Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,268,572

Total expenses

$1,491,102

Contributions and grants received

$1,240,979

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$12

Other revenue

$27,581

Total assets, end of year

$950,737

Total liabilities, end of year

$363,974

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$586,763

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,119,048

Management and general expenses

$198,749

Fundraising expenses

$173,305

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,119,048

Program services were 75.0% 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 · 2023

• THE ROWAN CENTER IS THE ONLY AGENCY PROVIDING FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE EIGHT TOWNS OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY: DARIEN, GREENWICH, NEW CANAAN, NORWALK, STAMFORD, WESTON, WESTPORT AND WILTON. ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND HAITIAN CREOLE. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:24-HOUR HOTLINE: THE ROWAN CENTER STAFFS A 24-HOUR ENGLISH/SPANISH HOTLINE WITH COUNSELORS AND MORE THAN 30 VOLUNTEER VICTIM ADVOCATES, ALL OF WHOM HAVE COMPLETED 40 HOURS OF STATE-CERTIFIED TRAINING. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, 63% OF SHIFTS WERE COVERED BY VOLUNTEERS, PROVIDING IMPORTANT RELIEF FOR OUR STAFF ADVOCATES AND COUNSELORS.CRISIS TEXT LINE AND CHAT SERVICE: THE ROWAN CENTER STAFFS A CONNECTICUT CRISIS TEXT LINE AND CHAT SERVICE WITH TRAINED COUNSELORS. THE TEXT LINE AND CHAT SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE VICTIMS WITH A SIMPLE, EASY TO USE SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN GET SUPPORT FROM A TRAINED COUNSELOR BETWEEN 9AM AND 5PM FROM THEIR PHONE OR WEB ACCESIBLE DEVICE. ADVOCACY: OUR ADVOCATES ARE AVAILABLE TO MEET CLIENTS AT HOSPITALS IN GREENWICH, NORWALK AND STAMFORD TO AID DURING EVIDENCE-COLLECTION EXAMINATIONS AND AT POLICE STATIONS TO OFFER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, MAKING POLICE STATEMENTS, ETC. OUR ADVOCATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO ACCOMPANY AND GUIDE CLIENTS THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS FOR CASES AND OTHER JUSTICE SYSTEM SERVICES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROTECTIVE ORDERS. SHORT-TERM CRISIS COUNSELING: AS PART OF OUR DIRECTIVE FROM THE CONNECTICUT ALLIANCE TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE, THE ROWAN CENTER PROVIDES UP TO 12 FREE CONFIDENTIAL SESSIONS TO ADULT AND TEEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS OF VICTIMS, WHO THEMSELVES ARE SECONDARY VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR TERTIARY SURVIVORS/VICTIMS, THOSE WHO ARE CONNECTED TO THE VICTIM AND IMPACTED BY THE VIOLENCE. OUR COUNSELORS MEET CLIENTS AT OUR OFFICES, THEIR SCHOOLS, OR A SAFE PLACE THAT IS MORE CONVENIENT FOR THEM.INVESTIGATIVE TEAMS FOR CHILDREN: THE ROWAN CENTER IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TWO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE RESPONSE TEAMS MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS SERVING OUR AREA. THEY ARE MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATIVE TEAMS COMPRISED OF SEVERAL AGENCIES: CHILDREN'S CONNECTION, CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, LOCAL POLICE, STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OTHERS. THE TEAM WAS DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE COORDINATION IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. THROUGH INTERAGENCY COOPERATION, THE EXPERTISE OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM IS BROUGHT TOGETHER TO STREAMLINE INVESTIGATIONS, THEREBY MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS REQUIRED AND REDUCING THE TRAUMA OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE CHILD AND FAMILY. THE ROWAN CENTER ADVOCATES SERVE THE FAMILY OF THE CHILD VICTIM.SUPPORT GROUPS: THE ROWAN CENTER OFFERS SURVIVORS A SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL SPACE TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER AND HEAL AS A COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR, WE OFFER WEEKLY MEN'S SUPPORT GROUP AS WELL AS A BI-MONTHLY WOMEN'S 40+ SUPPORT GROUPS. NEW GROUPS ARE PLANNED ANNUALLY.PREVENTION EDUCATION: OUR SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PERSONAL SAFETY, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT; THE PREVALENCE OF SUCH VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY; SIGNS OF PERPETRATOR BEHAVIOR; AND SYMPTOMS OF TRAUMA. SCHOOL-BASED PRIMARY PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMMING BUILDS EMPATHY, PROMOTES RESPECT FOR PERSONAL BOUNDARIES, AND ENCOURAGES BYSTANDER INTERVENTION WHILE ALSO PROVIDING CHILDREN WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IF THEY OR SOMEONE THEY KNOW HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS CRIME.

  Expenses $1,119,048

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

26 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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