA AND PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS.

  Expenses $106,047 · Grants $400 · Revenue $31,726

• SUICIDE PREVENTION:SAFE COMMUNITIES IS COORDINATING A ZERO SUICIDE PARTNERSHIP THAT INCLUDES ALL AREA HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH A ROLE TO PLAY IN SUICIDE PREVENTION. SAFE COMMUNITIES OFFERS A FREE GATEKEEPER TRAINING WHERE PARTICIPANTS LEARN THE WARNING SIGNS FOR SUICIDE, HOW TO OFFER HOPE, AND HOW TO SEEK HELP TO SAVE A LIFE. SAFE COMMUNITIES LAUNCHED A REPLICATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S PROJECT CONNECT GUNS SHOP PROJECT IN 2016. FALLS PREVENTION:THE SAFE COMMUNITIES FALLS PREVENTION TASK FORCE COLLABORATES TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE FALLS AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT BOTH THE SYSTEM AND GRASSROOTS LEVELS. THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF SAFE COMMUNITIES FALLS PREVENTION TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE IN DANE COUNTY TO HELP OLDER ADULTS STAY SAFE AND INDEPENDENT.

  Expenses $143,568 · Revenue $32,418

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

13 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202312989349302166

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