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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT SAFE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,976,728
Total expenses
$8,156,371
Contributions and grants received
$6,896,348
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$75,914
Other revenue
$4,466
Total assets, end of year
$46,781,284
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,084,521
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,696,763
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,760,270
Management and general expenses
$1,379,896
Fundraising expenses
$16,205
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,760,270

Program services were 82.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,523,691

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $372,657

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $75,914 · excluded $75,914

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,466

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,466

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,466 · excluded $4,466

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $171,572 · program services $143,708 · management and general $27,864

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,023,034 · program services $2,518,745 · management and general $504,289

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $679,357 · program services $578,405 · management and general $100,952

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $275,474 · program services $234,539 · management and general $40,935

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $171,379 · program services $81,974 · management and general $89,405

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $291,978 · program services $262,954 · management and general $29,024

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $30,370 · program services $30,250 · management and general $120

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,667 · program services $5,870 · management and general $7,797

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,621,622 · program services $1,334,763 · management and general $286,859

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,137,662 · program services $967,458 · management and general $170,204

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,880 · program services $8,715 · management and general $31,165

  • 24a · Other expenses: EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASS

    total $294,513 · program services $294,513

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FE

    total $223,636 · program services $153,081 · management and general $70,555

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $62,263 · program services $52,263 · management and general $10,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: EMERGENCY SHELTER

    total $34,733 · program services $34,733

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $85,231 · program services $58,299 · management and general $10,727 · fundraising $16,205

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $51,947 · end of year $586,290

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $868,840 · end of year $676,178

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $69,239 · end of year $95,298

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $7,565,100 · end of year $7,565,100

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $87,470 · end of year $45,685

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $87,854

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $60,278

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $36,669 · end of year $27,576

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $34,066,714 · end of year $37,785,157

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $453,948 · end of year $507,555

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,205,927 · end of year $3,372,655

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $39,405,624 · end of year $39,204,311

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$369,520 · end of year $3,683,708

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $13,055

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DC SAFE (SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT) ENSURES THE SAFETY AND SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA THROUGH EMERGENCY SERVICES, COURT ADVOCACY AND SYSTEM REFORM.

  • CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES: THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM (CRT) PROVIDES 24/7 IMMEDIATE CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR OVER 12,000 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS PER YEAR. THIS TEAM OPERATES THE 24/7 RESPONSE LINE, WHERE THEY CONNECT WITH SURVIVORS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A VIOLENT INCIDENT. RESPONSE LINE ADVOCATES PROVIDE SUPPORT, INFORMATION, AND COORDINATE TANGIBLE ASSISTANCE LIKE EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, SHELTER PLACEMENT, AND MORE. THEY ALSO ASSESS CLIENTS' FOR THEIR LEVEL OF RISK FOR REASSAULT OR HOMICIDE, TRIAGING CARE FOR THOSE AT THE HIGHEST RISK THROUGH OUR LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. THE CRT FIELDS OVER 35,000 CALLS ANNUALLY, WITH CALLS FROM DC'S METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT (MPD) MAKING UP OVER 60% OF THOSE. MPD REQUIRES OFFICERS TO OFFER AND CONNECT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH DC SAFE SERVICES DIRECTLY FROM THE SCENE OF A CRIME.

    Expenses $1,485,618

  • SAFE SPACE CRISIS SHELTER: SAFE SPACE OFFERS UP TO 15-DAYS OF CRISIS HOUSING FOR OVER 500 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR FAMILIES ANNUALLY. SAFE SPACE IS THE ONLY SHELTER IN WASHINGTON, DC THAT CAN OFFER 24/7 IMMEDIATE-ENTRY PLACEMENT, MAKING IT A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR SURVIVORS IN THE DISTRICT. SAFE SPACE OFFERS HOUSING IN PRIVATE, FLEXIBLE, AND COMFORTABLE APARTMENT-STYLE SUITES, WITH ACCESS TO LAUNDRY FACILITIES, COMMUNITY SPACE FOR ADULTS, AND RECREATION AREAS FOR CHILDREN, AS WELL AS ON-SITE SERVICES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND FORENSIC NURSING CARE. SHELTER ADVOCATES OFFER ON-SITE SUPPORT TO CLIENTS DURING THEIR STAY, HELPING WITH BASIC NEEDS SUPPORT, SAFETY PLANNING, AND NEXT STEPS WITH HOUSING.

    Expenses $4,224,749

  • SUPPORTIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES: THE SUPPORTIVE ADVOCACY TEAM (SAT) OFFERS COURT-BASED ADVOCACY SERVICES TO OVER 2,500 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ANNUALLY. THEY HELP CLIENTS WITH SAFETY PLANNING, ASSESSING NEEDS, MAKING REFERRALS, AND NAVIGATING CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCESSES, WITH DIRECT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR FILING FOR CIVIL PROTECTION ORDERS. SAT ADVOCATES OPERATE USING A HYBRID MODEL, OFFERING SERVICES VIRTUALLY AND IN-PERSON AT THE CITY'S TWO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTAKE CENTER LOCATIONS. THEY ALSO OFFER COURT ACCOMPANIMENT AND ASSIST CLIENTS IN PREPARING FOR HEARINGS.

    Expenses $1,049,903

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DENA WILLIAMS HASAN

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID GODSCHALK

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCHUYLER ARMSTRONG

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHANTELLE WRIGHT

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEEPA PATEL

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LILY VO

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARY MURPHY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARAH SATTELMEYER

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TALLEY SNOW

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAKE EMERSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MINIA MIKAEL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STATIA BETMAN

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AIMEE D PEOPLES

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAUNA THEEL

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANA NATALIA MARLOW-OTERO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $161,372
    From this org
    $134,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,392
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,980
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,392
    Filer's total
    $161,372

  • BRIDGET CLABORN

    DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIO

    Total calculated
    $116,905
    From this org
    $108,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,717
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER WESBERRY

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $123,024
    From this org
    $119,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,628
    Hours/week
    2

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

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.

  • THE ANDRES CORPORATION

    501(C)(3) · CHARITABLE · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • AMARO LLC

    EXCLUDED UNDER 514 · RENTAL REAL ESTATE · DC · 95% owned · share of income -$172,672 · share of assets $5,141,371

    Directly controlled by SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522259349300902

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