Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$5,109,864

Total expenses

$4,882,231

Contributions and grants received

$5,085,577

Grants paid

$82,624

Program service revenue

$23,527

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$760

Total assets, end of year

$2,272,425

Total liabilities, end of year

$826,923

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,445,502

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,824,628

Management and general expenses

$1,030,514

Fundraising expenses

$27,089

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,824,628

Program services were 78.3% 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

• LEGAL SERVICES: VOLARE PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF CRIME IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. VOLARE ATTORNEYS REPRESENT DC CRIME VICTIMS UNDER THE CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS ACT AND THE DC CRIME VICTIMS' BILL OF RIGHTS BY ENFORCING THE SPECIAL PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO CRIME VICTIMS AND WORKING TO SHAPE A LEGAL CLIMATE THAT TREATS SURVIVORS WITH RESPECT FOR THEIR PRIVACY AND DIGNITY. SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING MAY ALSO SEEK VOLARE'S LEGAL ASSISTANCE WITH OBTAINING A CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER (CPO) OR ANTI-STALKING ORDER (ASO) IN DC SUPERIOR COURT. ADDITIONALLY, VOLARE'S LEGAL TEAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO STUDENT SURVIVORS IN ACQUIRING ACCOMMODATIONS/SUPPORTIVE MEASURES AND/OR PARTICIPATING IN CAMPUS GRIEVANCE PROCEEDINGS UNDER TITLE IX, THE CLERY ACT, AND CLIENTS' SCHOOLS' STUDENT CONDUCT POLICIES. ADDITIONALLY, VOLARE ATTORNEYS PROVIDED 439 HOURS OF BRIEF ADVICE OR BRIEF SERVICES ON OTHER CIVIL LEGAL MATTERS, INCLUDING CUSTODY, DIVORCE, IMMIGRATION MATTERS, AND HOUSING. VOLARE ALSO COORDINATES THE VICTIM LEGAL NETWORK OF DC (VLNDC), A NETWORK OF OVER 27 LEGAL PROVIDERS DEDICATED TO ALLEVIATING BARRIERS VICTIMS FACE. MEMBERS UTILIZE A COORDINATED INTAKE, SCREENING AND REFERRAL SYSTEM, SHARED RELEASE FORM, AND SECURE MEMBER PORTAL. DV LEAP, A PROJECT OF VOLARE, MAKES THE LAW WORK FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY CHALLENGING UNJUST TRIAL OUTCOMES; ADVANCING LEGAL PROTECTIONS THROUGH EXPERT PRO BONO ADVOCACY; TRAINING LAWYERS, ADVOCATES, AND JUDGES ON BEST PRACTICES; AND SPEARHEADING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LITIGATION IN THE SUPREME COURT. IN FY24, VOLARE'S ATTORNEYS ASSISTED VICTIMS IN 686 LEGAL MATTERS, WHICH INCLUDED 204 CPO MATTERS, 240 CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS MATTERS, AND 25 TITLE IX MATTERS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING DIRECT REPRESENTATION AND ADVICE, VOLARE EMPLOYS A CO-COUNSELING MODEL FOR PRO BONO ATTORNEYS INTERESTED IN REPRESENTING CRIME VICTIMS IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES.

  Expenses $1,424,027 · Grants $4,108

• ADVOCACY SERVICES: VOLARE OFFERS ADVOCACY SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF ALL TYPES OF CRIMES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THIS INCLUDES CRISIS INTERVENTION, SAFETY PLANNING, ACCOMPANIMENT DURING REPORTING, ASSISTANCE WITH COMPENSATION APPLICATIONS, THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT, AND REFERRALS TO PARTNERS. IN FY24, VOLARE'S ADVOCACY PROGRAM SERVED 596 VICTIMS OF CRIME. VOLARE SUPPORTS THE ADVOCACY PORTION OF DC'S SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES PROVIDING FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER TO ACCESS SEXUAL ASSAULT MEDICAL FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS, CRISIS ADVOCACY, ENTRY INTO THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, AND REFERRALS TO LEGAL SERVICES. IN FY24, ADVOCATES RESPONDED TO 267 EXAM REQUESTS, PROVIDED 86 SAFE RIDES, AND SUPPORTED 24 SURVIVORS WITH ON-SCENE ADVOCACY SUPPORT WHEN REPORTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

  Expenses $1,978,116 · Grants $78,191 · Revenue $35,067

• SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION: VOLARE LEADS PROJECTS THAT WORK TO SHIFT THE NARRATIVE ABOUT VICTIMIZATION AND THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE WITH A FOCUS ON SERVING SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE THAT OFTEN FACE THE GREATEST BARRIERS TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN IN CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS MATTERS, A PROJECT SERVING GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS OF HOMICIDE, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. VOLARE WORKS TO EXPAND THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO VICTIMS OF ABUSE IN LATER LIFE THROUGH COORDINATION OF THE DISTRICT'S COLLABORATIVE TRAINING & RESPONSE FOR OLDER VICTIMS (DC TROV) MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES POLICE, PROSECUTION, VICTIM SERVICES, AND AGING PARTNERS WHO WORK TO ENHANCE OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND COLLABORATION ON ELDER CASES. VOLARE'S NATIONAL TRAUMA EDUCATION PROJECT PROVIDES TRAININGS TO ALLIED PROFESSIONALS ON CREATING DIGNIFIED AND EMPOWERING EXPERIENCES FOR CRIME VICTIMS IN ALL SECTORS OF LIFE. THROUGH THESE AND MANY OTHER EFFORTS, VOLARE ADVANCES THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION, STRATEGIC VISION, AND THE RIGHTS OF CLIENTS AND CRIME VICTIMS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, STRATEGIC LITIGATION, AND EFFORTS TO EDUCATE POLICY MAKERS ON THE IMPACTS OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION.

  Expenses $422,485 · Grants $325

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

30 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541259349302814

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